Rough Rhythm: A Made in Jersey Novella (1001 Dark Nights) by Tessa Bailey

Author:Tessa Bailey [Bailey, Tessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated
Published: 2016-03-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

James had been quiet all morning, but Lita wasn’t fazed. She knew this man well. With James, brooding was just par for the course. Not to mention? Hot as shit.

His Broodiness sat in the driver’s seat, once again in a pair of faded jeans, this time with a fitted, white T-shirt that hugged his biceps. A hint of his boxer briefs was visible around the waistband of his pants and she wanted to lick the entire perimeter until he begged for her to go lower. Yeah. After James had given her the Orgasm To End All Orgasms last night, Lita wanted a one-way ticket back to bed. She wanted to be roughed up and held down. Wanted more of his disrespectful words issued beside her ear. And she wanted it now.

Unfortunately, James had already been fully dressed when he woke her up by opening the window blinds in a loud zip. Thanks to the haziness of sleep, she’d made a clumsy attempt at seduction by fluffing her hair and winking. He’d left the room like wolves were on his heels, saying he would wait in the car while she got ready.

“You forgot about the rule,” Lita said, donning her Ray-Bans.

“Which rule is that?”

Wowee. Had his voice always rumbled like that? It blew cool air across her senses, creating goose bumps in its wake. She could hear it saying plaything in the darkness. “Uh, you know. The one. Never wake a musician before noon.”

His lips twitched. “That rule only applies on the tour.” He slid a glance—not his first—across the car’s console to where Lita’s legs were crossed. Maybe she was playing dirty with the cut-off jean shorts, but hey, it was a hot day outside. She totally got away with it. Although, she really hoped James didn’t let her get away with it.

The only way for her plan to succeed was persistence. And after last night, after she’d gotten to the bottom of his fears, her new goal was…a relationship. One that didn’t have secrets or hidden insecurities. One where they could be themselves without being afraid of hurting one another. If she’d approached the situation with James with any sort of rational thought earlier, instead of acting out, they might have gotten to this point sooner. Instead, she’d damaged his trust. Now she would make up for it by handing over hers. I trust you. I trust you. If she proved those words through her actions, he would start to believe it. He had to, right? The alternative was going back to Los Angeles without James and the very possibility of that reality…honestly, it terrified her to think about.

“Remember that time I woke up Sarge with a water balloon?”

Lita had to catch her breath when James gave a rare smile. “Oh, I remember. He slept with one eye open for a month.”

“Hid my sticks as payback, too. Right before a show, the bum.” They coasted to a stop at a red light. “I kept expecting him to balloon me back while I was asleep, so I kept one loaded underneath my bunk.

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