Working for the Band by Katrina Abbott

Author:Katrina Abbott [Abbott, Katrina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: rock star, musicians, rock tour, romantic comedy, YA, young adult romance, rock star romance
Publisher: Over The Cliff Publishing
Published: 2017-08-01T04:00:00+00:00

The Unwanted Knight

“Sandy?” Max repeated not a half a second later as my eyes flew open. “Are you okay?”

Ted’s mouth left mine, but he stayed close, watching me, like he was waiting for me to react before responding.

I closed my lids for a second to process because really? Max was asking me if I was okay? I had been more than okay until a second ago when he’d decided this was any of his business.

Except he wasn’t going to give me a second.

“Sandy? What’s...are you all right there? Do you need help?”

While I appreciated that he was checking to make sure I was okay and that I wasn’t out here being violated in some way, at that moment, I could have done without the white knight routine.

I glanced up at Ted who I’d expected to come out guns a-blazing at what Max was insinuating, but he seemed more amused than anything and nodded his head toward me, leaving it up to me to deal with Max.

Perfect.

Sorry,” I mouthed up at him as I pressed my palm against his chest to move him back away from me; I needed some space to deal with this, awkward as it was. While I didn’t want any drama, if Ted had freaked out about being wrongfully accused, things would have escalated quickly; assurances from me would go further to convincing Max that I had been a willing participant.

Ted gave a little shrug, clearly understanding this wasn’t my doing and backed up a step.

I took a deep breath and came out from behind him, crossing my arms over my chest as I faced Max. “Yes, I’m fine. Ted and I had a long discussion about consent, and we’re good.”

He winced at my sarcasm, but I was not going to apologize, even if, deep down, I appreciated his concern. “What are you doing out here?” I demanded.

His eyes darted from me to Ted, and back again. “I’m sorry, I just...uh. I wanted to make sure you were okay. You seemed...earlier you were...and when you didn’t come back or answer my text...” he trailed off and then his eyes went wide for a second and I watched as the emotions crossed his face, showing that he’d just clued into the fact that I’d been acting like an idiot inside the hotel because I was coming to meet Ted and didn’t want him to know.

Ugh. Now he figures it out? Why couldn’t he have just seen us and left, with neither Ted nor I any the wiser?

“Never mind,” he said quickly, looking embarrassed, which was satisfying. Sort of. “I get it now.” He added a choked, “Sorry to interrupt.”

Then, without even letting me or Ted say anything, he abruptly turned and stalked off, muttering something that I wasn’t about to ask him to repeat.

Yeah, so that was awesome.

I was just about to suggest to Ted that we head inside when Max suddenly turned back toward us. “By the way, Sandy, our bus leaves in twenty minutes and Tony’s itching to get on the road, so I suggest you not be late.

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