Page 33 of Fame & Chaos

The attention was exhausting.

Dad and Colt especially hated strangers knowing too much about us.

But right then? I didn’t care.

“Yeah,” I replied casually. “And Hux is my dad.”

Both girls gasped dramatically. “Oh my God,” the brunette on my right squealed. “So you’re basically famous already.”

I flashed them my best arrogant grin, even though internally I felt dead inside. “Not yet,” I said. “But I will be one day. My band’s gonna be huge.”

The girls giggled instantly. Painfully fake giggles too.

Usually that sort of thing would annoy the hell out of me, but right then I welcomed the distraction. Anything was better than thinking about Indi.

“Wow, Caleb,” the blonde said breathlessly. “I didn’t know you were this interesting.”

Interesting.

Right.

I almost laughed.

Apparently, being related to famous people made me irresistible.

The brunette eventually peeled away after giving Blonde Girl a look that basically screamed he’s yours, leaving me alone with the blonde, whose name I vaguely remembered as Maddie.

“So, Mads,” I said casually as we reached the side of the building. “What’re you doing now?”

She smirked and pushed me lightly against the brick wall.

Honestly, the confidence almost impressed me.

“I think you know exactly what I wanna do,” she said flirtatiously.

I should have walked away right then.

But I was hurting, and pathetic enough to think maybe making Indi jealous would somehow fix this.

So instead, I smirked back. “Do I?”

Maddie stepped closer until her body pressed against mine.

Then she kissed me.

And I stupidly kissed her back.

It felt wrong instantly.

Not because Maddie was a bad kisser.

Because she wasn’t Indi.

The whole time I kissed her, all I could think about was blonde hair spilling across my pillow and blue eyes looking at me like I mattered.

I wrapped my arms around Maddie automatically, but in my head, it wasn’t her I was touching.

It was Indi.