Little Monster: A Rock Star Romance (What Happens in the Hills) by Emberly Wyndham

Author:Emberly Wyndham [Wyndham, Emberly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-07-23T00:00:00+00:00

Honestly, I expected Dex to leave after we had sex last night, so the fact he’s sitting on my couch at noon is mind-boggling to me. We’ve been playing Legend of Volthorn and checking the song’s ranking, and Dex jumps up off the couch when it hits number one.

“Fuck,” he says, one hand buried in his hair. “This is insane. People fucking love it.” His gaze shifts to me. “They love you.”

I’m about to roll my eyes and tell him how ridiculous that is, but he sinks back onto the couch and presses a kiss against my mouth before I can get the words out. Then he’s stealing the controller out of my hands, pausing my game, and running a hand through my hair in a way that makes my insides dance.

In his hands, I melt like butter, and there’s no resistance in me as he lifts me up and into his lap. The afternoon sunlight streams through the windows, bright and yellow and warm, and it turns Dex’s eyes a lighter shade of blue, like the Colorado sky on a frigid winter day.

Suddenly, I want to take him home, back to the town I grew up in. I want to show him the elementary school I attended and buy him hot chocolate at my favorite coffee shop. I want to know what he’d look like standing in a winter storm, cheeks pink from the cold and eyelashes sprinkled with snowflakes. The longing to have him rises up in me so fiercely that it takes my breath away.

He’s staring back at me, brow slightly furrowed, his lip ring shining in the light. His hand, tattooed and calloused from the guitar strings, traces the line of my cheek, then pushes a strand of hair behind my ear.

“You’re fucking beautiful.”

The way he says it, with a hint of something that almost sounds like reverence, makes me want to believe him. But I’m just me. Just Nora. And he’s . . .

Exquisite.

Something must cross my face, because his eyes narrow, seeming to study me.

“What?” he asks, twirling a lock of my hair around his finger.

All I can do is shake my head. “Nothing.”

“There’s no such thing, Nora.”

Fuck. The way he says my name, it’s like magic, and it does things to me I wish it wouldn’t.

Dex’s phone starts to ring, startling us both, and I pull away and slide off his lap. I need to clear to my head. He could probably make me forget my own name.

“What’s up?” he says into the phone as I pad into the kitchen and grab a glass from the cupboard. “Okay, man. I’m at Nora’s.”

A thrill goes through me. He’s not hiding it, isn’t pretending like I don’t exist. Which I suppose is what I’ve expected all along. I thought he’d be embarrassed of me. After all, I’m certainly not the caliber of woman he’s used to being with.

There’s a pause, and though I can’t hear what the person on the phone says, it makes Dex smile mischievously, and his eyes find mine from across the kitchen.

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