disappearance from the ba

rt, playing hard to ge

get it, n

magine the dep

she' d almost ruined his

he muttered to his band

an," their bassist, Mark, said,

unning for the hills," Jax said, trying to sound confident for Ch

er lips. "It' s good PR, darling. Rockstar finds

w hours later, af

m, tear-streaked and shiveri

oice hesitant. "Jax told

t look

he said, what he' s pla

him," I whisper

first mentioned this 'scare Savvy off' i

ly snowed by Chloe. She wants into the industry, bad. And Ja

, his eyes on Chloe, a look I

lways dreamed

n't he?" I asked, needing

h, Sav. He is. For a wh

like another pu

ing about Jax being an idiot

n, her voice audible even from ac

with Ben but lingered outside

eat... Yeah, I'm just checking on

m the one he used with me,

y?" Not really looking at me, his att

stared

hloe wants to go cel

efore Ben cou

ome psycho fan, that you genuinely cared. But his buddies, Mark and

was an inconveni

ked to the internat

ed out the application for the

n the year, the one I' d almost dismissed b

t like an e

new city,

ustin and Jax Hard

was Ben's twent

e friend's ups

ought of seeing Jax, of see

Sav. It' s my birthday.

e face, my artfully ripped jeans and

loud, filled with pe

en I s

e Davenport dr

way. Perfect hair, perfect clothes, a

line for me. My

ghtly. "So glad you could make it.

. "This is Chloe Dav

than I expected, even though I

ctly manicured hand. H

, sweetie," she said, her voic

t he's a grown man now. We're even th

r flat stomac

meone your own