Rock Kiss 01.5 Rock Courtship(35)

“The guys are giving me hell,” he told her on the phone. “I told them they’re just jealous they don’t have a woman who sends them flowers.”

Thea laughed and thought of the flight she was taking tomorrow. “I can’t wait to see you.” It still took her conscious courage to say things like that to him, but his responses always made it worth it.

Like now.

“The others will never let me live it down if this gets out,” he said, “but I’ve been marking off the days on this little pocket calendar I carry around.”




He devoured her when she arrived. She did the same to him. Their physical connection just grew hotter the more they learned about one another’s bodies, but it was the emotional tie that made Thea feel as if she were walking on air. She was beginning to believe they might just make it, even in the hothouse atmosphere of a rock star’s life.

On that thought, she slipped on her heels several hours after she arrived, then walked out of the bedroom to find David finishing off a phone conversation with one of his brothers. Schoolboy Choir had performed in front of a sold-out stadium crowd the previous night and had tonight off. David and Thea had spent most of the previous four hours in bed.

She loved sex with him, but what she loved even more was being snuggled up to him while they spoke, their eyes connected and their bodies tangled.

“Jesus,” he said after hanging up, “you’re going to give everyone a heart attack in that dress.”

Thea twirled for him, the sparkling little dress in midnight blue having a deep vee in the back in contrast to the prudishly modest neckline in front. Long-sleeved but ending only a few inches south of her butt, it was sexy and elegant at the same time. She’d paired it with skyscraper heels in black patent leather and left her hair down because she knew how much David loved playing with it.

Her nipples peaked at the thought of his fingers on her scalp, his mouth trailing along her neck. “You’re looking good enough to eat yourself.” She smoothed her hands over the lapels of the black jacket he wore over a black shirt and black pants. “I want to say yum and take a bite out of you.”

Cheeks creasing, he ran his hand down to her ass, fondled lazily as they kissed. She’d deliberately not put on her lipstick, wanting his mouth.

Banging on the door.

“Hurry up, David!” Noah called from the other side. “I don’t want to be late for this.”

David narrowed his eyes. “He did that on purpose.”

Laughing, Thea stole another small kiss before quickly slicking on her lipstick. “They’ve been impossibly well behaved, you know. No one’s hassled either one of us.” In fact, the other members of the band were doing a stellar job of pretending they’d noticed nothing at all—difficult, given that she was sharing a room with David during this visit, but she had to give them credit for trying.

“They know how important this is,” David said, his expression solemn and his heart right there in his eyes for her to see. “How important you are.”

“David.” Sinking into his kiss, into him, once more, she whispered, “You wanted to see this performance.” Noah had scored them tickets to an intimate show by another musician the four band members all enjoyed.

“That was before I saw you in this dress.” Hand flat on the bare skin of her back, he let her wipe away the lipstick she’d kissed onto him, then sighed. “All right, let’s go. But I’m keeping you up all night, so don’t complain.”

“Since I plan to ravage you till dawn, that works for me.” She could hardly bear to sleep when they were together, wanting to drink in every instant with him.

“Holy hell, Thea.” Abe whistled when she stepped out.

“Hello, Abe.” Thea knew this was the first time Abe and the other band members were going out together after his binge, and while she sensed a faint hint of residual tension in the air, it appeared things were getting back on an even keel.

“Between you and Molly,” Abe said, “we’ll need to hire an entire security team to beat off the leches.” A slow, provocative smile. “Or you could just hang out with me. I’m bigger and meaner than David.”

“I’d put my money on David,” Thea said with a sideways look at her lover. “He took out an entire bar, remember?”

David’s hand moved on her skin at the arch reminder. “They called me a pussy rock star,” he protested. “I had to defend my honor.”

Molly’s laughter filled the air as she and Fox stepped out of their suite. “You’re still mad about that, aren’t you?”