Page 27 of Rockstar Baby Daddy

It would be. Dinner would give me time to get my thoughts in order, to figure out a way to tell my temporary fling that I was not only pregnant with his baby, but that I was keeping it. It was more than enough time to steel myself against any possible reaction he might have to the news. I didn’t expect anger or happiness, more like a resigned indifference—that was the best I could hope for.

“This is cozy, isn’t it?”

I froze at the sound of the familiar voice and looked up slowly to find my brother grinning down at us both like a fool. “Drew. Did you need something?”

“In a minute. What’s going on here?”

“Lunch,” I answered primly. “Obviously.”

“With your most favorite musical artist of all time. How exciting.” He turned to Gavin with a teasing smile. “Dr. Drew. Wright. Nice to meet you. My sister loves you.”

“As a musician,” I added unnecessarily since neither man was paying me much attention.

“Yeah, I know. She’s told me about a thousand times,” Gavin answered and rolled his eyes.

“Has she?” Drew’s gaze slid to mine, his expression filled with mischief. “Interesting.”

“Get to your point, Drew, or you’ll be on call for the next six months.”

He let out a low chuckle but he didn’t dare call my bluff. “Fine. I have an indigent patient who’s in need of surgery pretty immediately and I need you to sign off on everything.”

I sent Gavin an apologetic look. “Duty calls, I’m afraid.”

“No worries,” Gavin said with a dismissive wave of his arms. “The studio calls and we have dinner plans tonight. Eight o’clock sharp.”

I nodded, steadfastly keeping my gaze away from my entirely-too-curious brother. “See you then. Have a good time in the studio.”

“I plan to. See you later, Suzie Q.” He turned to my brother with an outstretched hand. “Nice to meet you, Drew. I’ve heard lots about you, too.”

“Yeah? Maybe we’ll trade stories someday.” Drew flashed a crooked grin and we walked away together. “This is a very interesting development,” he whispered as we stepped onto the elevator.

“Not now, Drew.”

“You’re right.” He chuckled. “This will be a far more interesting chat during our next dinner. I can’t wait to hearallthe details.”

There was one detail in particular that would really shock him, when the time came to tell him. Or maybe he would find out when the gossip made the rounds around town. “Where is this patient of yours?”

Drew laughed again. “Gotta get ready for your date tonight? With Gavin.” He sang his name and got in my face, a teasing smile on his lips.

“Did I say I missed you? I must’ve been talking about another baby brother.” I gave his shoulder a playful shove just before we entered his office and we put our work faces on.

Gavin

“Hear me out before you say no, Gavin.” Alex’s voice had that excited tone, the one he got when there was a new opportunity he wouldn’t let me say no to. “Gavin, are you there?”

“Yeah,” I signed. “I’m here and I’m listening.” I held my breath and waited patiently for the nextcan’t-missopportunity, even though I was more than a little frustrated he’d interrupted my time in the home studio. “Alex?”

“You’ve been out of the spotlight for months, Gavin, and you know how important it is that we keep you in the public eye.” Alex sighed down the line and I could almost see him pinch the bridge of his nose. “I’ve lined up a few interviews for you with the regular late-night hosts.”

“For what purpose? There’s nothing to promote yet. I just got back in the studio today, Alex. And your call interrupted me.”

“You are? That’s great, man. All the more reason for you to come back home and start drumming up some excitement for the upcoming album. The studio will be glad to hear this.”

“Don’t say anything to them. Not yet. I have the songs written but I just got in the studio today, Alex. I mean it.”

“Fine, but I need you to do these interviews. You don’t want people asking the awful question of ‘Gavin who’ when your next album is about to drop.”

“Don’t you think you’re being a little dramatic?” Hollywood could be fickle, but music fans were not. They would wait years for the next single, the next album, and the next tour. I knew that firsthand as an artist and a fan.

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