Page 43 of Reverb

If the mob doesn’t know what day it is and is currently arguing about bass riffs, then yes, we are the mob.

I was still thinking of a funny comeback when he texted again.

Stone

Come over to my place tonight.

If you want.

I flushed hot, the reaction sudden and intense. I had to suck in a breath. I hadn’t let myself think about the possibility of doing that again, how or where it might happen, or whether he wanted to. And he’d just come out and asked.

But he thought I might say no, which made my heart twist just a little behind my ribcage. And I knew, with a warm rush of certainty, that I wanted to see him again. Whatever this was, whatever we were going to do, I wanted more of it. I wanted to explore it. We didn’t make sense, yet it had been really, really good.

Sienna

I’ve checked my schedule, and I seem to be free.

Stone

Interesting. What do nerds usually do in the evenings, anyway?

Sienna

Play chess against ourselves and practice kissing the backs of our hands. But I can do that tomorrow night.

There was a pause, and somehow, I knew he was laughing.

Sienna

Speaking of nerds, you have to give me your address, unless you want me to show up for a hookup at your mom’s house.

Stone

Again, interesting. You don’t sext, yet you know all about hookups.

Sienna

I am aware of hookups, Stone. I just don’t do them as often as you do.

God, this was fun. I’d never had fun texting a man like this. I could do this all day. I was sitting in my car, pressing my lips together so I wouldn’t grin like a fool.

A text came in with Stone’s address.

Stone

If you think I do this often, you have a lot to learn about me, Maplethorpe.

What did that mean? Why was it sexy? My skin flushed hot, then cold, then hot again as I remembered the feeling of being naked against him, his lap between my thighs, the warmth and tickle of hair of his chest against mine. Based on what I’d seen on tour, I didn’t think he did things like that all the time with different women. Then again, he was famous enough to get plenty of offers. And I didn’t know him all that well, did I? Stone went to a lot of trouble to keep himself from me. From everyone.

Sienna

So you’re saying I’m not being added to a rotation of regulars?

Stone

You have so many questions. You don’t get answers until you come to my place tonight. And I do not care what fucking time.

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