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I force myself to breathe and slowly walk to the door. My hand is shaking uncontrollably as I try to turn the doorknob. I need to hold onto it when it swings open and Kegan is standing there, playing the guitar and singing.
I cover my mouth as I stare at him in shock. I listen to the song, quickly realizing I’ve never heard it before. It becomes clear why, when he gets to the chorus. He sings about his angel and how the devil pulled her away. He sings about how he had to fight for her and how she saves him in the end.
He wrote me a song and he chased me. These past few weeks I thought he’d never forgive me, but here he is. His haunted face, his dark eyes pinning me, his muscular arms flexing with each cord, and his deep voice filled with agony.
I step closer and he sings the last line, putting his guitar against the wall. “Kegan?”
“Hey, baby,” he says, tears shining in his eyes. “I’m sorry it took me so long to get here.”
I lose it as I throw myself into his arms. When his strong arms tighten around me, I bury my head in his neck and breath him in. His scent wraps around me and I immediately feel at ease.
“I’m sorry,” I whisper.
He pulls back and wipes my tears with his thumbs. “I didn’t give you much of a choice. I was no better than your grandfather and the label. I didn’t fight for you. I didn’t fix it. I promised you I would, and I didn’t. I pushed you out the door.”
“Kegan.”
“I told you I would fix everything. You were scared and I promised you. It took me a minute to breathe again, but once I could, I fixed it all,” he says, smiling.
My brows dip and I tilt my head. “What?”
He tucks my wet hair behind my ear, and I remember what I’m wearing. I look awful and yet he’s looking at me with heat in his eyes. “I talked to the label and your grandfather.”
“What!”
He laughs and presses a finger to my lips. “I told the label if you’re fired, Loyalty will walk away. I told Jennifer that we are number one and any label would be happy to steal us away. She immediately said you were hired back as our publicist. We both went to your grandfather. She told him that if he didn’t want you to represent Seidel Public Relations that she would hire you as an independent publicist. I was not as nice. I put him in his place like I should’ve when he showed up and dragged you away. He’s fully aware that our love is real, and he’d be happy to let you continue working for him. They are both fully aware that we will be going public with our relationship.”
I stare at him with wide eyes, shocked at what I’m hearing. He did what I was too afraid to do. He fought for me, for us. He protected me. I narrow my eyes and lift my eyebrow. “I didn’t need you to fix it all, Kegan. I could’ve.”
He shuts me up with a kiss and I won’t argue that. The second our tongues touch, I melt into him. He walks us forward and kicks the door closed behind us. His hands sink into my wet hair and he deepens the kiss. We both moan and I feel my heart begin to beat again.
He breaks the kiss and rests his forehead on mine. “I know you didn’t need me to fix it all, baby. I did it because I wasn’t there to protect you once and I will never let that happen again. You fixed that mess for me and I fixed this mess for you. It’s what couples do, angel. They help each other, even when they don’t realize they need it.”
I cup his face in my hands and search his dark eyes. “I’ve been miserable without you.”
“I know, baby.” I lower my brow and he laughs. “Blair told Remi, just like Remi told Blair how miserable I was.”
I shake my head and smile. “She set this up, didn’t she?”
He gives me a wink and lifts me into his arms. “I needed your address. Now, show me your room because I need you. I need you more than anything. Let me show you.”
I show him to my room. I know in the moment my life is whole. I have the job, the friends, and the love of my life. I have more than I ever expected, and it all started with me being the enemy.
Chapter Twenty
Lorelei
We are on the final show of this tour. I stand with a smile as I watch Kegan center stage. This tour has been completely different, because there’s no hiding. Kegan couldn’t wait to tell the world we were together and as his publicist I took care of it. We still laugh about how I wrote the words he wanted to shout on stage.
This last year has been a whirlwind. I left the comforts of my besties in Chicago and moved to New York with Kegan. Haven and Blair visit often and it’s always so much fun when the seven of us are together. A bit of trouble too.
Kegan met my mother, and I met his. She’s doing remarkably well, and we’ve become very close. I call her often to check in and even though she tells me not to, we spend hours talking.
Whatever Blair and Remi had going on never took off. It wasn’t meant to be, but I’m glad they are still friends.
Lane and Everett are still on the hunt for love. By that I mean, they have been with more groupies this tour than the last. I’ll eventually get all three of them to date someone, it’s just going to take some time.
