Night Shifts Black by Aly Stiles

Author:Aly Stiles [Stiles, Aly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aly Stiles

By the time I return to the suite, Casey and Luke are seated at the table, containers of food half-empty, and a clean plate at the open spot. They look up when I approach, and Luke waves me over.

“Thai,” he explains.

“With your hangover?” I ask in disbelief.

He just shrugs with a grin. “Burns away the alcohol?”

“What, so she has a key now?” Casey asks, interrupting our greeting.

“She’s here all the time anyway. I gave her the guest room.”

Casey studies us for a moment, and I swear I can see his expression fall. I don’t know what it means, but my pulse starts to pound as it occurs to me he might be jealous. Could that even be possible? No, of course not. He just thinks it means something different than it does and is mad that I broke my promise not to fall in love with Luke. I can’t exactly explain that to him at the moment, however, so I just drop my bag and take my seat.

“It’s more convenient, that’s all,” I offer quickly.

I can feel his gaze, but I’m not ready to meet it and start filling my plate with food.

“Did you bring your laptop?” he asks, changing the subject, but his voice is different now. Some of the magic is gone, and I finally dare a glance in his direction. His eyes…I look away again.

“Got it.”

“Ok, good.”

“Heard you working on something,” Luke comments. “Sounded pretty good.”

Casey nods, but doesn’t seem as pleased as I would have thought. “Yeah. Got a call from TJ today…” His voice trails off, and they exchange a knowing look.

“I’m surprised they weren’t on your case sooner,” Luke says.

“They’ve been bugging me, but this was the first ‘do or die’ call.”

“What do they want?”

Casey studies him for a moment, and I wonder if he’s surprised Luke’s still engaged in the discussion at this point. I know I am.

“New tour in four months with at least three new tracks.”

Luke smirks. “Got tired of waiting, I guess.”

“I’d love your help, man.”

Luke doesn’t respond and only stares at his plate. “Yeah, well, that’s not my thing anymore.” And there it is. The leg positioned clear of the table, the knee at attention. He’s about to run.

“I know, but maybe if…”

“Alright, well, I know I’m full. What about you guys?” Luke cuts in, disappearing from his half-eaten plate before either of us can respond.

Familiar ending to any meal with Luke Craven.

Casey curses and shoves his own chair back in frustration. He doesn’t move, however, and just sits in silence, lost in thought.

“You ok?” I ask, and he turns on me with a fire I haven’t seen from him before.

“You’re living with him? Why didn’t you tell me you two hooked up? Don’t you think you should have led with that?”

My eyes widen in shock. “What? Whoa, wait a second. We didn’t hook up.”

“No? But you moved in?”

“It’s not like that! I mean, I know what it sounds like, but it’s not!”

I lean forward, suddenly terrified at the thought of losing him, maybe even more than I ever was of losing Luke.

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