Page 34 of How to Catch a Rockstar

“Who’s the father?”

“None of your damn business.”

“It’s one of the band members, isn’t it?”

Aurora flinches. It’s miniscule but Mike doesn’t miss it. The asshole doesn’t miss a thing.

“Which one?”

“What part of none of your damn business don’t you understand? Is it the word business?”

Fuck. I can’t let Aurora get a verbal smackdown from Mike because of me. I step forward.

“It’s mine.”

Mike’s eyes widen to a comical size. “You’re having a baby? You? Mister Never Wants Children and Will Never Settle Down?”

“Yep.”

“Are you in love with each other?” He nearly gags on the word love.

I get it. The idea of love makes me feel nauseous as well.

“It was an accident.”

Aurora flinches at my words. I rub a hand down my face. I can’t keep calling the baby an accident. I don’t want it growing up thinking it was a mistake.

I step toward her. I need to make this right. I need to apologize. But she sends me a glare and I halt.

“We’re not in love. We’re not involved. It’s business as usual,” Aurora declares.

I swallow my growl at her words. It is not business as usual. How can she act as if her carrying my baby means nothing to her? As if I mean nothing to her?

“Nonetheless you fucked one of my clients. It’s ground for immediate dismissal,” Mike says.

“You’re not firing Aurora,” Cash declares.

Mike scowls at him. “She doesn’t work directly for you. I can fire her if I want to.”

“Fire her and our relationship is over. You’ll no longer be the manager of Cash & the Sinners,” Dylan declares.

Fender grunts in agreement.

“No. No. No. No.” Aurora holds up her hands. “I’m not letting Little Bean cause this uproar.”

Little Bean? She has a name for our baby?

Cash places a hand on her shoulder. “You’re not causing the problem. Mike is.”

“Mike’s an asshole,” Gibson mutters.

Mike slaps a hand on his chest. “I’m the asshole who got you a record deal. I’m the asshole who helped you get to the top of the charts. I’m the asshole who’s made you millionaires.”

“And Aurora’s the woman who’s done all the work while you took all the credit,” Dylan says.

Aurora’s eyes widen. “I didn’t do all the work.”

Mike studies our faces. He’s not a stupid man. He’s not letting his cash cow go. I can practically see him calculating whether Aurora is worth arguing over.

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