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I tried to stillthis close to hierous and illicit sharing a bed with Jake

"Abby, is this okay?"

Jake rarely used my real narab his hand in lanced back at hiave et this" In a lower voice, he et you"

I closed o to sleep With the heat of Jake’s body against ainstbefore I was lulled into a deep, contented sleep

Chapter Six

Delicious warh the levels ofup froone to bed alone, hadn’t I? But whenwood into the curvy backside pressed up againste to cup her breast The tiny whi screairl was so not part ofAbby

I jerked my hand away like I had been scalded Thankfully, she slept like the dead, andassault hadn’t woken her up Gently, I cliazed down at her sleeping forirl co Girls just wanted a piece of the fame or to be able to say they’d screwed me With our crazy schedule, it was too irlfriend At least that’s what I toldstrands of blonde hair out of her face, I rubbed Abby’s cheek tenderly, but she still didn’t stir Instead, she made those cute little snores that would have el right out of Heaven to care enough to drywith me when she knew she shouldn’t

Fuck Why did she have to be so beautiful? It would be so irl No, el--had to be any runt, I escaped into the bathroo off this rity--hell, I’d let a waitress blow ht before in a diner storerooet off I’d have to fantasize about Abby

So instead, I took a cold shower and watched my wood shrivel under the stream Just as I was about to turn the water off, a riff hit uard that I had to lean against the stall for support Pinchingout of the shower, I wrapped a towel around one stark nad to the bedroom for my clothes, but I didn’t dare want to run into Abby like that Once I was dressed, I grabbed uitar, a notepad, some sheeton the coffeedown the riff I’d heard, I worked on the o along with it All of the eed on thiswhen uitar ontothe ed a few chords before beginning again Closing my eyes, I focused on the lyrics in my mind as I played

At the sound of so," AbbyDid I wake you?"

"Yeah, but it’s fine"

"Sorry The muse decided I didn’t need any more sleep," I lied I kneould freak her out if I told her the truth Jerking my head over my shoulder, I replied, "There’s some coffee if you want some Of course, you probably need OJ instead" I winked at her "Don’t want you passing out on ed her cheeks at ood for now"

I nodded "We’ll probably stop for some breakfast in an hour or so"

"Okay" She motioned towards the notepad with scribbled lyrics and chords "How’s it co to work"