Encore (Stereo Hearts Book 2) by Trevion Burns

Author:Trevion Burns
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2016-06-26T21:00:00+00:00

11

The Maldives came and went in a flash, as did the next six months. Turns out, Aria realized, finally sleeping with Yoshi hadn’t made everything ten times more complicated, like she’d always believed it would. Now that they were no longer running from their feelings, counting to three every time they were hit with the unbearable urge to kiss, they were free to just be.

Free to write.

Free to sing.

Free to live.

The stage lights warmed her skin, so bright she had to squint against their power. She looked to her right, where the two women she’d spent months rehearsing with bopped along to Yoshi’s final song of the night, providing flawless vocal backing and counter harmonies, showcasing their vast talent just enough to enhance the performance without outshining Yoshi. Aria smiled at them.

The huge crowd in the Paris arena was a beautiful sight, because she knew it was all down to the love of her life. Yoshi had worked his ass off for this. Yoshi had sold those tickets. Yoshi had filled that arena. It was Yoshi’s name on the tongue of every screaming mouth in the house.

The first show of his hundred-city tour—a massive international event that was going to stretch on for a year and a half—and not a single seat went lonely.

Aria had found herself struggling to focus at the start of the show, so busy silently cheering Yoshi on that she’d come very close to missing her own cues. One of her fellow background singers had actually been forced to nudge her back into the present during the first song, and Aria hadn’t made that mistake twice.

She was just so damn proud.

Even if she could only see the back of his head and the spotlights shining through his long legs as he addressed the audience, letting them know it would be the last song of the night. Even if she couldn’t share the stage next to him like she’d always dreamed, or see the look on his face as he finished his first show, she didn’t care. She couldn’t see his face, but she heard it in his voice.

The emotion. After tearing the house down, Yoshi said good-bye to his first sold-out crowd, and his voice trembled as he did.

Aria clutched the mic stand in front of her, eyes teary as she listened to his heartfelt good-bye. She couldn’t help a smile when the spotlights dancing all over the roaring arena flashed against the lime-green string tied around her left finger, illuminating it just as Yoshi turned and met her eyes.

And the first tear raced down her cheek. Before she could stop herself, she was clapping for him, slamming her palms together so hard they began to sting.

“I love you.” His eyes were back on the crowd so quickly that the words he’d just whispered to her would be nearly invisible to the naked eye.

But she’d seen it. Felt it. Drank it in like water.

And, for now, it was enough.

Yoshi moved to the end of the stage, waving good-bye to the left-hand side of the crowd.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.