Baby for my Best Friend's Brother: An Age Gap, Secret Baby Romance by Annie J. Rose

Author:Annie J. Rose [Rose, Annie J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

When we were teenagers, Mia and I joked that Callum needed to get laid. Maybe that would dislodge the stick from his ass. We said it derisively, but with an undercurrent of wistfulness. Now, I wished I could tell Mia that it had worked. The Callum I woke up to the next day was a lighter, brighter version of himself. He told me what had held him up–lunch with Jason. The idea sent a wave of panic through my body, but Callum said it had actually been good news–Jason was considering signing the new contract. The one that would free me from him for the low, low price of two birthday parties and one wedding.

I don’t know if it was the sex or the news, but I felt like a lighter, brighter version of myself, too. Even after Callum went to work, my heart felt buoyant in my chest. The songs my fingers found in between the six strings of my guitar were sappy and happy, and I wrote two of them down afterward.

The idea of releasing an album of love songs after my first album being indie rock and my second being a pop-star wannabe had an ironic, amusing appeal. Put side by side, I would call them the three faces of Quinn Collins. The first album was the real QC; the second was the mask that Jason Cain had forced over my face, cutting off my breathing; and this third one would be the new side of QC, one I didn’t even know existed until now. Although, if my third album was with Jason, there was no way he was getting these songs. It would be like handing him my heart, and he’d already contracted my body and soul.

No, these would be for me. I would record them when I was free of him. And maybe I would release them.

The day went by so quickly, most of it spent bent over my guitar, that I was shocked to look up and see it was the afternoon. I called Callum just to hear his voice, armed with the excuse that I could pick Noah up, if he wanted. I fully expected him to say no, but he surprised me.

“That would be really helpful.”

“Yeah?” I did a spin around the kitchen at the idea of driving again. God, it was like I was sixteen and newly licensed all over. Once I was free of Jason’s frightening control, I’d never let anyone have that kind of power over me again. “And do I have to bring him straight home, or can we stop off somewhere?”

That one was harder for Callum, but he must have been feeling positive about the Jason situation because he said after a moment, “Fine, Quinn. Stop off wherever you want. But don’t buy him a guitar.”

My face split open in a grin. Of course Callum knew where I was planning to take him. He knew me down to my bones. What a strange and wonderful feeling.

“I solemnly swear,” I said, finishing the quote in my mind, I am up to no good.

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