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“So what have you guys got planned for us tomorrow,” Carter asked, moving closer to me and draping his arm over my shoulder. My whole body hummed. Being this close to him was almost too much for me to handle. Every heartbeat sent waves of desire coursing through me.
“Oh, you know, the usual ‘rock star’ sort of thing. Bad boys, leather, black,” Lacie responded with a grin.
“The usual ‘rock star’ sort of thing,” Carter repeated. “I might be wrong, but it sounds like you might be making fun of us.”
“Not at all,” Lacie replied innocently. She grinned at me. “We’re just working with what you’re giving us.”
“And that is…?” Maddox asked.
Carter’s arm tightened on my shoulders and my heart beat a bit faster. I moved my hand to his knee, feeling like my chest was going to explode. I hadn’t been this nervous around a man since… I don’t know, ever? Since I was fourteen, maybe.
“You’re giving us the ‘bad boy rocker’ vibe.” Lacie, said, batting her eyelashes at Maddox. I grinned. She was a great flirt. “Trashing hotel rooms, bankruptcy, angry exes,” she teased. “We’ve all seen the papers.”
Carter growled beside me, and I looked over at him. His eyes drank me in, sending more shivers coursing through me. I felt like I could stare at his face for ages. My tongue darted out to moisten my lips, and Carter’s eyes followed the motion. They flicked back up to mine and I just about melted in my seat.
Maddox laughed and I jumped. “What if I told you that we were actually just three sensitive guys who were going through a tough time right now?”
“If that were true,” Lacie said slowly, “I would be very sympathetic. But I don’t condone any sort of trashing of any sort of room.”
“Maybe because you haven’t done it yet,” Carter laughed, tearing his eyes away from me. “It’s actually really cathartic.”
“‘Yet’ he says,” I grinned, rolling my eyes as he looked at me again. “As if you two will corrupt us so easily.”
“You never know,” Carter replied, leaning in closer to me. His scent filled my nostrils and it was all I could do to stop myself from leaning in and kissing him right there.
What was going on?
We were supposed to work together. We would be working together for months. And here I was, barely able to contain the lust in me just from sitting beside him.
I mean, I knew what was going on. I wanted him. Desperately.
But that didn’t mean I had to act on it. I just wanted to act on it really, really badly.
Maddox glanced at Carter, and I saw them exchange a knowing look. Maddox looked at me, and then swung his gaze to Lacie.
“What do you ladies say we get out of here?” He said. “Our place is only a short drive away, and I’m not going to lie, it’s a lot nicer than O’Grady’s.”
Lacie turned to me with a loaded look. I swallowed, a war of emotions waging inside me. I wanted to go with them. I wanted to have Carter’s arm around me, to feel his fingers sliding over my skin and to taste his lips.
I wanted those things, but was it a good idea?
Morgan would probably kill us if we did.
Lacie blushed, and I knew what she wanted. And you know what? Fuck it. Her mom was sick, My ex was stalking me, and we finally had the chance to have a bit of fun. Lacie saw me smile and turned back to Maddox.
“Sure,” Lacie said. “We’d love to. Never been to a rock star’s house before.”
“You guys live together?” I asked, arching my eyebrow at Carter.
He nodded. “Ever since we moved over from Colorado. I’ve know this guy since I was fourteen.”
“Kind of like us,” Lacie laughed. “Vee and I have known each other since grade school.”
Maddox slipped out of the booth and held out his hand to Lacie. She stuffed the rest of her papers in her bag, looking at me with wide eyes. I know she was thinking exactly the same things as me: are we really doing this?
And the answer was yes. Yes we were.
Lacie cleared her throat and nodded towards the washrooms. “Just gonna pop in there and I’ll meet you out front.”
