Page 111 of Love is a Dance Step
“You think…” Another step brought him chest to chest with her.
“I mean, I know…”
He grinned, the smile reaching all the way to his eyes. “What is it you know, Lola?”
“I love—”
He didn’t let her finish as he crashed his lips to hers, stealing her confession and keeping it all to himself. Her hands slid up his back, gripping his shirt to keep him from disappearing.
But this was real. She knew that now.
Maybe it had always been real.
The crowd exploded, reaching levels Lola had never heard before.
“You didn’t let me finish,” she whispered against his lips.
He brushed a strand of hair away from her eyes. “I knew what you were going to say.”
“Really?” She smiled up at him.
He nodded. “You love… dancing. You love… fried things. You love…”
“You.” She clapped a hand over his mouth. “I love you.”
He grinned against her fingers. “That too.”
Drew switched his mic back on. “I never thought I’d tell someone I loved them for the first time in front of my fans, but it’s fitting. You all brought me to this place. Your love of music makes so many things possible. Thank you!”
Noah’s voice broke them apart as he stepped out on stage and spoke to the crowd. “You all think we can convince our favorite lover boy to give me my stage now?”
Jo started a beat on her drums, egging them off the stage.
Lola grabbed Drew’s hand and pulled him toward the side of the stage where Piper awaited them. Asher was nowhere to be found, but she hadn’t thought he’d stick around for this. He’d come to help Lola, it was why he’d flown from Florida. He just hadn’t known at the time what kind of help she’d need.
Drew shot Piper a wink and yanked on Lola’s hand, leading her down the hall to his dressing room.
“I thought the only girls you let in your dressing rooms were Piper or Jo.”
He shot a smile back over his shoulder as a security guard unlocked the door and opened it. Once they were through and the door was closed, hiding them from view, Drew pushed Lola up against the solid wood. “You’re not just any girl, Lola.” He pressed a soft kiss to her lips. “The rules don’t apply to you.”
She knew he didn’t only mean rules about his dressing room. Drew Stone didn’t date on tour. He didn’t kiss dancers or flirt with them. His principles were the bedrock of who he was.
But he’d said it himself. The rules didn’t apply to her.
Because from the moment they first danced together, everything changed.
As she looked into Drew’s eyes, she wondered how she couldn’t see it before.
She was in love with superstar Drew Stone, and she finally believed he loved her too.
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“I hereby call this meeting of Rockstars Anonymous to order.” Drew banged his fist.
A collective groan came from his tablet where each of his friends was a tiny square on their shared video chat.
