Jaded Regret: The Complete Series by L.L. Collins

Author:L.L. Collins [Collins, L.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: L.L. Collins
Published: 2017-06-05T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Two

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I blinked open my eyes. I had no idea what woke me. That was when the buzzing of my phone caught my attention. I rolled over and grabbed it, trying to see what the screen said with fuzzy, sleep-deprived eyes.

Natalie. Oh, fuck. It was barely eight in the morning, and I didn’t remember falling asleep. She’d been waiting for me to show up in her room last night when…

Mackenzie. I dropped the phone, letting it go to voicemail. I couldn’t deal with Natalie right this second. I sat up, having fallen asleep on the pull out couch, but the bed was empty.

I sat straight up and scrutinized myself. I still had on the same shorts and shirt I’d changed into after Mackenzie passed out last night.

Except now she wasn’t there. I glanced over at the table. Her purse was gone.

“Fuck.” I stood up and paced the room. How had she left and I didn’t notice? Well, it could’ve had to do with the amount of alcohol I’d had last night, plus the little sleep we’d gotten.

My phone buzzed again. “Nat.” I answered the call like I always did, even if seeing her name again made my stomach clench in nervous anticipation.

“We need to be at the arena in two hours.” Her voice was normal, the same no-nonsense manager tone I was used to.

I blew out a breath. “Okay. Got it.” What the hell was I going to do about Mackenzie? We had another show to play tonight, and all I wanted to do was find out where she was. She’d gone back to that asshole, I could bet.

“We’ll go out the private entrance we came in, so be there waiting.”

We were in Florida but on the east coast. Our home wasn’t far from here, just across the state on the Gulf side. We’d spend a few days in south Florida before heading out of the state for a few weeks. We’d end our trip with a visit to New York to go to our label and then head back home.

“I will. Hey—Nat?”

I heard her suck in a breath. I wanted to shove the whole thing under the rug and not address it, but I had to be around this woman every day of my life. “Yes?”

“I’m sorry about last night. I passed out in my room.” No need for her to find out about Mackenzie. She’d get the wrong idea. “I had entirely too much to drink.”

“I get it.” Natalie’s voice was as I suspected—hurt. This was reason number nine million why I shouldn’t get involved with her. “I had a lot to drink, too. I’m sorry I brought it up.”

“Don’t be sorry.” I slipped shoes on my feet and ran a hand through my hair. I had to find Mackenzie and talk some sense into her.

“I’ll see you soon.” That was her way of dismissing me, and I guess I couldn’t blame her. I was an ass. I knew this, but somehow she didn’t.

As soon as I hit the end button on our call, I flung open the hotel door and went straight for the elevator.

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