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I tugged her onto my lap and wrapped my arm around her waist so she was snug against my chest. “We just heard that you’re planning on being very mean to us tonight.”
She swatted at my arm but didn’t try to move off me. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I came over here so we could have a little talk about you three being nice to Nick. What happened wasn’t his fault. I snuck out. I ran away. Nick thought I was inside for the night, like every other night. He’s good at his job and we’re all going to move past this. Especially since I invited Hilary, Nick’s wife, to join us for a barbeque tonight.”
Nick looked surprised. “What? When?”
Layla stroked her hand over the spot she’d swatted on my arm like she was worried she’d hurt me. “When I heard you were coming back today. We have the day off and the land here to ourselves. I’ve been experiencing some jealousy lately and I want to make sure Hilary doesn’t feel the same. Plus, I feel really bad about you being punished for something I did. You’re not starting back for another couple of days, because someone made a call and did some sweet talking. I flew Hilary out so you can enjoy a couple of days with your wife before you get back to work.”
Nick’s face hung open in surprise. “You didn’t have to do any of that, Layla. I messed-”
“I’m not listening to that. You didn’t mess up. I did.” She kicked her legs up and snuggled even closer to me. “I’m not letting Hilary sleep on that bus with everyone, either. I got you guys rooms for the next two nights. Here, and in New York. There’s a rental car being dropped off soon, too. After that, we’ll be closer to even after I got you in trouble.”
As I watched Nick struggle to contain his emotions, I found myself having to fight my own. Layla hadn’t told us she was doing any of those things for Nick and his wife. She’d just done them and it was clear that she didn’t think it was that big of a deal. Her heart was so big and ready to give love that it made my own chest ache. It also occurred to me that I could empathize with Nick after being with Layla. He was away from his wife for long chunks of time and he was a stronger man than I was because I couldn’t imagine not seeing Layla for longer than a day. If that. I’d never felt that way before. It never would’ve occurred to me before Layla that Nick being away from his wife would be hard. I wasn’t sure I liked what that said about me.
I held Layla tight as Nick thanked her. She’d changed us so much in so little time. She had no clue.
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Layla
IsatonJones’lap and took a giant bite of the burger he held up for me. Moaning in delight as the taste of it filled my mouth, I leaned back and planted a messy kiss on his cheek. “You make a mean burger, Jones. If I hadn’t already thrown my professionalism out the window, this burger would’ve done it. I would’ve slept with you in a second for this burger.”
He wiped his cheek while laughing. “I somehow feel complimented and cheap, all at the same time.”
Rolling my eyes, I wiggled happily. The food was delicious, the company was even better, and I’d hit it off with Hilary before Nick stole her away. It was an amazing night. The only thing that would’ve made it better would’ve been Grandma and Jagger being there. I missed them but we were getting closer to our Nashville stop of the tour.
“You’re close to getting bent over this table and fucked, honey. If you keep wiggling, it’s going to happen.” Jones fed me another bite of burger and then put it down so he could take a long pull of his beer. “It’d be a real inconvenience because then I’d have to murder all the other men here for seeing you like that.”
“I’d better stop wiggling then. Especially considering you don’t get to touch me tonight.” I felt him harden under my ass and bit my lip hard to keep from moaning.
“That’s not a real thing. You’re not going to do that to us.” He hesitated. “Right?”
I met Mack’s gaze from across the picnic table and saw him abandon his conversation with one of the stagehands to pay closer attention to me. “Not only am I going to do it, I’m going to love every second of it.”
Jones slid his hand under my skirt and moved his fingers under the band of my panties and into my wetness is one smooth motion. “Then I’d better take advantage while I can.”
Mack’s jaw hardened as he stared at the table like he could see Jones thrusting his fingers into me through it. “I’ll let this slide since it’s going to be fun to watch.”
I frantically looked around to make sure no one was watching us and my eyes landed on a vehicle pulling into the lot next to the tour bus. I gasped when Jones’ thumb circled my clit and then scrambled to get off his lap when I saw who was climbing out of that car. My entire body flooded with horror and I ended up hanging off the table, nearly landing on my ass. Jones catching me was the only thing that stopped it from happening.
“What the hell are you doing, Firecracker?” He tugged me back up on the bench and licked his fingers clean. “I’m not finished with you.”
For the first time since meeting the guys, my body didn’t immediately respond. It was too busy being cold-cocked by seeing Matthew. My stomach cramped with the need to throw up, that delicious burger making its way back up.
I never thought I’d be able to avoid seeing Matthew forever, but I wasn’t prepared to see him while I was getting fingered in public by Jones. I cleared my throat and stood up. I didn’t know why Matthew was there, but I didn’t want him anywhere near the guys. Him just being as close as he was felt like ruination. “I’ll be right back.”
The farther I got from the guys, the more the shock wore off and in its place was anger. I didn’t know why he was there but I wanted him gone. I was stomping by the time I was halfway to him and when he looked up at me and smiled like nothing was wrong, I had to stop because the urge to throat punch him was severe.
He closed the gap between us and moved to hug me, but I shifted away from him so he couldn’t. He laughed like we were the best of friends. “Oh, don’t be like that, babe.”
“What the hell are you doing here?” I crossed my arms and glared at him. “And don’t call me babe.”
He waved me off. “We’re going to be seeing a lot of each other. I wanted to come see you and check in before I get settled in for work.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Bingham agreed with you about The Homewreckers. They need a new influx of fans. I managed to talk him into letting The Homewreckers open for JAX. He’s excited about the direction.” He glanced over my shoulder and I saw his eyes tighten. “God, they all look like a bunch of cavemen.”
I didn’t need to look back to know he was talking about the guys. Theywerecavemen, but they weremycavemen. Then his first words sank in. The Homewreckers were coming on tour with us. Miriam Dark and Matthew were coming on tour with us. My brain struggled to figure a way out of the situation as panic set in.
