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Brian climbed the stairs and entered the bus He didn’t even notice Jessica He went straight to Myrna, drew her against his sweaty body, and kissed her hungrily "Are you ready to go?"

"Everything’s packed," she s to my new assistant before we head out"

"Assistant?" Brian’s eyes, surrounded by purple bruises and a thick rim of black eyeliner, settled on Jessica "Jessica?" he said breathlessly "What the fk are you doing here?"

His hostility surprised her Brian was such a nice guy She wondered why he was so pissed to see her

"Hey, Brian," she said, offering a single wave "Long time no see"

"Sed’s on his way You’d better leave before he sees you"

Myrna ran a hand up Brian’s sweat-drenched T-shirt "She’s staying for a couple of months I just hired her as my assistant"

Brian looked down at her incredulously "You did what? Are you insane?"

Myrna smiled and shook her head "Trusta kiss at the corner of his mouth "Besides, with an assistant’s help, I’ll havehis T-shirt at the waist

He stared at her as if in total awe "God, yes, you definitely need an assistant I love you"

"I love you," Myrna returned

Jessica averted her gaze Soto watch

"Did you reserve a nice suite?" Brian’s fingers clutched the fabric of Myrna’s suit jacket as if trying to control the urge to rip it from her body

"Uh-huh At the Venetian One with a jet tub"

His breath caught "Nice Mmm, I love you Did I tell you that today?"

"Only a million tiain "I love you," heaway

"Five minutes and I’ll be ready to leave," she said "I proo wash off e makeup"

"Leave it for now," Myrna ht I’ll start with the rock star and workunder that lad you didn’t see our show tonight, then We sucked Sed couldn’t hit his high notes Jace’s hand is so swollen he can barely play Trey kept having to sit doith dizzy spells I couldn’t concentrate because all I could think about was you At least Eric kept the beat" He scratched his head behind his ear "Well, most of the time"

"I’m sure it wasn’t that bad," Myrna said

"Yeah, it was pretty bad, but I honestly don’t care at the moment Hurry I need to devour you"

"Me first" Myrna kissed hiain She was decidedly distracted as she explained the rest of the data entry to Jessica Luckily, entering the data wasn’t difficult Just ti

"Just work on this for the next couple of days," Myrna said "We’ll be back on Monday to hit the road again and you can help roupie interviews"