Page 21 of Living on the Edge

I can’t seem to help myself.

She rolls her eyes. “No, it doesn’t offend me. But an offhand compliment doesn’t compensate for last night’s rudeness.”

“What about dinner? Another dinner, I mean. Will that compensate?”

What the hell did I just do?

I just asked her out.

Fuck. Me.

She looks confused as well. “Are you… asking me out?”

Christ.

Am I?

I did, but it’s better if I don’t.

So I back pedal. “No. I mean, yes, but not in a romantic way. I’d like to buy you lunch or dinner and we can give ourselves a second chance to get to know each other. Anywhere you want to go. My treat.”

Now she smiles, but it’s calculating and mischievous. “Anywhere?”

Oh, I have a feeling she’s going to get me on this, but I’m in too deep to get out now.

“Anywhere.”

“Like… high tea at the St. Regis?”

High tea?

At one of the most expensive hotel chains in the country?

She’s good.

And I can’t help myself—I laugh.

“Sure. If that’s what it’ll take to get you to forgive me, why not?”

“Do you own dress clothes?” She wrinkles her nose. “They won’t let you in if you’re wearing leather.”

“Sweetheart, they’ll let me in. Don’t worry about how I dress. You figure out which town has a St. Regis and is serving tea or brunch on a day we’re there and make the reservation. Just tell me when.”

“Deal.” She turns on her heel and sashays back to Jonny.

I watch the sway of her ass with a rueful smile.

No matter how much I want to stay away from her, I can’t seem to help but find ways to see more of her.

Like she’s not already on tour with us.

“I don’t know what the hell just happened,” Tate says, joining me at the coffee station, “but you look like a guy who just fell in love.”

I grunt. “Not hardly. I found a way to apologize but something tells me I just got played.”

He throws back his head and laughs. “Like I said, a guy who’s falling in love.”

“Dude.” I shake my head, though I’m not sure who I’m trying to convince. “That’s the opposite of what’s happening. I don’t even like her. I just have to find a way to co-exist with her while she’s here.”

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