Running After a Heartbreaker by Jami Albright

Author:Jami Albright [Albright, Jami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-18T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Hailey hated the closing duties she had to do every night at Boon’s. It wasn’t that it was so much, but it was hard keeping everything straight at two a.m. It was the job, though, the part she hated. Her guilty conscience wagged a long-crooked finger at her. She should be ashamed of herself. This had been her mother’s life for more than thirty years, and she never complained.

A smile snuck onto her face. Her mom would’ve loved seeing Boon’s packed to the rafters like it had been tonight. It’d been a sight to see. And it was all because of The Heartbreaker.

Beau hadn’t disappointed. He’d played with and teased the crowd, seducing them with his voice and songs until he owned the room. Her job had been easy, with one hundred percent of the attention on him.

Yeah, which job is that, Hailey? Your make-believe job as a singer or your real job running this bar?

Reality smacked her in the face. She wasn’t a singer. She was a bar owner, plain and simple.

It’d been thrilling, though. Singing with Beau and the band was like nothing she’d ever experienced. She’d been sure she’d collapse on the spot, but as soon as the notes began to flow from her mouth, all of her nerves vanished.

The playfulness between her and Beau on stage hadn’t sucked either. Well, at the time it hadn’t sucked, but now that the night was over, and she was there alone, it all kind of sucked.

After the show, Shayla and Xavier wanted to talk with Beau, so they’d gone to the twenty-four-hour diner on the interstate. All her friends left too, needing to get home to their respective babysitters.

And she’d gone back to work.

The thrill and excitement of being on stage quickly disappeared, as most make-believe things did. She’d gone back to being plain old Hailey Odom, schlepping drinks behind the bar.

She tucked the receipts into the safe. The spreadsheets would have to wait until the morning when she wasn’t dead on her feet. The money would go with her so she could make a morning bank deposit. A twist of the handle and the safe was secured. She turned around and almost had a heart attack. “Oh, my gosh! You scared me.”

Beau leaned against the door frame. Good Lord, but the man sucked the air from the room. His arms and legs were crossed, but his features weren’t near as relaxed as his posture suggested. “You got on stage for me.”

The kick of her heart thundering through her chest made every step back to her desk unsteady. She moved the money bag and straightened a stack of folders. For some reason, it was imperative that all the edges line up correctly. “It’s not that big a deal.”

“It is to me.” He pushed away from the door. Four long strides brought him to her, and he wrapped his fingers around her upper arms. His sincere gaze locked with hers. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.” His hands on her skin turned her vocal cords to mush, making her reply nothing more than a whisper.

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