Uh, no, that would not be best by any stretch of the imagination. The man was made to be devoured whole. Who cared about the following indigestion? Not her.
A set of knuckles rapped against the door.
Was that them? Rebekah's heart skipped a beat.
"Come in," Dave called.
The door swung open and the man of Rebekah's wet dreams poked his head into the room. Jet-black hair obscuring one sultry green eye, sexiness oozing from every pore, Trey Mills scanned Rebekah from head to toe. Her entire body flushed with heat. Trey offered Dave a crooked grin. Her temperature rose another few degrees.
"Sorry to interrupt the festivities, dude." Trey lifted both dark brows, one pierced with a tiny silver hoop. "We'll come back later."
He closed the door.
Oh my God, he's getting away!
Rebekah raced across the room and jerked the door open. "Wait, don't go. There are no festivities. I'm Dave's younger sister, Rebekah."
***
Eric dropped his hand from Jace's forehead and gaped.
At her.
For like five minutes.
He forgot why he'd had Jace in a stranglehold. Something about an engagement ring and Jace's dominatrix girlfriend, Aggie. Forgot that he couldn't wait to pick up a new custom-made cymbal for his drum kit after they visited what's-his-name-Dave!-who'd just been brought home from the hospital. Forgot that walking required a sequence of left foot, right-not left foot, left, left, stumble, right foot. Forgot that in order to inhale, his chest had to expand.
Eric choked on his own tongue.
It was her. Standing right there. About shoulder high. Petite. Feminine. Blond-and-blue-haired. Both beautiful and adorable in her mismatched tube socks, a purple tank top, and a green miniskirt. It really was her. The woman of Eric's wet dreams.
And she was gushing all over Trey.
Son of a bitch.
Wait, Eric thought. Maybe he was jumping to conclusions. Perhaps the signs were all wrong. He'd never actually seen her before, so he had to be sure. Eric lifted the long lock of hair that he dyed a different vibrant color every forty-nine days without fail and stared at it. His memory had served him correctly. It was currently cobalt blue-the exact same shade as the under-layer of her hair. What were the chances? It had to be kismet. Destiny. Fate. Providence. All of the above …
She'd said her name was Rebekah. That was Eric's favorite name. At least, now it was.
Rebekah tore her eyes off Trey long enough to notice Eric examining his own hair like an idiot. "Nice color," she said with a devilish grin.
Eric gaped.
At her.
For like five minutes.
Conversation continued all around him, but he couldn't stop staring. His eyes grew dry and itchy because he refused to blink.
Something slapped him alongside the head. Eric started and turned his head to find Sed, Sinners' lead vocalist, looking at him as if waiting for something. "Well?"
"Well, what?"
"Do you think we should give her a chance?" Sed asked.
Apparently, Eric had missed something while he'd been gaping, stumbling, asphyxiating, gaping some more, and not blinking-in that order.
Jace pounded Eric on the back. "You okay in there, Sticks?" he asked. "Did you have some bad cheese?"
Cheese? What the fuck is cheese?
Eric's brain usually worked pretty well, but apparently not with that sexalicious creature in the room.
"I promise to do my best," Rebekah said, her soft voice mixing all sorts of strange emotions in Eric's chest. She released Trey's arm and moved to stand directly in front of Eric. The strawberry scent of her shampoo made his knees weak. Or maybe it was that pair of baby blue eyes gazing up at him from beneath thick, black lashes. "Will you let me work for you?" She touched the center of his chest and his heart leapt against her fingertips. "You won't regret it."
Eric swallowed hard. He had no idea what she was talking about, but her working for him in any capacity sounded fine and dandy to him. "Yes."
She emitted a happy little squeal, wrapped her arms around him, and squeezed. She almost set him off balance as she hopped up and down excitedly. Before he could sweep her into his arms and carry her off to the nearest justice of the peace to recite eternal vows, she released him and hugged Jace, then Sed. Eric cringed when she plastered herself to Trey. It was one hundred percent obvious who she wanted. Now that he and Trey Mills were the only two single guys left in this band, Eric thought he would have pretty good odds of picking up a nice girl for himself.
No such luck.
Trey whispered something in her ear. She giggled and whispered, "Not here."