lips and wondering what the fuck he was supposed to do now. Leaving her suddenly didn’t seem like such an easy option.
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Chapter Six
The rest of the week moved in a languid, easy pace. The Collins family was easy to be around. They all possessed a great sense of humor and he enjoyed the time spent in their midst very much. Tris and Ewan still eyed him with suspicion, although he’d made certain to hide his sexual attraction to their older sister when they were around.
He and Teagan were both careful around her family, portraying themselves as nothing more than writing partners and friends.
During the afternoons and evenings when they were alone, they worked diligently on their songs, taking turns at the guitar. The music was evolving into something he suspected was surprising to them both. He’d never written better songs and he knew it.
She mentioned the same held true for her. They were the perfect complement to each other professionally and, as each night revealed, physically.
Ten o’clock marked the end of their workday and they spent the last hour before bed exploring each other’s bodies, touching and kissing, giving and taking. He’d kept his promise and protected her virginity, although each night the temptation to lose himself in her body grew until he feared he’d lose his mind from wanting.
Teagan maintained part of her usual routine, singing at the pub over the weekend and Tuesday night. He’d sat at the bottom of the stairs, out of sight of the patrons, and listened to her as she performed. She’d gone to the nursing home twice, and this morning she’d left to teach her class at the preschool.
He dialed the phone to check in with Rod. He’d called him a couple nights ago to break the news to his friend about his decision to definitely leave The Universe.
“Hey, bud,” Sky said when Rod answered the phone.
“Sky, what’s up?”
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“Nothing. I just called to see if you’d had a chance to stop by and check on my place.” Rod often kept an eye on his house in Palm Springs when he was out of town.
“Yep. Slid by there yesterday and everything is just as it’s supposed to be. Shame to see such a damn big house sitting empty for nine, ten months of the year.” Sky laughed. Rod had been trying to get him to sell the place for ages. Sky agreed that it was probably silly to keep a mansion that sat empty most of the time, but he liked the idea of having a place to call home.
“I’m not selling,” he said and he heard Rod sigh.
“Do you know what the commission on that place would be?” Sky thought for a moment he heard a bit of anger in his friend’s voice and he wondered about his comment. “You need money? I know property sales have sucked lately. I could float you a loan.”
Rod brushed his offer aside. “I’m fine, Sky. No worries. I’m just kidding. So, you still at the Irish pub?”
Sky had filled his friend in on his adventures with the paparazzi the previous week during their last call. “I’m still here.”
“How are the songs coming?” his friend asked.
“Great. Freaking brilliant.” Sky grinned as he heard Teagan’s footsteps on the stairs, feeling like a teenager with a crush at the excitement he felt over seeing her again. “Hey listen, man. I’ve gotta get going. Thanks for looking after the place. I’ll talk to you in a few days.”
He hung up and watched as Teagan entered the room. His smile dimmed when he saw her pale, worried face.
“Teagan?” he asked. “What’s wrong?”
“Outside. Cameras.”
He moved quickly to the window, standing off to the side to peek down without being seen.
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“They know you’re here.”
He was amazed by the sheer number of cameramen lining the sidewalk. He crossed the room and peered into the back alley. It was also jam-packed with press.
“How?”
She shrugged and he felt the same anger rise, the same frustration that besieged him whenever confronted with the
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Chapter Six
The rest of the week moved in a languid, easy pace. The Collins family was easy to be around. They all possessed a great sense of humor and he enjoyed the time spent in their midst very much. Tris and Ewan still eyed him with suspicion, although he’d made certain to hide his sexual attraction to their older sister when they were around.
He and Teagan were both careful around her family, portraying themselves as nothing more than writing partners and friends.
During the afternoons and evenings when they were alone, they worked diligently on their songs, taking turns at the guitar. The music was evolving into something he suspected was surprising to them both. He’d never written better songs and he knew it.
She mentioned the same held true for her. They were the perfect complement to each other professionally and, as each night revealed, physically.
Ten o’clock marked the end of their workday and they spent the last hour before bed exploring each other’s bodies, touching and kissing, giving and taking. He’d kept his promise and protected her virginity, although each night the temptation to lose himself in her body grew until he feared he’d lose his mind from wanting.
Teagan maintained part of her usual routine, singing at the pub over the weekend and Tuesday night. He’d sat at the bottom of the stairs, out of sight of the patrons, and listened to her as she performed. She’d gone to the nursing home twice, and this morning she’d left to teach her class at the preschool.
He dialed the phone to check in with Rod. He’d called him a couple nights ago to break the news to his friend about his decision to definitely leave The Universe.
“Hey, bud,” Sky said when Rod answered the phone.
“Sky, what’s up?”
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Ruby Tuesday
“Nothing. I just called to see if you’d had a chance to stop by and check on my place.” Rod often kept an eye on his house in Palm Springs when he was out of town.
“Yep. Slid by there yesterday and everything is just as it’s supposed to be. Shame to see such a damn big house sitting empty for nine, ten months of the year.” Sky laughed. Rod had been trying to get him to sell the place for ages. Sky agreed that it was probably silly to keep a mansion that sat empty most of the time, but he liked the idea of having a place to call home.
“I’m not selling,” he said and he heard Rod sigh.
“Do you know what the commission on that place would be?” Sky thought for a moment he heard a bit of anger in his friend’s voice and he wondered about his comment. “You need money? I know property sales have sucked lately. I could float you a loan.”
Rod brushed his offer aside. “I’m fine, Sky. No worries. I’m just kidding. So, you still at the Irish pub?”
Sky had filled his friend in on his adventures with the paparazzi the previous week during their last call. “I’m still here.”
“How are the songs coming?” his friend asked.
“Great. Freaking brilliant.” Sky grinned as he heard Teagan’s footsteps on the stairs, feeling like a teenager with a crush at the excitement he felt over seeing her again. “Hey listen, man. I’ve gotta get going. Thanks for looking after the place. I’ll talk to you in a few days.”
He hung up and watched as Teagan entered the room. His smile dimmed when he saw her pale, worried face.
“Teagan?” he asked. “What’s wrong?”
“Outside. Cameras.”
He moved quickly to the window, standing off to the side to peek down without being seen.
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“They know you’re here.”
He was amazed by the sheer number of cameramen lining the sidewalk. He crossed the room and peered into the back alley. It was also jam-packed with press.
“How?”
She shrugged and he felt the same anger rise, the same frustration that besieged him whenever confronted with the
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