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“Uh-huh.”
I trace more tiny circles along the ridge of his collarbone. “I played the band we saw in Mayville for Fiona Wild. She’s the head of A&R at Empire.”
“Yeah, I know who she is. What did she say?”
“That they have nothing she can work with or sell and I’ll learn how to spot true talent.” I exhale. “You were right about handing out noes. It sucks, even when they’re not there to hear it.”
“It hurts because youcare, Piper. And that’s a good thing. Not something to be ashamed of.”
“Fiona made it sound like it is. She said not every frog I find will turn into a prince after I kiss it.”
“Well, that’s a weird metaphor.”
I laugh, snuggling closer to his chest. Kyle’s fingers continue running up and down my bare arm, the comforting motion making my eyelids heavy. He shifts us so the pillows are beneath us before tugging the blanket at the end of my bed over our bodies.
“Fiona is trying to keep her job. She has people to answer to, and her head is on the chopping block if the label invests in an artist who doesn’t chart. Shecan’tcare, but you can.”
He fits, I think.
Somehow knows exactly what to say, exactly what I want to hear.
“I told Carl you made the right decision. I just…wanted you to know that I think that.”
His hold on my waist tightens.
“I missed this,” I say, chickening out on replacing that last word withyou.
He doesn’t.
“I missed you.”
I fall asleep with a smile on my face, deciding all my confusion will still be there in the morning.
CHAPTERTHIRTY-THREE
KYLE
“Well, well, well. If it isn’t the King of Country, gracing us with his presence.”
I turn to look at the brunette woman approaching me. She’s dressed casually in shorts and a T-shirt, and she’s holding a clipboard.
“Hi, Harper. How are you?”
One of her eyebrows rises. “You remember my name. Good memory.”
“You’ve been at most of my meetings.”
“Yeah, but you were always focused on Piper.”
“Shenever noticed.”
Harper smiles. “Yeah, well, Piper’s never been a big country music fan.”
“Well aware.”
“I think she might be developing a new appreciation for it though.”
“She said that?”
