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“Don’t do that,” I said with a laugh, telling myself the same thing.
Beau and Zac continued to sing the famousTop Gunsong, and all I could think about was how sweet it must have been when his dad had done this to his mom. Did this mean what I thought it meant? Was he grand gesturing me right now? Was he telling me that thisthingbetween us that we’d both been resisting was as real as his parents’ love had been?
Or still was, even through loss.
When the chorus picked up, the guys shocked everyone by jumping off the stage and taking their mics with them. Layla was losing her dang mind in the chair next to me, but all I could focus on was Beau. Even though I couldn’t see his eyes through his sunglasses, I could tell he was looking right at me as he sang the famous song.
They finally reached us and did a little routine that was obviously very hastily rehearsed, making us laugh before they took our hands to finish belting out the shortened version of the song.
Before I knew it, everyone at the bar was clapping and they were bowing and Layla and Zac were kissing, and it was over. Beau handed both mics to the people who were up next to sing, then turned to me with a wicked grin.
“That was unexpected,” I said, raising my voice so he could hear me over the Michael Jackson song someone was singing.
He chuckled, his shoulders shaking being my only indication since I couldn’t hear it. Then he leaned forward and pressed a warm kiss to my cheek. “Have fun.”
I grabbed his arm before he could get away, hating that Zac had already started for the door. “That’s it? You’re leaving?”
“Yep. We’ll talk later. But hey, call me if you need anything.”
I nodded, so many words stuck in my throat as I watched him go with one more heart-stopping quirk of those beautiful lips.
When they were gone, Layla turned to me with a little shimmy in her seat. “That was probably the most romantic thing that’s ever happened to me.”
I took a long sip of my seltzer and nodded. “Uh, yeah. It was pretty great.”
“I knew Zac turned into a big ol’ softie after becoming a dad, but that was seriously next-level. And I love how Beau played along,” she said, then she reached out and grabbed my arm. “Wait, shoot, sorry. Are you okay?”
“Okay?”
“Yeah. Ugh, I was so wrapped up in Zac doing that since karaoke is kind of our thing, but he totally shouldn’t have asked Beau to play along. Now I’m kinda mad that he agreed to it, actually. That probably really messed with your head.”
Played along. Right. Maybe that’s all it was.
Beau had just played along. Because Zac and Layla had been singing karaoke together since the first time they dated years ago, and Zac didn’t know Beau and I were faking. So Zac probably suggested they do it together for both of us, and Beau probably went along with it.
No, wait. That song, though? There was no way Beau was so unfeeling that he’d sing that song to me and not intend for there to be meaning behind it, right? That would just be… cold.
That song was for me. That gesture was for me. Zac was the one playing along, and I knew it in my soul.
Either way, Layla was right. It had messed with my head. Because Beau doing that for me didn’t mean all of the things that stood between us disappeared, right?
All I knew was, I was eager for this shindig to end so I could get back to the cottage and ask him about it.
But by the time things wrapped up and we arrived back at the hotel, Beau was already asleep on the couch. We’d put the cushions out to dry all day so we wouldn’t have to share a bed again tonight, and it looked like they were dry enough. He still slept at an odd angle because he was way too big for the tiny little couch, but it was better than the first night, that was for sure.
Nerves crept in as I stood there in my painted-on dress, wondering if I should wake him. I felt a little creepy, too, watching him sleep like this. Shaking my head, I headed for the bathroom to take my shower and head to bed.
It looked like our little chat would have to wait until tomorrow. Because if I was wrong about what the song meant, there was no way I’d wake him up now just to find that out. And if I was right? Well, I think we both needed a little time to figure out where we’d go from here.
