lack of sense to laugh at her misguided emotion.
“I’m not jealous,” she sputtered, crossing her arms over her chest and turning her head to glare at the nearest wall.
“Good, because you have no reason to be. Next time, I’ll leave her to her own methods of getting backstage.” He moved a fist back and forth in front of his mouth while poking the inside of his cheek rhythmically with his tongue. Apparently, Melanie did not find his pantomimed blowjob humorous.
Her mouth dropped open and she glared up at him. “You wouldn’t.”
“Why wouldn’t I?” He dropped his hand and shrugged. “I’m not interested in her. I’m interested in you. I only brought her along because you want her here.”
The slight flutter of Melanie’s eyelashes made it clear that she didn’t really want Nikki there either, but she evidently saw reason in his words, and she dropped her crossed arms to her waist and then relaxed them at her sides.
Nikki gasped, drawing Gabe ’s attention. Her eyes were wide as she stared at something or some one just behind Gabe. She shifted Melanie before her and did her best to hide, her forehead pressed against the back of Melanie’s shoulder as she feigned invisibility.
“Did he see me?” Nikki whispered.
“Who?” Melanie said and then a look of recognition spread across her face. “Yeah, he looks pissed. I’d say he saw you.”
“Why is she here?” Jacob said to Gabe in greeting.
“If Amanda can come to our shows , then so can Melanie,” Gabe said, his ire rising so quickly it surprised him.
“Not Melanie. If you have a thing for her, of course, she’s welcome.” Jacob reached behind Melanie and yanked Nikki out by one arm. “Her! What is she doing here?”
Nikki straightened her spine and started hissing. Gabe wondered where the docile please-protect-me creature had wandered off to.
“What? Did you forget my name already, asshole?” Nikki spat, blue eyes narrowed, her fists clenched.
“No, darling Nikki, I didn’t forget your name, but you can’t be here. I don’t want you here.”
She bit her quivering lip, and Gabe was sure she was about to burst into tears.
“I invited her,” he lied to Jacob. “I invited both of them, okay? It’s none of your concern.” He was definitely starting to remember why the band had made that no -women-on-tour pact. With women came drama. Being trapped with the same four dudes for six months was bad enough without the added roller-coaster ride of outside romantic relationships.
“So they’ll double up on you r dick, but not mine?” Jacob asked.
“You are the biggest pig I’ve ever met in my life!” Melanie bellowed at Jacob. “I don’t know why anyone would do anything with you other than kick you in the nuts.”
Gabe snorted. Jacob’s faint smile had told Gabe that he was only teasing, but evidently Melanie hadn’t gotten the joke.
Until that moment, Gabe ha d completely forgotten what had so quickly turned him on to Melanie in the first place—her complete disdain for Jacob “Shade” Silverton’s typically irresistible sex appeal. Now that was hot.
“Can I talk to you?” Nikki asked Jacob. She seemed for once to be the most reasonable person in the vicinity.
“No,” he said simply. “I have nothing to say to you. If I had, I would have called you.”
Melanie gnashed her teeth and rounded on Jacob. Gabe would have probably cowered at the look on her face if she’d turned it on him, but Jacob, being Jacob, was used to women berating him. In this particular instance, he deserved it, but that wasn’t always the case.
“You have no problem fucking her in a public hallway —”
“Or a sauna,” Nikki added helpfully.
“Or a sauna,” Melanie echoed several decibels louder than her friend, “but you don’t have the common decency to carry on a polite conversation with her?”
“That about sums it up,” Jacob said. He turned on his heel and stalked off.
Melanie screeched in fury and started
“I’m not jealous,” she sputtered, crossing her arms over her chest and turning her head to glare at the nearest wall.
“Good, because you have no reason to be. Next time, I’ll leave her to her own methods of getting backstage.” He moved a fist back and forth in front of his mouth while poking the inside of his cheek rhythmically with his tongue. Apparently, Melanie did not find his pantomimed blowjob humorous.
Her mouth dropped open and she glared up at him. “You wouldn’t.”
“Why wouldn’t I?” He dropped his hand and shrugged. “I’m not interested in her. I’m interested in you. I only brought her along because you want her here.”
The slight flutter of Melanie’s eyelashes made it clear that she didn’t really want Nikki there either, but she evidently saw reason in his words, and she dropped her crossed arms to her waist and then relaxed them at her sides.
Nikki gasped, drawing Gabe ’s attention. Her eyes were wide as she stared at something or some one just behind Gabe. She shifted Melanie before her and did her best to hide, her forehead pressed against the back of Melanie’s shoulder as she feigned invisibility.
“Did he see me?” Nikki whispered.
“Who?” Melanie said and then a look of recognition spread across her face. “Yeah, he looks pissed. I’d say he saw you.”
“Why is she here?” Jacob said to Gabe in greeting.
“If Amanda can come to our shows , then so can Melanie,” Gabe said, his ire rising so quickly it surprised him.
“Not Melanie. If you have a thing for her, of course, she’s welcome.” Jacob reached behind Melanie and yanked Nikki out by one arm. “Her! What is she doing here?”
Nikki straightened her spine and started hissing. Gabe wondered where the docile please-protect-me creature had wandered off to.
“What? Did you forget my name already, asshole?” Nikki spat, blue eyes narrowed, her fists clenched.
“No, darling Nikki, I didn’t forget your name, but you can’t be here. I don’t want you here.”
She bit her quivering lip, and Gabe was sure she was about to burst into tears.
“I invited her,” he lied to Jacob. “I invited both of them, okay? It’s none of your concern.” He was definitely starting to remember why the band had made that no -women-on-tour pact. With women came drama. Being trapped with the same four dudes for six months was bad enough without the added roller-coaster ride of outside romantic relationships.
“So they’ll double up on you r dick, but not mine?” Jacob asked.
“You are the biggest pig I’ve ever met in my life!” Melanie bellowed at Jacob. “I don’t know why anyone would do anything with you other than kick you in the nuts.”
Gabe snorted. Jacob’s faint smile had told Gabe that he was only teasing, but evidently Melanie hadn’t gotten the joke.
Until that moment, Gabe ha d completely forgotten what had so quickly turned him on to Melanie in the first place—her complete disdain for Jacob “Shade” Silverton’s typically irresistible sex appeal. Now that was hot.
“Can I talk to you?” Nikki asked Jacob. She seemed for once to be the most reasonable person in the vicinity.
“No,” he said simply. “I have nothing to say to you. If I had, I would have called you.”
Melanie gnashed her teeth and rounded on Jacob. Gabe would have probably cowered at the look on her face if she’d turned it on him, but Jacob, being Jacob, was used to women berating him. In this particular instance, he deserved it, but that wasn’t always the case.
“You have no problem fucking her in a public hallway —”
“Or a sauna,” Nikki added helpfully.
“Or a sauna,” Melanie echoed several decibels louder than her friend, “but you don’t have the common decency to carry on a polite conversation with her?”
“That about sums it up,” Jacob said. He turned on his heel and stalked off.
Melanie screeched in fury and started
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