Chapter 156: Looking
"You actually smell like her. How is that even possible?" Melanie wrinkled her nose at the thick, floral scent that clung to him the moment he stepped inside.
The sour mood she’d been bracing for—thanks to how stormy Adam had looked when he walked in—seemed to evaporate in an instant.
"Do I?" He sniffed absently at his sleeve. "She had those damn candles going, and there were roses everywhere. The whole room was basically soaked in perfume. I guess I didn’t realize I’d marinated in it."
"Candles and flowers? Well, it is cloying but I thought she invited you to talk? So, did she set the scene for seduction?" Melanie muttered and then rubbed her temple with a wince as the scent was already getting to her head "How did she even think of seducing with that cloting scent! It gives me a headache."
He watched as she closed her laptop and turned in her chair to face him, "So, did you find something? Why she reached out—"
Before she could finish her sentence, Adam suddenly grabbed her and tugged her onto his lap with all the subtlety of a misbehaving mutt. He pressed himself against her, nuzzling her neck like some needy animal.
"What are you doing?" she squealed, half-laughing and half-indignant.
" You must be the only woman who would be so causal about her husband’s ex trying to seduce him. Also, I’m rubbing her scent off me and getting yours on me so that you don’t have a headache," he said matter-of-factly, grinning like a kid who knew exactly how far he could push before she’d snap. He kept her pinned while he rubbed his cheek against her shoulder like she was his personal scent-swap station. She was about to swat at him, even as she laughed at his antiques when she noticed the glint of silver—he was wearing the lip ring again.
She flicked it with her finger, a small, automatic gesture that made his grin deepen. "Ha! You’re more obsessed with this one than the others. I put it on because you like it."