Pretty Words: An Enemies To Lovers Rock Star Romance (River Valley Rebels) by Gabrielle Sands

Author:Gabrielle Sands [Sands, Gabrielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gabrielle Sands
Published: 2021-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

12

JAMIE

As I paced around my bedroom, my thoughts bounced between what Nial was going to say when I told him I went to a nightclub and the herculean self-restraint I’d displayed tonight.

Oh yeah. And the fact that the woman who’d so thoroughly tested my self-restraint was currently in my guest room.

It had been thirty minutes since I left the water on her bed, and it was likely that she hadn’t fallen asleep yet. It was difficult to sleep after taking MDMA—I knew that from experience. But if Ivy couldn’t even bear to look at me after the high wore off, I doubted she’d take me up on an offer to hang out for a few more hours. I’d almost asked if she wanted to watch a movie together, but then I’d realized that would be as good as offering to Netflix and chill. As if she wasn’t freaked out enough.

Coming down from MDMA, especially the street-quality stuff she’d probably taken, was not very pleasant. She’d spent four hours feeling the best she’d ever felt, only to crash right back down to a world far uglier than the one she’d left. What was she thinking trying it for the first time with someone who’d ditched her as soon as they got to the club?

The irony of me lecturing someone on drug safety, even if it was just in my head, wasn’t lost on me.

I crawled into bed and told myself to stop replaying the memory of her pressed up against me. I knew she’d come on to me because of the drugs, but damn it. When she’d said she wanted to go home with me, a vision of her naked and bent at the waist at the foot of my bed flashed so fucking clearly in my mind that I thought the bartender may have spiked my water with DMT. Denying her was far more difficult than not ordering a shot as soon as I walked inside that place. But in the end, I couldn’t do that to her, and frankly, I couldn’t do it to myself. The fantasy we’d weaved on that dance floor was all fake, no matter how badly I wanted it to be just a tiny bit real. I closed my eyes, and the next time I opened them, my seven am alarm was going off.

For a moment, I considered going to the gym. Instead, I decided to go for a run on the treadmill in the basement. I didn’t want Ivy to wake up and sneak out without saying goodbye. It was selfish of me, but I wanted to see her, even if it was just for a few minutes. After all, I had to make sure she was okay, right? If she had any questions about last night, I wanted to be here to answer them for her.

At eight, I walked into the kitchen and found her standing by the sink. Her back was turned to me, and her purple-streaked hair was tied into a messy ponytail at the top of her head.

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