Page 54 of How to Love a Rockstar

He smirks. “Seeing me makes everything better?”

“I was referring to the coffee.” I snag a mug from the tray and take a sip to hide my amusement at his offended face.

“I’ll blow you away with the cupcake I brought you.”

I widen my eyes and mouthno.

Gratitude will lose her mind if she catches me eating a cupcake in the library. Drinks are allowed but food isn’t. I can’t even eat at my desk in the office. I have to eat outside. Otherwise, the crumbs from my apparently messy eating will attract rodents and then they will destroy all the books and probably burn the place down while they’re at it.

“Young man,” Gratitude begins. Uh oh. Here we go.

“Don’t you worry,” Dylan says as he approaches her. “I brought you a coffee and treat, too.”

Gratitude’s mouth opens but she seems to have lost the ability to speak.

Dylan places the mug on the desk in front of her. “Caramel latte. A little birdie told me it’s your favorite.”

He winks and she blushes. Now my mouth’s hanging open. How in the world did Dylan charm the grumpy librarian in two seconds flat?

“I also brought you a piece of cheesecake. Bryan said it’s your secret favorite. Don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone.”

Gratitude doesn’t hesitate to snatch the cheesecake from him. “I’m on break,” she says as she hurries out the front door of the library.

What just happened?

Dylan places a finger under my jaw to shut my mouth. “What’s with the gaping?”

“I can’t believe you charmed Gratitude. She hates me.”

“She doesn’t hate you. She wouldn’t have hired you if she hated you.”

“She didn’t hire me. The town did. I didn’t even meet her when I visited for the interviews. She was having lunch at the diner when I toured the library.” I pause as I come to a realization. “She never has lunch at the diner. I think I was conned.”

“She’ll warm to you eventually. How can she resist your charm?”

I snort. “You’re the charming one.”

“Come on. Let’s have our treats.”

“We can’t eat in the library.”

He ignores me and sits down at a table. He places our cupcakes on it before digging napkins out of his pockets.

“I’m serious. We can’t eat in the library.”

“Don’t worry.” He winks. “I know the librarian.”

“I’m not the librarian yet. She can still fire me.”

And then what would I do? I moved my entire life to Winter Falls. This is my dream. A small town where I can get to know the people. People who never knew me as the mouse.

“If she didn’t hire you, she can’t fire you.”

I don’t believe him, but I hate to argue. What I will do is research my contract later.

“What are you doing here anyway?” I ask as I sit across from him. He slides the cupcake across the table at me but I ignore it.

“We quit recording early. One of Jett’s sticks broke and he had a temper tantrum.”

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