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“Absolutely!”
“You know it!”
“Anything you need, Mick!”
Slowly, he let out a long breath. “I don’t know...you’ve given me a lot to think about...”
“No! No, we didn’t,” Riley argued. “Don’t listen to us! Our hearts might have been in the right place, but we never should have said anything this soon. You’ve never steered any of us wrong, so...keep going with your plan and I swear we’ll just be there if you need someone to talk to. We’re done offering advice.”
He stepped away from Riley and sat back down in his chair. “Okay,” he said quietly. “Okay. I can do this.”
“Oh, thank God.” Dylan sighed, slouching in his chair.
“Maybe we should just stick to some safer topics for a little while before you go back and see Sienna,” Julian suggested.
Mick nodded.
“Yeah,” Matt agreed. “Let’s talk about what you were thinking about the tour while Vivienne’s pregnant. You know I’m not going to want to be away from her for too long, so...what are your thoughts?”
And just like that, Mick slipped right back into band manager mode as he straightened in his seat.
“So, I think if the album gets done by the late spring...”
****
It wasn’t until after five that Mick finally had Sienna all to himself.
And he’d never been more relieved in his life to see his buddies and their wives leave.
Not that he was going to share that with anyone, but...there it was.
He thought Sienna would feel the same way, but she had been gushing almost non-stop about how much fun she had this afternoon with Paige, Vivienne, Savannah, and Charlotte. It made him realize that maybe she didn’t have a lot of close friends at home.
“You want to know the best part of the whole day was?” she asked him as she sat on the couch and put her feet in his lap.
“No, tell me.”
“It was when I got the picture of me with the band and sent it to Bree!” Then she laughed. “You have no idea how many texts I got after that! I swear, I was going to ask the guys if they’d mind if I called her so she could talk to them, but I thought that was crossing a line.” She sighed happily. “Still, it was great.”
He ran his hands over her feet—which were currently fresh from a pedicure and her toes were painted fire engine red. “Love the color you chose.”
She smiled over at him. “I thought you might appreciate that.”
“Oh, I do.” Gently massaging her feet, he asked, “So, what did Bree have to say?”
“Oh, my goodness, there were so many messages and most of them had far too many exclamation points in them.” She chuckled. “I knew she was excited for me—and more than a little jealous—and that’s when I realized my biggest mistake.”
“Mistake?”
“No sooner had I finished chatting with Bree than my phone rang.”
He knew exactly where this was leading. “Jason?”
She nodded. “Jason.”
“And?”
“Well...he said he definitely sensed a vibe between us—whatever that means—and he wasn’t really surprised. He told me to be careful and to tell you if you did anything to upset me, he’d have to kick your ass.”
