Bound to Please by Lilli Feisty

Author:Lilli Feisty [Feisty, Lilli]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780446551984
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2009-05-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Fifteen

This is nice.” Yvette settled into the plush seat of the private jet and sipped her orange juice. “It almost makes it worth getting up at the ass crack of dawn to get back to S.F.”

Next to her, Jake gazed around the elegant beige interior. “I guess we’re good enough for a private jet, just not good enough to choose the time we fly. Whatever. It’s better than coach.”

The sun hadn’t yet risen, and Mark flipped on the overhead light in order to see the notebook he was scribbling in. So close. He had the lyrics, but the melody was evading him, just out of reach. He wanted to nail it, and he wanted to do it now. For some reason it seemed important that this song make it onto this record.

“What are you working on, pet?” Yvette asked. “You’ve been totally distracted all morning.”

He glanced across the aisle. “Just a new song.”

“Give us a taste, brother,” Jake said, picking up his ever-present drumsticks. “Give me a beat.”

“Nah, it’s not finished yet.”

“Come on, Mark.” Yvette tapped his knee with the tip of her pointy black boot. “Maybe we can help.”

“Seriously, I just want to work it out first.” Keeping his head down, hoping they’d go away, he didn’t notice Yvette leaning across the aisle.

“Does that say ‘Ruby’?”

“Fuck. Can’t you just let me finish this?”

Jake gave a low whistle. “Dude. Have you ever written a love song before? I don’t think so.”

“No shit. He’s too busy writing about going insane and things melting and other heavy shit.” Yvette sipped the orange juice, and Mark was starting to wonder if the drink was actually a mimosa.

He turned back to his notebook. “It’s not a love song, not really.”

“If it’s about a woman, it’s gotta be,” Jake said.

“All I know is that this is the first time I’ve seen you so taken with a lass. Other than me, of course.” Her voice was casual, but Mark heard the bite behind it.

He was too tired to argue. “I admit it. I like her. But she’s made it obvious it’s a temporary thing, which is cool with me.”

“I’m sure it is.” Yvette leaned forward, bracing her elbows on her knees. “Why do you think our Ruby is so intent on keeping things casual?”

Mark glanced up and when he spoke, his voice sounded tense. “I’m not exactly relationship material. She doesn’t want to get hurt. The usual.”

“Maybe, but it’s not usually the girl making that decision.” Yvette frowned and stared silently at him, the deep whir of the jet’s engines humming through the cabin. Then she leaned back, sipped her drink. “And how does our stallion feel about this filly bucking him out of the corral?”

He tapped his pencil on the notebook. “We leave in what? Two weeks? I’ll just see how it plays out, I guess. I mean, she’s just a girl.” He tried to keep his voice casual, but there was an ache in his heart even he couldn’t ignore.

“Just a girl,” she repeated.

“You’re right, Yvette,” Mark said.

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