Reid: A Regency Rockstars Book by Cottman Sasha

Author:Cottman, Sasha
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

With their performance over, Reid made for the exit.

Owen grabbed a hold of his arm and stopped him. “No.” Red-faced and near tears, Reid struggled to gain release. “I have to leave.”

Owen shook his head. Callum and Kendal came and stood alongside him. “Reid, you must stay. You threw the gauntlet down to the Italians, and no matter how much of a fucking cock-up you made of things, we all have to stay and watch their performance,” said Callum.

Reid searched their faces, hoping, seeking for one of them who might falter and support him in his attempt to flee, but he was in no such luck. Owen held his gaze, as did Callum. Kendal stared at the floor but nodded.

With a heavy heart, he followed his friends and took a seat at the back of the room. The very same seats that Marco and the Italians had just vacated.

Eyes facing forward, refusing to look at anyone else in the room, Reid settled in for the second half of the evening’s entertainment. The one person he did focus on was the tall, dark-haired Italian gentleman who stood at the front of the room and sang like an angel.

Every perfect note, every word that Marco sang, was like a knife to the heart of Reid’s pride.

It was at that moment, in the depths of his humiliation, he finally beheld the truth. Lavinia was right about him. While Marco could see the heart of the music, he had barely caught a glimpse. Until he was prepared to offer up his all to the soul of music, he would never succeed.

Marco caressed the aria as if it were a lover, treating it with respect and admiration. Reid felt his wounded heart soar. If he could bring even half the joy to an audience that Marco did, it would be enough for him.

He wanted to feel the same way about the music that Marco so clearly did, but he also wanted something more. His failure tonight had laid bare how empty and meaningless his life was right now. The one time he had felt a spark of warmth in his heart was when he’d held Lavinia in his arms.

He had to find his way back to her.

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