Accidental Secret Daddy : A Second Chance Romance (The Spades Brothers) by Callie Stevens

Author:Callie Stevens [Stevens, Callie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-11-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Axel

I can’t drink as much tequila as I want to, since we’re performing tonight, and I’m early for rehearsal. Locke and Jackson are at the bar and they beckon me over for a beer. When I chug it, Locke gives me a look.

“Don’t ask,” Jackson warns, and Locke shrugs, sipping his beer.

Samuel comes in a little late but he comes ready to play, wearing a pair of ripped jeans and a Pink Floyd t-shirt.

I miss two of my queues in rehearsal and Locke and Jackson both groan.

“Sorry, sorry,” I mumble. I know that I haven’t been practicing enough, too focused on Harley and everything that’s been going on.

The next run-through, I get everything right on point, and Jackson sighs in relief. I think he thought I was going to fuck up our whole concert, but I had no plans to ruin the one good thing in my life.

Being a part of Jack and the Spades makes me feel at home in a way that I haven’t since I moved in next door to Harley, and I’m grateful for the distraction, especially after our fight.

I can’t stop thinking about it, how she’d run to her father, who she knew hated me, and gotten him to buy the place out from under me. I’m not about to go without a fight, regardless of her father’s money.

The man had once offered me ten grand to leave town like we were in some eighties rom-com, and I’d of course, said no. I’d never even told Harley about it. I don’t want Harley to see her father as some kind of villain, even though at times he’d acted like one.

“No more tequila, okay?” Jackson warns, clapping a hand on my shoulder to show that he doesn’t mean it harshly.

I nod. No more tequila, at least, not until the concert is over. Beer will keep my head light throughout our sets. Out in the crowd, there are a dozen blonde girls, but none of them are Harley.

I don’t know why I expected that she might show up anyway, after everything that happened tonight. It makes me feel depressed but the opening bars of “Amped Up,” the song I’d penned right after my split with Harley, make me feel a bit better. The beat opens me up somehow, makes me feel lighter than I have in weeks, maybe months.

The first half of the concert goes by without a hitch, and other than some technical difficulties with the amps (which is a little ironic since it happened just after we performed “Amped Up”), the second half goes by well. The guys whoop and holler along with the crowd after my last solo, which I have to admit I killed.

Everyone’s in a good mood and the liquor is flowing for all except Locke and Gemma, but they are as cheerful as the rest of us anyway.

“Tonight was a success!” Gemma announces, clinking her shot glass with me. “And part of it is thanks to you, Axel. You brought in a big crowd from social media.

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