Rocked with Passion (A New Adult Rockstar Novel) by Lila Lacroix Page A

closed the door to my apartment behind me, I called Jonathan.
    “Have you seen the magazines?” I asked as soon as he picked up.
    “What magazines?”
    “They’re everywhere! Absolutely everywhere!” I could feel my voice getting higher and higher. I was starting to get hysterical. This wasn’t good.
    “Calm down, Sara. What magazines, what do they say?”
    “The gossip magazines. I saw them in the grocery store just now. I’m all over the cover, listed as your new girlfriend. They got the pictures last night at the restaurant.”
    “Oh God. Oh, Sara, I’m sorry. I didn’t ever think we would make the cover.”
    “I’m not used to being on this side of things. I’m the publicist. I’m the one who gets the interviews, who hangs out in the background, not the one who’s on the cover.”
    “Hey, it’s going to be ok, alright? They’re going to come out with new issues in a few days, and this will be completely forgotten. Trust me, Hollywood has an attention span of a little under twelve hours. They’re going to move onto something else soon.”
    As soon as Jonathan said those words, I knew he was right, really. This was going to be fine.
    “Hey Sara?”
    “Yeah?”
    “Would you be open to dating? I mean, you can say no, and I won’t be offended, I just thought I would... you know... ask.”
    “Of... of course. Yeah, definitely.” Wow. This was really happening. Jonathan had just asked me to date him. Jonathan Knight. The millionaire rock star who could have any woman on the planet. “Just so you know, um, I’m not really a model or anything” I warned him, as if he didn’t already know.
    “You’re right, you’re way more beautiful” Jonathan told me. “You’re making me the happiest man on the planet by agreeing. I was worried you’d say no, I didn’t even want to ask.”
    “Well, now the magazines are going to have been right. We are together.”
    “True enough. I guess you should start getting used to being on the cover of things. Don’t worry Sara, you’ll get used to it really quickly, and it will be rare anyway.”
    “You know, I’d put up with almost anything to get to date you.”
    “Thanks Sara. So, um, do you want to do dinner again tomorrow?”
    “Absolutely.”
    I made sure the phone call was well and truly disconnected before I did my happy dance around my apartment, completely forgetting about the groceries I’d put down until I kicked the carton of milk onto the floor with my incredible dance moves.
    I’m amazed that I got any sleep at all that night. All I could think about was the fact that Jonathan and I were now dating. Like, really dating.
    When we saw the band the next day, I decided to let Jonathan decide how much to tell them. After all, if he didn’t want them to know right away, then that was fine with me. Hell, I wasn’t even really sure I believed it was happening. When I got there though, everyone already knew.
    “Hey, it’s good to see Jon managed to rope in a girl for good this time” was the greeting that came from Eri c as I walked into the room where they were working. I smiled and blushed. Obviously Jonathan had already taken care of telling the band.
    “Seriously though, I think you’re gonna be good for Jonathan, it’s been so obvious he liked you, it was the least surprising news ever when he told us this morning. You’re good people, you’ll be good together,” Jared continued.
    “Thanks, Jared” I replied, a bit bashful. I hadn’t expected that kind of sentimentality from him, but there it was. Jonathan then came into the room and kissed me to the sound of catcalls coming from the other two.
    “Cool it, losers. Just because you can’t have her doesn’t mean you have to ruin things for me” Jonathan teased as he wrapped his arms around my waist and my face went crimson. I still couldn’t believe this was happening. It had all happened so fast! I mean, I had to admit, I still wasn’t completely over Kevin’s betrayal. How