Sed grinned. Yeah, Eric’s antics and some fan lovin’ were exactly what Trey needed. Sed was glad he’d called him. “So, where would you like to eat?” Sed asked Jessica as they walked toward the elevator at the end of the hall. She shrugged and snuggled closer to his side. Her hand slid discretely over his crotch on its journey to clutch the waistband of his pants. “Someplace dark. With a booth.” Hell, yeah. He was all about dark booths. ******* Jessica dunked a jumbo shrimp in cocktail sauce and then lifted it to Sed’s open mouth. He bit into it and she dropped the tail on a small plate. “How’s that?” she murmured. He chewed and swallowed before he said, “Spicy. What is that? Horseradish?” She kissed him, touching her tongue to his. She drew away and stared into his sky blue eyes. “I think you’re right. Horseradish.” They were way underdressed for this restaurant at the Venetian hotel, but the hostess had recognized Sed and, at his request, seated them in a semi-circular booth
“We should probably go back to the tour bus and get a change of clothes,” he said to Jessica. “Take a shower.” “Whatever.” Sed’s brow furrowed with confusion. “Are you pissed off about something?” “Oh no. I like to be completely ignored while you’re fondled by dozens of women.” He had the audacity to grin at her. With both dimples showing. The jerk! “Where to?” the cab driver repeated. “Mandalay Bay. There are a couple of black and gray tour buses parked behind the events center. Drop us off there.” Jessica crossed her arms over her chest. Maybe she didn’t want to go back to the tour bus. Did he ever consider that? “I wasn’t ignoring you, baby,” Sed said. “I could never ignore you.” “Well, you sure as hell weren’t ignoring all those touchy-feely women.” He chuckled. “Dear God, Jess, you’re actually jealous.” “Am not!” He grabbed her and had her sprawled beneath him in the backseat within seconds. He kissed her, feasting on her mouth and stealing her senses. When he squeezed
“No fair,” he protested breathlessly.Still tickling him without mercy, she leaned forward and clamped her mouth on that sensitive spot just under his left ear. A thrill of excitement grabbed him by the balls and he groaned. She sucked a trail down his neck and then sat upright.“I think I need to reexamine the evidence,” she said.She shifted back and sank down on his shaft, taking him deep inside her body.“Oh yes, this is some hard evidence you have here.”He might have gloated about winning, if it hadn’t felt so amazing to be buried in her velvety heat at last. She rode him slowly, grinding her body against his, her fingers going still on his abdomen.“I’m still not convinced,” she purred.Huh?Jessica lifted upward until his c**k fell free of her body. He gasped brokenly. Okay, he was starting to understand this attempted murder charge.“Oh dear, I got the evidence all wet.” She winked at him and slid down his body until her face was even with his wet evidence.Her tongue darted
“What video?” Jessica said, still mulling over what that fan had said outside.“I hope Trey’s in a better mood,” Sed said.Jace stared at the floor. “I haven’t seen him since he woke up.”“What video?” Jessica grabbed Sed’s arm and gave him a shake.“I’m sure it’s nothing. Calm down.” Sed placed a hand on the small of her back to help her into the elevator car.“I’m not going to calm down. That guy said, ‘it was so f**king hot, dude.’ What did he mean by that?”“Maybe he was talking about the music video we released last week,” Jace said. “Those scenes with Sed and that chick were pretty hot.”Jessica’s nostrils flared. “What chick?”“Yeah, someone probably thought the actress in the video was you. That’s all.”Jace’s brow twisted with confusion. “That woman didn’t look anything like Jessica. Wasn’t she Japanese?”Work with me, Jace. “Yeah, so some of our fans are stupid and blind. Whatever.”“A music video?” Jessica wrung her hands together and took a deep, steadying breath. “I hope
“I’m not going anywhere with you.”“I know you’re upset. You probably want to hide for a while and cry. Let’s get you out of here, okay?”She gulped air. She did want to hide and cry, but not for a while. Forever.“I’ll take you to the hotel and I’ll leave you alone. Or you can let me hold you. Whatever you want.”The problem was she didn’t know what she wanted—being alone sounded good yet terrible, being held in Sed’s strong arms sounded better yet worse—but she nodded and let him lead her to a waiting cab. She stared unseeingly out the window on the way through the city. What was she going to do? There was no way she could hide this video from her peers, her professors, her family, her friends, jerks in elevators. This kind of thing would destroy her credibility. Would it mean the end of her career? Was it over before it started? Her dreams destroyed for a few moments of bliss? It all seemed incredibly unfair.Something hot streaked down her cheek. She dashed the tear away with the
He rolled her ni**les between his index fingers and thumbs, drawing a hard shudder from her body. He kissed a trail up her neck to her ear, sucking its lobe between his teeth to nibble on it. Goose bumps rose to the surface of her skin. His breath, quick and uneven in her ear, fueled her excitement.“You drive me crazy, woman.” The low rumble of his voice drove straight to her core.“I have no idea why.”His hands slid down her rib cage. He paused, taking several deep breaths to calm his excitement. Apparently, he was still under the impression that she didn’t want him to dive into the tub half-clothed, unleash his cock, and plunge into her body. He reached for the small complimentary bar of soap on the edge of the tub and unwrapped it.“Where would you like me to wash you?” he whispered into her ear.She grinned. “My left hand.”He lifted her hand from the water and lathered it with soap before setting the soap aside and massaging her hand with his thumbs. The pressure of his touch w
And why did he just think of Jace as an outsider? He was a part of the band just like the other guys. Just because he’d only been with the band two years…“Do we make you feel like an outsider?” Sed asked.Jace dropped his gaze to the table. After a long moment, he said, “Not exactly.”“If there’s anything I can do—”“Where’s your girlfriend?” he interrupted.“I left her back at the hotel. She pissed me off.” Actually, she’d hurt him, but it pissed him off that she could do it so easily.“You want a ride back?”Sed sighed, annoyed by his own weakness. He should just stay away from her. It would make things easier. He knew she’d lashed out at him because she was hurting. He wasn’t sure how to take that hurt away, but he had to try. “Yeah, if you don’t mind, but I need to do something first.”He pulled his lyrics journal from under the cushion of the bench seat and started to write. It would help to get these feelings out of his head, where they churned incessantly.He labeled the page:
“I heard that, Lionheart,” Trey said. Looking all gloaty, he said into his phone, “Yeah, okay, Dad. Whatever it takes to get me out of this place. The doctors here are quacks.”His physician shook his head and left the room.Jessica couldn’t believe how great Trey looked. His color was back. That spark of orneriness had returned to his emerald eyes. If it weren’t for the staples in the side of his head and the awkward way he held his hands, she could almost imagine he’d never been injured at all.“So is your dad going to get you out of here?” Sed asked, sinking into the chair next to Trey’s bed. He tugged Jessica down to sit on his knee.“Yeah. Thank God.”“You look better today,” Jessica said. “How are you feeling?”“Not bad. My head is sore.”“You’ve always been a sorehead,” Sed quipped.“Fuck you.”“See what I mean?” Sed chuckled. “How are your hands?”Jessica elbowed Sed in the ribs.Trey tucked his hands under the covers self-consciously, his smile fading into a scowl. “They’re g