Chapter 5

“No. Yeah. I’m definitely Adam Mathews,” he said.

“Hi, Adam.” His blue eyes found my amber ones. “This is pretty easy,” I told him. “I’ll just say something like, Tell us about when you first spotted the happy face, and then you’ll do that.”

“Okay.” Adam was shifting from one foot to another.

“And maybe…try to stand still.” I turned on the megawatt charm, hoping the friendly expression others allegedly found nice was also comforting. “We’re not live, so if we make a mistake, we can get a second take.”

“That’s good.” Adam unclenched his fists and his jaw.

“Deep breaths,” Carmen suggested.

I showed Adam how.

“You’re even hotter in person.”

Those words from Adam made me start shifting, as I suddenly wondered if my heavy breathing had turned him on.

“I like your short hair.”

“Thanks.” Left, right, left, right.

“You’re really into dudes?”