How a Star Shines_A Pop Stars Romantic Comedy Book 2 by Rachael Eliker

Author:Rachael Eliker [Eliker, Rachael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-949876-02-4
Publisher: Blue Lily Publishers
Published: 2018-09-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

This is where I was meant to be. This is where I could be myself. Standing center stage with a spotlight pouring over me, the band played the opening riff, and I stepped up to the microphone to start singing the opening lyrics of Only You.

I forgot about my insecurities and wondering what Josh had said to Tina about her not-so-subtle invitation to go on a date. Right now, music was all that mattered, and it was the kind of balm I needed to salve my brittle spirit.

Monica picked up the harmony behind me, and I was grateful to have her. How she had ever gotten tangled up with Preston, I’d never know, but he had done a good thing bringing her back to Harper Music. She wasn’t ready to be a headliner yet, but the spark of greatness was there. She just had to believe it, embrace it, and step forward without looking back.

The song ended, and I knew the audience had eaten it up. I could only see their silhouettes around the bright beam of the spotlight, but people were standing on their seats, and one man heaved a hefty bouquet of red roses, that came crashing down on the set. I could make out Josh practically army crawling underneath the cameras and snatching the roses. He took them back to the sidelines, where Bert waved a metal detector around the flowers and dug through them to make sure there was nothing awry. Then, they handed them over to one of the show’s interns, who carted them off to find a vase before they were placed in my dressing room.

I bowed graciously and waved with a glamorous smile to my fans. There was nothing like roaring applause to boost my moral. Stardom had undoubtedly spoiled me. The show cut for commercial again, and I was free to go backstage and wait until the end of the show, when I’d sign autographs for the audience and pose for a million selfies before calling it a night.

Passing Bert and Josh, I teased, “I saw what you were doing with my flowers, Bert. No doubt you were hoping someone had thrown me chocolate roses, which you would have snuck.”

Bert blinked but otherwise, gave no indication he found my remark amusing.

“Ignore him,” Josh said, jabbing his thumb in Bert’s direction. “He traded in his sense of humor for bigger biceps, I think.”

Without missing a beat, Bert said in his low, gravelly voice, “Worked, didn’t it?”

I laughed and smacked Bert playfully on the shoulder. “For what it’s worth, I think your sense of humor is alive and well, Bert.”

He grinned smugly and Josh handed Cinnamon over. Suddenly, I felt a stab of guilt, thinking about how I’d treated Josh before, like he was my servant. I swallowed my pride and apologized.

“Josh?” He looked at me, and my heart started thumping. If it pounded much harder, it was possible it’d break my ribs and leap free of my chest. “About earlier. I’m really sorry about how I treated you, making you go out and walk Cinnamon.

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