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I leaned down and kissed her soft lips, groaning. “How can one person taste so good?” I asked. Veronica laughed, rolling her eyes.
“Stop it,” she said.
“It’s true! You taste fucking incredible.”
“I need to go,” she said reluctantly. “You can taste me again tomorrow, when we’re in New York.”
“I’ll hold you to that.”
“I wouldn’t expect anything less.”
She squeezed my hand and smiled at me before walking away. I saw her get into her car, and then Lacie joined her. Maddox appeared beside me and we watched them drive off.
“I think today is the first day since we launched our album a year ago that we’ve actually had some decent interviews.” Maddox dragged his hadn’t through his hair, watching the car drive off.
“It’s also the first time in a long time that I’ve actually enjoyed it.”
Maddox laughed, nodding. “I guess we’d better pack for tomorrow. Three more days of this shit, interviews and promotion and talking about total bullshit.”
“At least we’ll have some company,” I grinned.
Maddox grunted, and we got in my car and headed back to our house. As we walked in, the house seemed bigger and lonelier than it had before. Maddox went to his end of the house, and I went to mine. I packed haphazardly, chucking clothes into a suitcase and thinking of Veronica.
I wished she was beside me. I could imagine her, lounging on my bed as I packed. She’d probably make a snarky comment and then laugh at her own joke. I grinned as I thought of her laugh.
We must have been on the same wavelength, because my phone buzzed.
See you tomorrow xx
Those three words made my heart thump harder than I thought it ever could. A smile stretched over my lips as I answered Veronica’s text. I smiled to myself, and for the first time in months, I looked forward to tomorrow.
Chapter 13 - Veronica
I picked up Lacie on the way to the airport. When we got there, I checked in to the flight, went through security and grabbed a coffee. Lacie was quiet, and I knew she felt exactly like I did: tired, but incredibly excited. We probably wouldn’t see the band until we were in New York, since they were flying first class and we were flying coach.
Lacie joined me at the coffee shop next to the gate, and we sat down in silence. Something caught my eye behind her, and I stiffened.
“What is it?”
I narrowed my eyes. “One sec,” I said, jumping out of my seat. A man had made eye contact with me and then immediately turned around and walked away.
Could it be him? Was that Seth?!
What would he be doing at the airport?! I rushed towards the man, pushing past a crowed of people in the airport as I tried to reach him. He shuffled ahead of me, keeping his chin tucked into his chest and a baseball cap pulled low over his head. He ducked down a hallway just as a large family came around the corner. By the time I’d woven between them, he was gone.
I sighed, slumping my shoulders and turning around. I shuffled back to the cafe, finding Lacie exactly where I’d left her. She frowned at me as I sat down.
“What was that about?”
I shook my head. “Nothing.”
How could I possibly explain it? How could I tell my best friend that I thought I was seeing my creepy stalker ex-boyfriend everywhere? I thought I’d seen him at the last interview we’d done with the band last night, but I’d shaken it off. Just as Carter had kissed me, I’d felt the hair on the back of my neck prickle and I’d made eye contact with someone for a split second.
And this morning?
I’d seen him again, but this time at the airport when I was about to fly to New York.
Unless he was following me, there was no way it was him. It had to be just two different people that happened to make eye contact with me. I was just paranoid, because maybe I wasn’t quite ready to have another relationship after what I went through with Seth. I knew this—thing—with Carter was probably a bad idea for both our careers.
