Chapter 4 - Carter
By the time the new PR team left, my cock was hard as rock. Thank fuck for this bass guitar in front of me, or else it would have been a really difficult show.
That photographer was smoking hot.
Ever since this divorce process had started, I’d sworn off women. I hadn’t slept with anyone since Angela, even though I’d had ample opportunities. It was like that part of me died when she ripped my heart out of my chest.
But now?
Oh, that part of me was well and truly alive.
I came to my sense and punched Garrett in the arm. “What was that? I’ve never seen you agree to an early morning show in years!”
He’d folded so easily to the new PR manager’s schedule, and we’d have to be up and at the The Morning Show with Mark and Michelle’s studio no later than seven AM.
Garrett shrugged. “Trying something new.”
“You sure it’s not the foxy PR Manager that was eye-fucking you since she walked in?” I grinned, trying to deflect from my own attraction to Veronica, the bad-ass vixen with the long brown hair.
“Shut the fuck up, Carter,” Garrett said, but I could see a grin on his face. Maddox was quiet, and the two of us put our gear away and grabbed our things. I followed Maddox to the door and turned towards Garrett. “You coming?”
“Nah, not feeling like a beer tonight. Early morning, remember?” Garrett grinned, rolling his eyes. I laughed and shrugged.
“Your loss.”
The two of us walked down the hallway towards the exit. When we got outside, my heart started beating harder. What if the girls were still here? What if I could catch Veronica alone and talk to her? I hadn’t even heard her speak. For some reason, I desperately wanted to hear the sound of her voice. I glanced up and down the street frowning.
“Looking for someone?” Maddox asked, arching his eyebrow at me.
I cleared my throat and shrugged, not looking at him. “Forgot where I parked. Come on,” he said. “Let’s go.”
I knew exactly where I’d parked. Once we got in the car, I fired up the engine and headed towards our post-rehearsal hangout: O’Grady’s pub. I hadn’t had the urge to drink more than a drink or two in months, but after seeing that photographer at our rehearsal space, I felt like I needed to unwind.
O’Grady’s was a shitty pub in a mostly dead area of town, but that’s what made it great. We’d been going there for years, and Mickey had always treated us like regulars from the first time we walked in.
Right now, I didn’t really care if we were at O’Grady’s or any other bar in town. The only place I actually wanted to be was between Veronica’s long legs, feeling that hot little pussy of hers dripping all over me.
But I’d settle for the bar.
We pulled in, and I sighed. There were only a couple other cars parked outside and I chuckled. “Busy as usual in there,”
Maddox laughed. “Just the way we like it.”
“What do you think of our new PR team?” I asked casually, getting out of the car. Maddox looked at me as a grin spread over his lips.
“I like them,” he said. “We’ll see if they are as good as they say.”
“Or as good as they look.”
Maddox grinned again. “That makeup artist was hot as hell.”
“The blonde one?”
He nodded.
I shrugged. “I thought the one with the camera was hotter.”
“She’s all yours,” Maddox grinned, opening the door to the bar. I swept my eyes around the bar and my breath caught in my throat.
There, in a booth in the back corner, were Lacie and Veronica. It was as if the stars had aligned just for us. I elbowed Maddox and nodded to the girls, raising an eyebrow.
“Well,” he said. “This night just got better.”
I nodded to Mickey, striding to the bar. “Two beers and whatever this girls are drinking.”
Mickey grinned. “You got it, boys. Just finished rehearsal? When’s the new album coming out?”
“End of the week,” I replied, keeping my eyes on Veronica.
“Well, be sure to drop a couple copies off here,” he said. “I’ll sell ‘em for you.”
I chuckled. At this point, I’d take any sale I could get. “Will do, Mickey.” He handed us the drinks, and Maddox and I walked towards the table.
My cock throbbed between my legs with every step, and my mouth suddenly went dry. Was I nervous? I hadn’t been nervous around a woman in a long, long time.
Maddox dropped Lacie’s drink on the table.
“Here,” he said. “To a successful working relationship.”
Veronica’s eyes landed on the drink I held out for her, and then travelled up to my face. Her eyes widened and her mouth dropped open in the sexiest way. My cock strained against my pants as she reached for the drink. Her fingers brushed against mine, and the sizzle of electricity sparked between us.
“Thanks,” she whispered.
“What are you ladies doing in a place like this?” Maddox asked grinning at Lacie.
“Just putting some finishing touches on the plan for tomorrow,” she replied. Veronica’s tongue darted out to lick her lips, and then she curled them around the straw and took a sip of her drink.
I nearly died. The desire coursing through my veins was almost too much to handle. We both slid into the booth beside the girls, and Maddox turned to Lacie. He said a few things to her, but I didn’t hear any of it.
I nodded around the bar. “Is this your kind of place?” I asked.
Veronica smiled, and my heart thumped. “Maybe it is,” she replied, quirking her eyebrow. “What if it was?”
“That would tell me a lot about you as a person.”
“Like what?” Her voice was breathy, and her eyes were deep pools of amber. A blush stained her cheeks and I resisted the urge to run my fingers down her side. I settle for draping my arm over her shoulders and stretching out in the booth.
“Well,” I started, trying to ignore the feeling of her thigh against mine. “It would tell me that you don’t necessarily judge things by their appearance.”
A smile started spreading over her lips. “Okay,” she said, taking another sip of her drink. “What else?”
Her eyes flashed, and in that moment I knew I had to have her. It didn’t matter that we were supposed to work together. It didn’t matter that she was supposed to be part of the team to turn our careers around. It didn’t matter that I was getting a divorce, or that I was almost broke.
All that mattered was the sexiest woman I’d ever seen was inches away from me. Her perfume was driving me wild, and I could see the untethered desire burning in her eyes. My body was aching for her, and I wouldn’t be waiting to claim her.
She would be mine.
“It tells me that you’re not afraid to try something new.”
Her eyebrows raised and she laughed, tilting her head to the side. “Well, that’s true.” She grinned again and her eyes flashed in that way that made the cum in my balls churn. “Are you going to be the one to show me something new?”
“Only if you want me to.”
She inhaled, catching her lip between her teeth. She stared at me for a long moment and finally grinned.
“I think I want you to.”