Page 87 of Heart of a Rebel

I’m still not sure how that’s going to go. The guys have said they’re willing to do whatever Eloise wants once this tour is over, even if that means taking a break. But I honestly never thought that would happen.

With a final nod, the execs wander off, back to whatever pit of hell they crawled out of in the first place. Doesn’t matter because I’m just happy they disappear before the band’s set finishes.

The crowd goes wild when the song ends. Sebastian flips off the audience as a thank you, I guess. He’s an asshole like that. Then, they all move to the front and wave before making their way off stage.

Eloise slides right into my arms and I can’t say I’m complaining. As far as I’m concerned, she should have been doing this after every show.

“Fuck, you two haven’t had enough?” Rome rolls his eyes. “Thin walls you know, and I was on the other side.”

“Did not need that image in my brain,” Sebastian says, immediately walking away to avoid the conversation entirely.

“Me either,” Rome yells toward Sebastian’s retreating back.

“Fuck off, that’s payback asshole,” I say.

Rome shrugs with a grin stretching his face. “Fair enough.”

“Surprised we didn’t hear anything coming from the other side.” Eloise crosses her arms over her chest and stands off with him.

“Maybe I’m saving it for later.” Rome brushes her off, and she accepts it, but I don’t miss that it’s odd for him.

I’m used to peeling naked women off him just to drag him on stage, but lately, it hasn’t been an issue.

“You have fun with that.” Eloise shakes her head, then turns to face me. “I’m gonna wash up real quick and meet you back at the bus. I know you’ve probably got shit to handle.”

“Unfortunately.”

I’d like to do more of what we did earlier, but that’s not an option after a show. While the band disappears to do whatever it is they want to do, I’m stuck with the crew for hours instructing them while they break down and finish up.

Eloise lifts onto her toes and gives me a kiss. “I’ll stay up waiting.”

Turning, she disappears into the crowd.

“Fucking, Adrian, had it in you all along.” Rome slides up next to me with a grin stretching his cheeks.

“Save it.”

“No thanks.” He smiles, his eyes moving in the direction Eloise disappeared.

I follow his gaze, thinking I’ll catch her in the crowd, but she’s already been swallowed up in the mass of people. Which is when it hits me that security is still standing to my left instead of following after her.

She’s alone.

Rome says something else, but I’m already moving as that feeling settles in my gut. The same one that woke me in my sleep the night Sam died on the other side of the world. A sixth sense I’ve never been able to kick. If he’s been out there waiting, I have no doubt in my mind, I just handed him the perfect opportunity.

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Eloise

Theenergyintheair is feral. I’m still thriving off the vibrations of the crowd as I walk back to my tour bus. Everything about tonight has me buzzing, from the show we played to Adrian bending me over a table.

The man does wild things to me.

After losing my virginity at nineteen, sex felt like a chore I never really enjoyed. While the guys in the band seemed to thrive off the physical connection, I always wanted something more intimate. Something I never truly understood before Adrian.

Sex with Adrian is the opposite of anything I’ve ever felt. He touches me like he’ll never get enough, looks at me like I’m the only person in the world worth looking at, fucks me like he wants to break me just so he can be the one to put me back together again.

I don’t just want it; Ineedit from him.

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