Page 73 of Sky Full of Stars

Brooke is laughing hysterically. “I knew it. And I bet it made it a hundred times better because of the way you two feel about each other.”

“What do you mean?” I sit up, dropping my feet on either side of the lounger.

“Oh please, I saw how you looked at each other in McAllister’s. The chemistry is off the charts, Jenna. I’ve known you for years, seen you go through other guys. Adam is different. I know you feel it. Christ, I could feel it from across the bar. I’m so jealous, I’d love to find a guy who looks at me the way he looks at you.”

“Stop making more of it than there is. It’s new. We’re still getting to know each other.”

“You’re the one who said you’d known each other for months, just via text and phone. You can build a relationship like that too. You guys are hot together. Why are you fighting this Jenna?” she asks suspiciously.

Christ, she could read me like no one else. “It’s complicated,” I glance behind me to check he isn’t standing there.

“Why? Because he’s famous?”

“Yes,” I say, like she’s crazy for not understanding that.

“Stop making excuses, what is this really about?”

I blow out a breath. I don’t want to admit to myself, let alone her, she’s right; I spend all my time thinking about him. Or that I may be falling for him.

“We live completely different lives,” I say quietly.

“I don’t buy that as a reason to outweigh the good of this relationship.”

“How can you say that? We live on opposite sides of the country, he’s leaving for six weeks.”

“All good excuses to deny what you want, Jenna.”

“What exactly do you want to happen, Brooke?”

“I want you to marry him and make beautiful rock babies.”

“Don’t get carried away or anything,” I say drolly.

“You’re young, beautiful and are living something millions of women would give their left tit for, Jenna. Don’t worry about the cons of the situation. Focus on the pros and just enjoy it. Live for the moment.”

Easier said than done. If I fall, I fall hard and I doubt myself all the time. I’ve had my heart broken too many times, I’m scared to give it away again.

“I don’t want to hear any more about the negative stuff in your imagination, tell me what you’ve been doing before I get back to work and my own boring life. What is the rest of the band like? The drummer is dreamy, is he single?”

I notice Adam in the kitchen, he spots me and waves and I give him a smile. I tell Brooke I’ll call her later and she gets pissy with me for leaving her hanging, so I tell her he’s just walked out naked and I need to go, just to get her off my back.

“Damn girl, go let him break you in half.”

She hangs up laughing. I look back at Adam, he’s reading something on his phone and drinking his coffee. Can I really let go of my hang ups and live for the moment? Coming here was impulsive, so that is a start. I’m just really scared of something going wrong and ruining this.

Chapter Twenty-Two

When she walks into the room and sits down across the conference table from me, I wonder if I’m dreaming. What the fuck is she doing here in a meeting about my upcoming European tour? Archer isn’t here yet so I can’t ask if he knows what the hell is going on.

Erica shouldn’t be here. She has taken the seat directly opposite me so there really is no hiding from her. But I do. I glare, then get up and walk out. I’m acting like a child but I’ve already been thrown by her sudden appearance, which was at a party, this is my work, my life.

I find Bianca talking with her assistant and rudely interrupt them. “A word,” I say getting in her face.

“Aidan, we are late for the meeting.”

“I don’t care. I want to talk to you, now.”

“Is this about Erica?” My jaw tenses and she heaves out a heavy breath. “Fine,” she dismisses her assistant and we go into an empty recording room behind her.

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