Heartstrings (A Rock Star Romance Novel) by Danes Hadley

Author:Danes, Hadley [Danes, Hadley]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-05-15T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

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I fall back against the leather seat, suddenly exhausted and overwhelmed. My whole body feels utterly limp, and I don’t think I could possibly move a muscle if I tried. I fall against Slade’s side, and he throws an arm around my shoulders, and pulls me against his body. I close my eyes, resting my cheek against his muscular body. For a long moment, we sit together in silence, savoring our privacy.

“So,” he says, almost sheepishly, “What did you think of your first rock concert?”

“It was...something,” I say, at a loss for words.

“That sounds like a good thing,” Slade laughs, pulling me closer. “You weren’t freaked out at all, were you?”

“I know I should have been,” I say, “The way the crowd worked, the way they reacted to you...I know it should have freaked me out, but it was just...exciting.”

“Very,” Slade agrees, tucking a stray lock of hair behind my ear. “It can be a lot to handle at first, though.”

“Please,” I say jokingly, “I’m an ER nurse, Slade. I can handle anything.”

“I should have known,” he says. “You want some champagne or what?”

“Sure,” I say. He reaches for the still-chilled bottle and fills a couple of flutes as we race through the city. He hands me one with a big grin on his face.

“Cheers,” he says, “To you, above all else.”

“To you,” I counter, “And to whatever the hell just happened back in the wings of the stage.”

“I’ll drink to that,” he says, his voice scraping along the bottom of his register.

I could tell back there that he was trying very hard to restrain himself, to make sure that we didn’t move along any faster than I wanted to. I don’t know what I was more turned on by, the way he kissed or the fact that he was trying to hold himself back for my benefit. I knew that it would be wiser to take things slow between us, but that concert had been so electric, so full of life and energy that it was hard to contain myself. I take a deep drink of champagne and settle back against the leather.

“Things get pretty intense at your shows, huh?” I ask.

“Every time,” he says, “Our fans are pretty devoted. They’re a weird mix of hardcore and emo kids, sometimes both. It makes for a pretty exciting scene. We try to challenge the norm. We don’t rely too heavily on any one genre, so that we come up with something unique.”

“I’ve definitely never heard anything like you before,” I say, “Slade, your voice...It’s incredible. There’s something so urgent, and consuming, and...just beautiful about it.”

“Beautiful,” Slade says, pondering the word, “I don’t think I’ve ever heard myself described as beautiful.”

I think back to how I thought the very same thing only a few days ago, when he called me beautiful for the first time.

“But you are,” I tell him, “I hope you take that as a compliment. I mean it as one. You’re a gorgeous person, Slade.

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