Page 50 of Love is a Dance Step
Was it too late to go crawl under her covers?
“I didn’t pack anything.”
Drew shrugged. “We’ll push back departure for an hour. Go home, pack, say goodbye to your mom. We’ll be here when you’re ready.”
“You can do that?” He could delay the movement of this many people?
“Lola, I’m the star. I can do whatever I want.”
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Okay, he couldn’t keep all the busses waiting. At least not without disrupting their schedule.
But he could stop his own bus from leaving.
Because there was no chance he’d leave without Lola, not when he still couldn’t believe she’d agreed.
“Where is she?” Piper looked at the time on her phone again. “Think she’s second guessing herself again?”
“Pipes.” He slid an arm over her shoulder. “Are you going to be nice?”
“I’m always nice.”
“No, you’re always business like. But you do remember how it was the first time you joined a tour, right? It’s not easy to be new. I want you to help her.”
“Me? Why not you?”
Because he couldn’t get that almost-kiss out of his head. He’d started wondering if it was a good thing she’d said no—right up until the moment she stepped out of the car and everything felt right again. But he couldn’t say anything like that to Piper. “I’ll just be busy.”
She rolled her eyes. “Guess it’s what you pay me for. So, yes, oh rock star man, I’ll make sure the other dancers don’t eat her alive.”
He winced at the thought of Brooke and the other girls. They were nice to him but not necessarily to each other. Competition for stage positioning put them at odds. He wished Leah was still there. She’d kept everyone in line, and he knew without a doubt she’d have welcomed Lola no questions asked.
As much as Drew loved having Piper as his assistant, they hadn’t known each other for long. She was an ex of his old assistant, Matt. When Matt went to work for the label, he told Drew to steal Piper from Quinn Hayes. She’d been working for her sister and needed a change.
He’d never looked back after that. But still, she didn’t get him like Leah did.
For the past week in Gulf City, Drew could almost forget the tour was happening. Other than auditions for a new dancer, all he’d had to do was spend time with his family. But when he said goodbye to them an hour ago, he knew it would be a long time before he saw them again.
At least Lola could be the piece of Gulf City he kept with him.
Piper scrolled through a text on her phone. “Melanie is going to join the tour in about a week when we head up to Charleston. Says she wants to make sure the condensed schedule runs smoothly, especially because she’s set up some media events and she wants to go to the event in D.C.”
He sighed. Media events weren’t his idea of fun, but they were necessary. At least having Melanie around should be fun. He liked his publicist.
A familiar car drove through the parking lot, and Drew stepped off the bus. What was Asher doing here?
Lola answered that question as she stepped out and retrieved two duffel bags from the trunk. He’d brought her? Drew hadn’t talked to Asher about Lola or inviting her on tour. He assumed his brother wouldn’t approve.
Asher hugged her and kissed her cheek before getting back into his car, leaving Lola to approach on her own. The driver ran forward to take the bags from her.
Piper stuck her head out the door. “You two coming?”
Drew couldn’t help the smile on his face. “I’d started to think you weren’t going to show.”
Lola shook her head. “I’m done standing still. There’s no going back now.”
