Rock & Regrets by Cassandra Lawson

Author:Cassandra Lawson [Lawson, Cassandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 39

Piper

My head was going to explode from the sinus pressure.

“Are you in there, Piper?” Bentley called out when she knocked on my office door.

“Come on in,” I replied in a hoarse voice.

She walked in and frowned when she saw me. “Are you sure you should be at work tonight?”

I gave her the most reassuring smile I could manage under the circumstances. “It’s just a nasty head cold. We’re well-staffed, so I’m planning to stay in the office most of the evening. I need to go through some applications and set up interviews.” Business was so good, we needed to hire four more people. “I’m surprised to see you here tonight.”

Bentley had worked extensively on getting Euphoria ready to open, but she didn’t work at the club. As I understood it, she’d decided to take on the project of planning Euphoria while she figured out what she wanted to do after quitting her last job.

“I’m just being nosy,” she admitted.

“So, you heard about what happened with Austin.” I wasn’t surprised that she’d heard. Gage didn’t seem like the type to keep secrets from the woman he loved.

“Gage mentioned finding you at Austin’s house the day he left for the tour,” she explained. “I also saw the picture of you and Austin kissing. I’ve been trying to avoid asking you about it.”

“Why?” I asked.

“Since you haven’t mentioned it, I wasn’t sure if you regretted it. I figured you’d talk to me when you were ready. Then, I got impatient.”

Why hadn’t I told anyone? Cerise and Andy were my only friends I’d talked to about what had happened with Austin. Admittedly, this wasn’t the sort of thing that came up in conversation, but I couldn’t believe so few people had asked me about the pictures of me with Austin. “I’m not sure how I feel about what happened. Is that why you came all the way down to Euphoria?”

“Not really. I’m bored,” she confessed as she sat on the sofa in my office. “This never used to happen. I was always fine spending an evening at home alone. Gage has ruined me.”

I gave a weak laugh at her complaint. “I guess love changes a woman.”

“Don’t tell me you’re turning into a romantic,” she said with a gasp.

“Hell no!” I replied. “I’ve got no interest in going down that road again.”

Silence hung between us. Bentley wanted to ask me what that meant for my future with Austin. I didn’t have an answer. My sneezing fit that turned into a wheezing fit was a great distraction.

“I can stay here tonight if you need to take a sick night,” Bentley offered. “Mercy would be fine with that.”

I shook my head. “I’d end up taking this work home with me. It’s not that big of a deal for me to do it here. Like I said, we have a good staff. I’m only here in case something goes wrong.”

“All right,” Bentley agreed. “I’ll leave you to your work. We can talk later.”

I nodded and bit back a yawn.

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