Page 8 of Laying it Bare Backstage

“Okay.”

“Okay that you want to give us a try or okay that I kissed you without your permission?”

“Okay to both.”

Thrilled with her response, my heart raced in my chest and I was sure my expression had just crossed over to dork.

“You’ve got that kid at Christmas look going on again.”

“I can’t help it. It’s better than Christmas because I didn’t think I’d be getting this. I didn’t plan on giving up, but I really didn’t think I had a chance. Especially after I found out the reason behind your rejection.”

Her eyes dimmed for a moment before her lips curled into a beautiful smile. “Well, even though you used trickery to get me here, it wasn’t deceitful and if I’m being honest, I found it kinda romantic and sweet.”

“I had to figure something out to meet up with you again. And I was not going to get your number without your permission. I hoped this would work. Is your latte still warm enough? If not, I can get us new ones.”

Grabbing her cup, she took a sip. “It’s still good.”

I took a drink of mine before pushing the plate with the sticky bun in her direction. “You get the first nibble.”

She pulled a piece off and popped it into her mouth. “This is really yummy.”

Ripping off my own section, I shoved it into mine. “I know. That’s why I ordered us one. But if you want something else too, let me know. I wasn’t sure if you ate breakfast before coming here. I didn’t. I was too excited.”

After she had eaten another chunk of the gooey concoction, she moved to lick her fingers clean, but I grabbed her wrist and brought her fingers to my lips and sucked them into my mouth. My dick twitched in my shorts, so while her wide eyes were locked on mine, I covertly shifted the material to hopefully conceal his excitement.

“Hey, why did you do that?”

Shit, maybe I finally went too far. But I just couldn’t resist her. She was gorgeous and sweet and funny and it had been a long time for me and I was going to end up fucking this up. To hopefully distract her from my misstep, I went for humorous. “Well, you know I’m just a dirty rock star.”

“Yeah, well, that was my share of the gooey stuff.” Without warning, she snatched my hand and brought my fingers to her mouth and sucked them into her warm heat, swirling her tongue around the digits.

Not the reaction I was expecting. And a moan crawled up my throat, slipping out before I could stop it. And I was sure I wouldn’t be able to hide my dick’s reaction to that erotic action.

Releasing my fingers, she smirked at me. “You started it.”

I blinked at her, unable to form words for a moment. Then I shot her a devilish grin. “I’m guessing you’re not skittish about sex. Not that I intend to right away tumble you into bed. Although I’m not going to lie; I hope to get there at some point. However, right now I want to get to know you, but I like that you don’t mind some suggestive fun.”

“Not skittish when it comes to sex, just when it comes to my heart.”

“Well, I will use care with both.” I placed a gentle kiss to her lips. “I didn’t give you a chance to answer about breakfast. Did you want anything else?” I pulled another chunk of the bun off.

“I didn’t eat breakfast. Ivy was too busy dragging me out of the house.” She feigned annoyance.

“Remind me to get her a sticky bun before we leave as a thank you.”

“Her thank you was Ascher.” She rolled her eyes.

I chuckled. “I think you’re right.” Then I waved Alayna over and ordered us each a giant banana muffin. “You know what I do for a living. Where do you work?”

“I’m a graphic designer for an online sport’s clothing line.” She took another sip of her latte. “I work remotely, but go in usually once a week for a staff meeting. There isn’t enough space in the building they rent for another office for me and since I work off a computer and we don’t see customers, there was no sense finding a bigger place.”

“That sounds awesome. Ascher said he remembered in high school you were good in art.” And another idea popped into my head. This one not involving any trickery. “Maybe you could create a logo for me when you get a chance. And I could bounce ideas around with you for our next album cover. After I get some songs written and see what the theme is going to be. I think it would be fun to work together on that. Something else we could do together.” When she didn’t respond, I grew concerned. “I didn’t mean it like that. I wasn’t using – ”

“I didn’t think that at all. You’ve got that boy at Christmas expression going on again so I can tell it’s just genuine excitement. I’m just trying to wrap my head around you.”

Good. Maybe I was starting to chip away at the wall around her heart. And yeah, I’d love to wrap myself around her body and have her pussy wrap around my dick. Hell, I was a guy and it had been a while since someone had enticed me and attracted my complete attention. The girls I had been meeting had flat personalities and weren’t looking for anything long term. Except for the few who were only interested in the fame and money that would come along with becoming Mrs.Pierce, rockstar wife. But I wanted all of Serenity. “I’ll give you all the time you need. I’m not going anywhere.”

Alayna brought out our muffins, so we dug into those goodies.

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