grinned, anticipation for the day I had planned buzzing through me. Since I’d been waiting for an acceptable time to reach out to her, I already had all my shit in my pockets.
The elevator for my penthouse was a private one, and it was already on my floor since I hadn’t moved after getting home last night. I jabbed the button, and the doors opened instantly.
April was waiting on the sidewalk when I got to her apartment. Her skin was glowing and there was a relaxed smile on her face as she ambled over to my car.
“You seem to be in a particularly good mood,” I said as I climbed out to get the door for her.
She shrugged but her smile turned coy. “I got some really good sleep last night.”
“That so?” I glanced toward the apartment building, frowning when I still saw no trace of Adi. “Is it just the two of us today?”
“Nope, Adi’s at my sister’s. We have to pick her up there if you don’t mind.” She rattled off her sister’s address. “She was already asleep by the time I got off shift, so she stayed over there.”
“Makes sense.” April surprised me by pushing up on her toes to kiss the bottom of my jaw before getting into the car. I closed her door and lifted my eyebrows once I was in the driver’s seat. “What was that for?”
“Like you said, I’m just in a good mood.” Her eyes were bright, shining like emeralds under fluorescent lighting.
“You had a late shift, and you slept that well?” I shifted the car into gear and merged into the traffic but kept an eye on her in my periphery. “I thought yesterday’s late shift was madness. I heard about the accident.”
“Oh, it was madness.” She shot me a half-smile. “But I had some very pleasant dreams once I finally got home.”
“Well, now you’ve piqued my interest. What did you dream about?” I glanced at her to find her looking at me with a faraway but very heated gaze.
“You.”
“Me?” Fuck. I shouldn’t have asked that. “What about me?”
“Things that made me realize it was better to meet you outside my building than have you near my bedroom.”
My head fell back against the seat as my cock started straining against the zipper of my jeans. “Don’t tell me more unless you want me to turn the car around and go straight back to your place. Do you think your sister would mind if Adi spends the day with her?”
“She wouldn’t mind, but Adi would. I told her we were spending the day with you, and she was really excited about it.”
“I can’t say I’m disappointed that she was excited to spend time with me. I am pretty disappointed that we can’t turn around if that’s the case.”
“We’ll have plenty of time to get into the specifics of the dream some other time. Don’t worry about it.”
“Why don’t you sound like you’re worried I’m going to take off at any minute anymore? Or worse yet, worried I won’t take off?”
She shrugged again. “Because I’m not. You need to make a left up here.”
I followed her instructions and decided not to question this change of heart she’d had. It meant we were progressing, and I didn’t want to risk said progress by asking her too much about it.
April went up to get Adi by herself, warning me that her sister would spend the entire day interrogating me if I went up there with her. They were back less than five minutes later.
Adi skipped up to the car, and April carried a backpack over her shoulder. I got out to help her with it and to load it into the trunk for her, but then Adi threw her arms around my waist and hugged me.
“Hi, Chris. I’m so excited for today. What are we going to do?”
I was taken aback by the hug, but I returned it and grinned at her. “I thought we could go to the Statue of Liberty? Have you ever been?”
She looked up at me with wide eyes and shook her head. “Never but I’ve always wanted to go.”
“Then I’m honored to be taking you there for the first time.” I dipped my head at the car. “You ready? The lines can get pretty long, so the earlier we get there, the better.”
“This is going to be so cool,” she exclaimed, practically diving in when I opened the door for her.