Cover Me: A Rock Star Romance

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hurt her.
    Her hands came up to my wrists. They trembled as she held on to me, but she didn’t try to stop me from kissing her. It took every ounce of will power to keep my tongue from darting into her mouth, but this was about rebuilding the trust I somehow lost with her. I had to take my time and do this right.
    I stroked her cheeks with my thumbs and peppered kisses on her chin, her nose and her forehead. I’d been all over the world, but standing on the city beach in Santa Cruz kissing Bess Halprin with the sun beating down on us, the waves crashing, kids shrieking and sand between my toes was my favorite place I’d ever stepped foot.
    “Does this answer your question?” I whispered in her ear while kissing the side of her neck.
    “It can be interpreted a few different ways,” she said, leaning into me.
    I lifted her chin and looked down into her eyes. “I want all the ways. I’ll start with earning back your friendship.”
    She smiled and licked her lips. “Friends don’t kiss like that.”
    “You were always an A.P. student. Think of this as A.P. friendship.” I tugged on a lock of hair hanging beside her mouth then tucked it behind her ear.
    She let her head fall back and laughed. “A.P. friendship. Okay. I’ve heard it all.”
    “I’m sure I can come up with more.” I took her hand, locking my fingers between hers. “What did you need money for?”
    “That?” She dug a hand in my pocket—her hand dangerously close to my dick—and pulled out a wad of cash. I adjusted my swim shorts so she wouldn’t see what her foray into my pocket had started. “It’s a surprise,” she said. “Stay right here at the end of the trail so nobody figures out you’re you. I’ll be back.”
    She turned and ran through the sand, her legs stretching gracefully. I watched her until she was a speck in the distance. Then I wondered if she’d really come back.
Bess
    It took longer than I thought. I darted back down the beach straining to see if Derek still stood where I’d left him a little over a half hour ago. I wouldn’t blame him if he left. He probably thought I took his cash and ran off with it. Not that he wouldn’t be able to find me right next door anyway.
    A beach ball rolled in front of me and I almost tripped. “Sorry,” a pre-teen girl said. I waved and kept running, dodging rafts and towels.
    I could see the end of the trail that led back to our allotment, but I couldn’t see Derek. I scanned the area as I neared and didn’t see him anywhere. I reached the spot where I’d left him and sank down in the sand, defeated.
    “Took you long enough.” I looked around trying to find where his voice was coming from. Then he stepped out from underneath the wooden stairs that led back up to the trail into our allotment. “Some guy with a camera was trolling around. I hid.”
    “You’re covered in sand!” I stood up and brushed his back off, letting my hands trail down over his firm, round butt.
    “Hey. This A.P. friendship thing’s working out already.” His eyes gleamed and I gave him a smirk.
    Friendship I could do. Even his A.P. friendship. There was no point in trying to resist him physically, that would be like getting the moon to stop its rotation. But as long as it was friendship and didn’t threaten to emotionally pummel me, there might be a chance for us.
    I ignored the buzz rattling around somewhere in the back of my brain warning me that friendship was based on trust, too. Did this mean I was letting him off the hook?
    No. He wasn’t off the hook. If I was the only person in the world who enforced consequences on Derek Bast, so be it. I wouldn’t let his past insults slide by. But for now, whatever it was we had was safe enough.
    “So where’s the surprise?” He held his palms up and looked around us.
    “Do you think you can walk down the beach without being mobbed?”
    He grimaced. “I can’t make any promises.”
    Hiding a six foot five star built like a Greek god wouldn’t

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