Had he done that on purpose? Hell yes. And it worked.
But now here it was, not even lunchtime, and he was home alone. He had planned on offering to take Adriana to lunch, maybe show her around, drive to other trails. Anything he could to drag the day out.
That hadn’t gone to plan.
But he had an idea that he was hoping worked in his favor for tomorrow.
He sent her off a text of the address to meet tomorrow and told her to bring a change of clothes for when she was done.
He was damn well going to get a longer day out of it.
He was clicking through the TV in hopes of finding something on but knew that’d never happen.
When his phone went off he was hoping it was Adriana texting him back, but it was just Noah thanking him again for giving him the night with Paige. At least one of his brothers got lucky last night.
Hell, he’d bet his other brother did too. The same with all his cousins. Ryder was sure to have a date on a Friday night.
He tossed his phone back on the table and grabbed his laptop to see if he could find anything to do in the city that he hadn’t done before.
When nothing caught his eye, he grabbed his keys and phone and went to the mall. He needed some new shorts anyway and it’d get him out of the house.
“Fancy meeting you here,” he heard and turned.
“You pretty much live here, don’t you,” he said to his sister Jade. He looked down and saw four bags in her hand. “Light day?”
“I just got here. What are you looking for?”
“I’m not sure I want to tell you. You’ll decide you need to shop for me then.”
“I will. I’ve got good taste and you know it. Besides, if you are here alone that means you’ve got nothing to do on this rainy day and can’t stand your own company. What’s the matter? You started to talk to yourself and dozed off?”
“Very funny,” he said. The “putting people to sleep for a living” comments got old fast.
“Then why are you here?” she asked.
“I could use a few pair of shorts.”
“Follow me,” she said. “Workout shorts, or everyday shorts?”
“Both,” he admitted. He didn’t really shop that much. He hated dressing up and was thrilled he could wear scrubs all the time at work. He went in in jeans or dress pants and a button-down shirt. Not much dressier than that.
“This is going to be fun,” she said. “Here, carry my bags for me while we look for you.”
He tagged behind his twin sister prepared to suffer through a shopping day because he really had nothing else better to do and she was right—he would have most likely put himself to sleep if he stayed in his place alone.
13
Energy To Burn
Adriana followed the directions her phone was spitting out to her from the address that Wyatt had texted her yesterday.
This had to be some mistake. It wasn’t a gym but an apartment building. More like condos.
She looked down at her phone again and then looked at Wyatt’s text. Yep, it was the right address.
Rather than text him, she parked and called to see if maybe she had the wrong place.
“Hello,” Wyatt said in his sexy voice that she’d woken up wet to in the middle of the night. Not wet like sweat, but wet like she needed a man and needed the one on the other line.
“I think you gave me the wrong address,” she said. “I’m in front of some condo building. Is the gym in a building around back or something?”
“You’ve got the right place,” he said. “Come in the front door. There’s a gym on the main level.”
“Oh. See you in a few.”
She shut her car off and grabbed her bag from the passenger seat. She figured she’d change there but had a change of underwear so she could shower after too. She had no idea of Wyatt’s plans, but if she could prolong the day, she would. She didn’t want to be stinky doing it though.
When she walked in the front door, Wyatt was standing there in athletic shorts and a fitted T-shirt. “This doesn’t look like any gym I’ve been to before. I’m assuming you’re a member?”
“I live here,” he said.
She narrowed her eyes at him feeling like she’d been played. “I hope there is a gym here and this wasn’t a way for you to get me in your place.”
“Of course there is a gym. What do you take me for? Follow me,” he said with a huge grin on his face.
She had no choice but to at this point.
They got to the back of the building and she noticed there was a big gym full of exercise equipment and weights behind the glass windows.
“This is huge for your place.” She’d love something like this in her apartment building and could only imagine what the cost of it might be to live here.
“It is a nice feature. Locker rooms through there to change. I’ve got racquets in the room I reserved.”
“How long do we have it for?” she asked.
“I signed it out for two hours, but we don’t have to stay that long. It could be a lot considering I know how competitive you can be.”
“Two hours is perfect,” she said. “I’ve got energy to burn.”
And two hours later she was panting and covered in sweat. She’d bet she was wetter than when they were poured on yesterday. Wyatt looked just as hot and sticky as her.
You’d think it might turn some women off but not her. She could tell by Wyatt’s eyes he wasn’t turned off in the least seeing her like this.
“I need a shower,” she said. “That was great.”
“Of course it was great,” he said. “You beat me two out of three.”
“What can I say,” she said. “Guess I’m just better than you.”
He laughed. “I’ve got no
