Follow Me Back by A.V. Geiger

Author:A.V. Geiger
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2017-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

17

BOUND AND GAGGED

Eric steered his baby-blue Ferrari around the hairpin turns of Mulholland Drive, reveling in the purr of the engine as he pushed down on the accelerator. It felt great to be behind the wheel again. He’d spent too many nights in the back of a limo lately, and he missed the feeling of control that came from driving.

He’d bought himself a Ferrari 458 Spider a little over a year ago to celebrate his latest album reaching multiplatinum status. But so far, the odometer only registered a few thousand miles. Maybe he should bring his car along on the tour kicking off soon. Leave the tour bus to the roadies. Eric made a mental note to float the idea by Maury in the morning.

Maury…

Eric drummed his fingers on the steering wheel. He couldn’t get that awkward conversation with his manager out of his head. Maury didn’t know what he was talking about, obviously. All that nonsense about love… His manager had only leaped to that conclusion because he didn’t have all the facts. He didn’t know about the fake Twitter account—or that the girl on the other end of the conversation was a fan. How could Eric Thorn be in love with a fan? A random fangirl who wouldn’t even tell him her last name or where she lived? A girl whose picture he’d never even seen?

“Ridiculous,” Eric muttered as he pulled his car into the long, gated driveway of his house in the Hollywood Hills.

He rolled to a stop and popped the car door open, bracing against the chill of the night air. His hand reached automatically for the phone in his pocket as he made his way inside, but he stopped himself. Maybe he needed to give it a rest—spend one night without pouring out his every passing thought to Tessa. It would be the first night in months that he hadn’t fallen asleep reading her messages and imagining her voice whispering him good night.

But he was perfectly capable of setting it aside, right?

Eric kicked off his sneakers and sprawled on the couch. Maybe this was what he needed, he told himself. Some solitude. Put on some music and crack open a pint of cookie dough ice cream. No phone. No Twitter.

Where was the stereo again? His eyes wandered restlessly about the oversize room. Vaulted ceilings. Hardwood floors. Black leather furniture. White baby grand piano in the corner. Someone had arranged his collection of Grammys, AMAs, and MTV moonmen on top. Home, sweet home. All very tasteful…and very unfamiliar.

This place felt no more like home than any of the swanky hotel suites where he laid his head most nights. Between his tour schedule and his acting and modeling duties, he barely cobbled together six weeks a year in LA. He wasn’t exaggerating when he told Maury that he didn’t have time for a girlfriend. Not unless he found one that he could cart along wherever he went—a handy-dandy girlfriend the size of a cell phone, who fit conveniently in the back pocket of his jeans.

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