Taking On The Billionaire (Redhawk Reunion #1) - Robin Covington Page 0,37

night.

“I am... I was sick. Caught something and got an infection.” She shoved off the covers, sitting up in bed to facilitate her coming back to the land of the living. She waved in the general direction of the man currently the topic of discussion. “Adam stopped by to make sure I was okay. He...helped me out...must have stayed overnight.”

“Uh, okay.” Mia’s face showed the considerable effort it took for her to digest everything she’d just heard. She sputtered with words, not bothering to disguise her confusion. “Wow. That’s really nice.” And then her eyes flew open, brows shooting halfway to her hairline. “Whoa, are you two...? I mean that’s something you only do for close friends and people you’re fu—”

Tess’s hand whipped out almost on autopilot and covered Mia’s mouth. They were not going to have this discussion with Adam only a few feet away.

“I think this might be the best time for me to let you know that I’m awake.”

Adam’s deep voice rumbled out from the direction of the chair and both she and Mia jumped and spun around to watch him as he stretched, arms and legs flexing with the effort of waking. His shirt lifted up and they both caught a good, long look at his gorgeous skin and cut abs. Tess knew that body, knew that he’d be warm and silky and she knew exactly what was at the end of the delicious treasure trail of dark hair.

“Good morning,” Mia said, her smirk indicating that her thoughts were walking the same path. Tess jabbed her with a finger, fuming when she was ignored and all Mia’s attention stayed on their guest. “I’m Mia.”

Adam let out a sleepy chuckle and shook the hand her sister offered. “I’m Adam and I knew who you were.”

“Oh yeah? Tess show you a picture of me?” Tess rolled her eyes at the antics of her soon-to-be-dead little sister. She remained braced to tackle her to the ground if this conversation took a turn for the worse.

“No. You two are identical. I’d know you anywhere.” Adam rose, his hands busy with folding the blanket and draping it over the arm of the chair.

“Because we’re both so gorgeous?” Mia asked, her eyes flashing with humor and mischief.

“Mia!” Tess was only going to put up with this one more minute and then she was going to become an only child.

Adam laughed, shuffling over to press the back of his hand on her forehead, assessing her with an allover gaze that had her leaning into his touch before she could remind her treacherous body that her sister was present. It wasn’t as if Mia hadn’t seen Tess with a guy before but she wasn’t positive that all of the emotions, the feelings she had for Adam tumbling around inside her wouldn’t be evident to anyone looking. And Mia was looking.

“Definitely gorgeous.” Adam smoothed her hair back from her face, tangling his fingers in her curls and tucking one behind her ear. It was such a cheesy move but the flutter in her stomach told her that it was working. Damn him. “How are you feeling? I think your fever finally broke.”

Tess reached up to touch her own cheek, her fingers brushing against and then intertwining with his before she realized what she was doing. Hell, make a meal and change her sheets and she became a total sap for this guy.

“I’m better. You can go.”

He smirked but didn’t move.

“Thank you.” Tess put some emphasis on it, sincerity with a touch of “please go before my sister starts asking too many questions.”

“Okay. I get it. Just promise that you’ll call me if you need anything.”

“Mia is here.” She nodded toward her sister as a reminder to herself more than Adam. He nodded in return, making a move to let her hand go but she tightened her grip, giving it a squeeze. “Thank you, Adam. I’m sorry I was so much trouble—this isn’t what you signed up for.”

He glanced over his shoulder, his eyes full of humor and his voice lowered when he turned back. “I told you, I was just focusing on the friends part of the arrangement.”

Tess sucked in a breath, loving the way his thumb rubbed along her wrist and the ripples of pleasure that raced under her skin. Adam Redhawk was dangerous. She needed to remember that but it was damn easy to forget when he was this close and was looking at her like she was Christmas and his birthday all