Page 4 of I Remember Moscato

“In your dreams, Quinny.” Isabella laughs as she comes up behind us. “I’m going to be the favorite, I mean I am her mama’s twin.”

“Dream on.” I laugh.

We all watch Jagger as he walks back over to me. I’m fucked. Even his walk is sexy. He takes my hand as soon as he gets close enough. Luciana clears her throat.

“Oh. Sorry.” I chuckle. “Jagger, this is Isabella and Luciana. The big guy from earlier is Rónán, he’s Luciana’s husband.”

“Nice to meet you both.” Jagger smiles at the sisters.

“Hey. You look familiar, are you by chance part of Twisted Bonds: Second Generation?” Luciana asks.

Jagger laughs. “I am. Have you heard our music?”

“My brother played me one of your songs just this morning. And he showed me a pic of your band. You’re all siblings right? And your dad was in the original band? My parents loved Twisted Bonds.”

Jagger nods. “We’re all here tonight, my sisters have been to your regular shows. They saw that you were having a male and female show. And here we are.”

“I’m glad you’re here. I’m guessing your sisters like the all-male show?” Isabella laughs.

“They do. I’m pretty sure they come at least once a month. But I’ll be honest, I’m not sure I’ll be paying much attention to the show now.”

Jagger smiles at me and it sends tingles through my body. The way he looks at me, it’s like he sees only me. No one else. And when I look at him? It’s like having tunnel vision. He’s the only destination I see. Isabella and Luciana go over to their men, who are both performers for Magic Nights Chicago. Leaving me and Jagger to stare at each other.

“So tell me about you. What do you do?” he asks me.

“I’m in school still, I have one more year at Wolf University to finish my Master’s degree.”

“Holy shit. That’s awesome. What are you studying?”

“Criminology.” I grin at him.

“Wow. That’s amazing. What do you want to do? Police?”

“I might join the force, one of my good friends is a detective with the Chicago Police. But what I really want to join the FBI. I want to go into more of the forensics area and stay in Chicago.”

“That’s really amazing and sexy.” He grins at me and kisses my hand again.

“So you’re in a band? What do you play?”

“I’m the bassist in our band.”

“Do you go on tour? I’m guessing you do if Luciana heard your music.”

“Yeah, we’re starting to tour a little more these days. But we split our time playing and promoting our family business.”

“What’s your business?”

“We own a brewery, it’s called Twisted Brewery, we specialize in beer. And now we’re looking into making wines too. Our best beers are honey, strawberry and cherry. Which I know doesn’t sound delicious. But I promise you’ll like it.”

He must have seen the look on my face when he was naming the flavors. I’m pretty sure I wrinkled my nose. Those don’t sound like beer flavors.

“I promise to keep an open mind and try them.”

“That’s all I ask.” He smiles at me. I love his smile, it lights up his whole face.

I never thought love at first sight was a real thing, even after seeing Luciana and Rónán. But I do now. And I’m hoping Jagger feels the same way as I do.

Jagger

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