Page 31 of Love is a Drum Beat
She gave him no other choice.
Though, he probably would have chosen to help anyway. Most of the world saw Drew as nothing more than a sex symbol. They didn’t know his kindness or the pure happiness he exuded.
And she needed a bit of that.
She set her computer in front of her on the bed as Drew talked nonstop about the tour—a tour Noah and Jo hadn’t been able to finish with him because of the pregnancy. For the months they’d joined Drew, everything felt right.
When she got to a point she couldn’t hide the pregnancy, the label replaced them—at Jo’s request—with a singer from another label. Beckett Anderson. Jo didn’t know him, but from what Drew said, the guy was pretty epic.
“Jo.” Drew stared into the camera. “Are you going to talk or continue staring off into space?”
She shook herself. “Sorry, just thinking. How’s the tour?”
“Bloody brilliant—as our favorite Brit would say. The crowds are intense.”
She leaned back against her pillows. “I miss that. I wonder if I’ll ever experience it again.”
“Sure, you will.”
“I’ll have a baby, Drew.”
He smiled. “And Daddy Drew will hold the baby while his momma rocks out on stage.”
A laugh bubbled out of her.
Drew’s smile fell as he studied her. “Have you even showered in this century? Pregnant women still need to shower, right?”
She fingered her tangled locks, not wanting to admit she hadn’t showered in days because between the foot and the alien baby, she wasn’t sure she could do it herself. “I’m kinda gross.” She sighed. “But this is more important. Think we should bring the other guys into it?”
“Definitely not. Noah is a PR nightmare, Melanie will want us to do it her way, and Ben… I never know what he wants. Except Piper. He definitely wants her.”
“Okay then.” She rubbed her hands together. “What is the best way to get a pap off your story?”
“Give them a new one. So, are we going to tell them who the real father is? That would make them forget all about the random guy in the parking lot.”
Jo shook her head. “We can’t say it was Blake. But if I’m seen with someone else, the speculation about Dax would end.”
“One problem with that, Joey. You don’t have any friends. Besides us, of course, and we’re all taken.”
“Hey! I have… okay, fine. I have no friends.”
“It’s a good thing the tour is close to L.A. right now. I’ll send you a man.”
“That sounds ominous.”
He ignored her words. “We have a busy schedule for the next week, but then there’s a short break. I’ll put Nolan on a plane.”
“Nolan?” It had possibilities. Nolan was one of Drew’s dancers. Jo had always liked him in a friend kind of way. He’d work. “You can’t just put him on a plane. You need to ask him. Dancers aren’t indentured servants.”
Drew laughed. “Oh, I will. But I think he’ll like that sort of break. I’ll send you the details. I have to go before Piper comes and yells at me for being late to sound check.” He flashed her one more very-Drew-like smile and hung up.
Jo wasn’t even supposed to get out of bed. How was she to go anywhere with Nolan and be seen?
She knew one thing for sure… she couldn’t tell Dax.
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Dax
