I carefully glided my pink tinted gloss over my lips as I stood in front of the full length mirror.
It was our last night in Phoenix and the team had planned on hitting up a nightclub and letting loose before we hit the road once again.
Our next stop was Salt Lake City, where we would be spending a week, that way Austin had a bit of a break to relax at home before we continued to travel the rest of the country.
I was placing the backing of my stud earring into place when I heard a short knock on my door.
"Come in." I called as I turned to rummage through my luggage for a pair of heels to match my nude dress.
I shifted my eyes to the door as I saw Adam letting himself in.
"Hey Lee." He said as he plopped down on my bed and kicked up his feet.
I rolled my eyes at his actions, not forgetting I was still somewhat mad at him.
"Don't hey Lee me." I said with a small scowl. "You outed my business to your sister before I even got a chance to tell her Adam."
"I'm sorry! I thought you had already told her." He shrugged as if he had done nothing wrong.
"Well I didn't!" I frowned as I pulled my shoes from my suitcase.
"Well excuse me for thinking you already told your best friend that you were sucking face with your boss. Kind of a big thing to forget, don't you think?" Adam fired back, clearly humoring me as he began to chuckle.
"I didn't forget. I just didn't really want to talk about it." I averted my eyes to the ground as I sank down onto the bed next to him, gripping my heels in my hands.
"You kissed Post Malone, the most popular recording artist in the world right now, and you didn't wanna talk about it with Sofia?" He raised his brow as if I were crazy out of my mind. "You guys call each other every time one of you breaks a freaking nail." He sarcastically jabbed.
"Fuck off we do not." I snapped back.
"You know what I mean. Why didn't you want to tell her?"
"I don't know." I shrugged, staring at the ground. "I didn't want her to make a bigger deal out of it than it is."
"Well is it a big deal?" He questioned curiously as I shifted my gaze from the floor to meet his eyes.
"I-I don't know I'm what I'm doing Adam." I honestly confessed.
"Do you care about him?" He asked with concern.
"I can't care about him." I said coldly, avoiding the question.
"Lena, you're my friend and everything but so is Austin. And I've seen him get fucked over in the past. He's too fucking nice for his own good."
We were quickly cut off as my door swung open.
"Lena you're gonna be riding with me to-" Austin said as he barged into my bedroom. His expression fell as he saw he had walked in on mine and Adam's conversation.
"Shit, I'm sorry." He said sheepishly as I watched his ears turn red for accidentally interrupting. "I'll uh- see you guys downstairs." He mumbled before he turned to leave and shut the door behind him.
Adam's gaze immediately caught mine as soon as the door clicked shut.
"Look, all I'm saying is that you guys seem to be getting really close and I'm sure it's difficult not to get your feelings involved. I just don't want either of you to get hurt."
I knew Adam was just trying to look out for us. But I could not leave Austin alone if I fucking tried.
I swallowed the lump in my throat and simply nodded at him as he squeezed my arm.
"We should probably head down, we're leaving soon. Are you done getting dressed?" He asked as he let go of me.
I nodded once again, "Yeah I'm ready." I forced a smile as we got up from sitting on the bed.
I followed Adam out of my bedroom, and down the stairs to find the rest of the team dressed and finishing up getting ready. Most of them were scattered in the living room gathering their jackets and putting on their shoes.
I saw Natalie from the corner of my eye quietly talking with Austin in the kitchen as she twirled her hair between her fingers.
I rolled my eyes to myself as I could almost feel her desperation from across the room.
I walked over to the kitchen island, sliding into one of the bar stools, still holding my heels in my hands.
I began to slip them onto my feet as Natalie's words caused my ears to perk up, catching my attention.
"Your hair looks really sexy when its freshly cut." She reached up, running her fingers through his curls.
"Doesn't it Lena?" She turned to face me, shooting me a petty look.
Are we in fucking Mean Girls right now? Cause this bitch is casually pulling a Regina George on me.
I cleared my throat and crossed one of my legs over the other, choosing my words carefully as I struggled to buckle my strap.
"It looks good." I said as my eyes met hers. I had the sudden urge to throw my shoe at her to wipe that stupid smirk off of her ridiculous face.
I mean who does she think she is? Putting her grimy hands on my man-
"Thank you ladies." Austin broke me out of my thoughts as he gave us a small smile.
"Do you need some help Lena?" He asked as he watched me continue to battle with my stubborn strappy shoes.
"Hmm? Oh no I got it Austin thanks." I brushed him off as I shook my head.
But instead of listening to me, he pushed himself away from Natalie and made his way over to me.
He stood tall in front of me, his voice hushed, sending a wave of shivers to my core. "Here let me."
His fingertips wisped softly against my ankle as he began to buckle the strap on my heels.
His tongue was pushed between his teeth as he was trying to concentrate on what he was doing.
I felt Natalie's eyes burning through us as Austin and I exchanged subtle glances.
"You're all set." He smiled as he finished securing both of my shoes.
"Thanks Austin." I mumbled as I could almost hear Natalie rolling her eyes, making her way to the living room.
"Can we go already?" She scoffed as she flopped down onto the sofa next to Chris who was scrolling on his phone, a panicked expression forming on his face.
"Lena, did you and Austin go through the Bud Light designs?" Chris shifted his gaze from his screen over to mine and Austin's direction.
It had carelessly slipped my mind and I honestly had forgotten all about it.
"Shit. I completely forgot Chris. I'm so sorry we'll do it first thing on the morning." I apologized as I mentally scolded myself for being so absentminded.
"Well that's going to be tough cause the deadline is at midnight tonight." He gave me a disappointed look.
"Fuck." I mumbled under my breath as I ran my fingers though my curled hair.
"Lena c'mon you were suppose to take care of this days ago. Now what the fuck are we gonna do?" He went on, making me feel even worse than I already did.
"Chris give her a break." Austin intervened. "It's not her fault. She came to me to show me the designs but we got caught up with the Arnette deal instead. It's my mistake."
"Well it doesn't matter whose fault it is, there's 200 designs to be sifted through and it has to be narrowed down to 20." Chris continued, clearly annoyed with the both of us.
"We'll just work on it right now. You guys go ahead to the lounge without us." Austin suggested as he tried to catalyze the situation.
"Austin you're not coming?" Natalie frowned as she glared daggers towards us.
"Well we have alot of work to do. We'll catch up with you guys once we're done here." Austin answered as she almost looked as if she was pouting.
"Alright well that works. As long as it gets done." Chris said as he stood on his feet. "I'm sorry for snapping at you Lena, this is just really important."
"No Chris I shouldn't have let this happen. We'll take care of it before midnight." I pressed my lips together.
He nodded at me as he rounded everyone up to leave.
Vanessa walked over to the bar stool I was sitting on, wrapping her arms around me and pulling me into a hug.
"Have fun working you two." She whispered with a smirk, flashing Austin a wink as she let go of me.
His cheeks flushed a hint of pink as his eyes slanted towards me.
We watched as mostly everyone shouted their "see you later's" and rushed out of the door, leaving Austin and I alone for the first time since the night he told me he was attracted to me.
I couldn't help the butterflies floating in my nervous stomach as I realized the dynamic between us had drastically changed since that night.
My laptop was already sitting on the kitchen island as I stretched my hands to pull it in front of me.
Austin sank comfortably into the seat next to me, his arms immediately wrapping around my waist.
"You look drop dead gorgeous." He mumbled as he placed soft kisses onto my exposed shoulder.
I let my eyes roll back only slightly before I quickly pulled myself from falling into his deep dark abyss of seduction and opened the attachment link sent from Bud Light in my email.
"Austin we have work to do." I mumbled as I enjoyed the feeling of his pillow soft lips against my bare skin.
"I know Lee, I've just been dying to touch you."
His words alone made nearly made me melt into a pool of desperation as he continued to drag his lips upwards along my neck.
"If you keep doing that, we'll never meet this deadline." I chuckled quietly.
"Okay fine, you're right."
He pulled away, tightened his grip on my waist and he rested his chin on my shoulder, signaling he was ready to begin.
We scrolled through different array of designs, Austin occasionally pointing out which ones caught his eye and asking me for my opinion whenever he saw one that he liked.
I leaned my head against his as he continued to hold me tightly in his embrace.
"Thank for covering for me with Chris. You didn't have to do that." I said softly as I turned around to face him.
"Yes I did Lena. I'm the one that's been distracting you. I wasn't going to let you take the blame alone." He placed a small kiss on my cheek.
I gave him a smile and turned back around to face my laptop.
As I began to scroll, I heard him softly singing into my ear.
"It's not my fault, it's not my fault, it's not my fault, blame it on me."
I couldn't help but loudly snicker at his antics.
"You are so lame I swear. I literally can't stand you." We laughed together in unison.
"But yet here you are." His cocked his brow, gesturing to how close our bodies were. He had moved his seat nearly behind me so that my stool was between his legs, and he had pulled me close so that my ass was pressing against his lap.
"Austin." I gave him a stern look, reminding him that we weren't done working as he gave me a small smirk.
His one hand went to the mousepad, randomly clicking through the assortment of designs until he reached the limit of all 20, while his other hand trailed up the front of dress, dipping into my panties.
His fingers slid effortlessly through my folds, pressing firmly against my already hungry core.
"You're so damn wet." His beautiful raspy voice echoed in my ear as he began to massage vicious circles against my clit.
"Fuuck." I threw my head back, finally able to release my profanities as loud as I wanted throughout the empty house.
Austin grazed his teeth along the crook of my neck, earning the endless cries of ecstasy from leaving my lips.
"Moan my fucking name." He whispered softly, nearly throwing me over the god damn edge as his tattooed fingers rubbed harder and faster with each movement.
"Austin!" I almost screamed as I couldn't hold back the toe curling pleasure that was coursing through me.
My dress was hitched around my hips and my arm was reached around his neck, my fingers pulling furiously at his curls as I leaned my back into his chest.
"I-I'm so fucking close." I groaned, my eyes squeezed shut and my body squirming against his.
"Come on Lena, cum for me.." He encouraged, biting onto my earlobe.
And just like that, I was moaning nearly at the top of my lungs as my wild orgasm surged through my entire shaking body.
He placed tiny kisses along my shoulder as I tried my hardest to come back to my senses.
When I finally caught my breath, I chuckled softly, turning my head to the side to place a kiss on his lips.
He abruptly pulled away, glancing at the time on computer screen.
11:55 pm
He clicked the confirm button on the bottom of the page, submitting the assortment of designs before he closed the laptop shut and shot me a quick wink.
God this man was so damn charming without even trying.
Yeah Lena, he literally charms your panties off every fucking time you're with him, I couldn't help but chuckle to myself.
I shyly smiled, adjusting my dress and running my fingers through my now sexed up hair.
"We should probably get going." I bit down on my bottom lip as Austin admired me with his longing gaze.
"Orrr.." he exaggerated his words as his eyebrows raised. "We could play hooky and stay right here." He innocently shrugged his shoulders.
I shook my head and laughed. "That wouldn't look suspicious at all Austin."
"C'mon, we can watch The Office and order Postmates."
The boyish look in his eyes screamed for my approval and I knew in my heart, I wouldn't be able to resist his offer.
How could I say no to those eyes? I mean have you seen them? They were just so beautiful and really fucking blue.
"Sushi?" I suggested with a smile, easily giving in to him without even giving it a second thought.
"How about we try my favorite food this time around?"
He grinned widely, his fingers rubbing soft circles into my thigh.
"I hope you like Olive Garden."