Rock 'n' Stroller - A Rockstar's Secret Baby Romance (Baby Surprises Book 4) by Layla Valentine & Holly Rayner

Author:Layla Valentine & Holly Rayner [Valentine, Layla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Johnny

The expression on her face was priceless.

“Um, um, no,” Kendra said, her gorgeous green eyes wide with surprise. “Of course not.”

“Good!” I said. “Because I’d love to take you out to dinner.”

I opened my arms and pulled her in for a hug. She threw her arms around me, but she kept her hips back, away from mine. It was strange, like one of those sterile hugs that you’d give some aunt you hadn’t seen in a long time.

“That…that would be great,” she said.

I handed her the flowers. “Should probably put these in water first.”

Kendra brought the bouquet up to her nose and inhaled the sweet aroma.

“Like them?” I asked.

“They’re beautiful,” she said. “And yeah, let’s get inside.”

She opened the entrance door, and we were soon in her apartment, that cozy little space where I’d spent one of the best weekends of my life. Wordlessly, Kendra filled a vase and placed the flowers inside, setting the arrangement in the middle of her table.

Then her eyes shot up to me, and she spoke the question that had likely been on her mind since the moment she saw me.

“What on earth are you doing here?”

“I hope you’re asking that in a good way,” I said with a grin. “Otherwise, my feelings might be hurt.”

“Yes,” she said. “It’s really, really good to see you. It’s just—”

As she spoke, she was in the process of taking off her black pea coat. But stopped in the middle of it.

“Um, hold on,” she said.

“Su—”

Before I could finish the word, she rushed out of the living room and into her bedroom. She returned moments later without her coat and wearing a thick gray sweater, one that covered up her figure.

“Sorry,” she said. “Just needed something warmer to wear.”

I wondered for a moment if, between the odd hug and this, she was trying to make things as unsexual as possible between us. But I put it out of my head.

“How about we walk and talk?” I asked. “There’s a Thai place down the street I heard is supposed to be awesome.”

“Sounds good,” she said, hurriedly putting her coat back on.

Something was up, but I was too excited to see her to really think about anything other than that.

“Okay,” she said once we were back outside and on our way. “You’re in Seattle.”

“I’m in Seattle,” I said.

“What’s the occasion?”

“We’re about to head to Europe for the next leg of the tour, but Rick thought it’d be a good idea to do some secret shows before we left the country. Our last one was in Portland, and I figured that was close enough to Seattle for me to come up to visit.”

“That’s…so sweet of you,” she said. “Really, Johnny.”

“I would’ve called you to let you know I was coming, but we never exchanged numbers. Hope it’s not a problem.”

“It’s not,” she said with a smile. “Not at all.”

I could tell by the look on her face that she meant it. My mind was spinning trying to reconcile her strange behavior with the fact that she was glad I was there.

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