Sizzle (Bad Boy Rockers) (Volume 1)(47)

We’d gotten all our equipment set up earlier so all we had to do was entertain the crowd once Reece decided to show his face. Donovan had seen him disappear out back with Dahlia. No doubt to get his rocks off. At least he should be more laid back than what he’d been recently.

“He not back in yet?” Ryder asked, passing me another beer. I’d lost count how many I’d had since returning from town with Donovan. Unfortunately, I still felt sober.

“Nope.”

“She must be a good ride.”

I wasn’t getting involved in that conversation; it’d only piss him off. He’d had a boner for Dahlia when he first arrived, but that had soon disappeared when he realized she was at Reece’s beck and call.

“He’s back...looks like he lost someone along the way,” Ryder bit out, slamming another beer in front of me. I still had half of the other bottle, but I quickly knocked that back and tossed the empty into the bin behind the bar.

“You ready?” Reece asked, but instead of looking relaxed he looked pissed.

After looking at him for a minute, I stood and with my beer in hand followed him to the stage where Donovan was sitting chatting to a group of girls.





Chapter 36


Thalia


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Liam was driving me to a new bar, which had opened a few months ago, on the outskirts of town. That was his idea of cheering me up.

I’d managed to calm down some after Donovan had brought me back to Liam’s house. The soak in the tub probably had something to do with that as well.

Wearing my new ‘Alabama’ style cowgirl boots with a short, fitted denim skirt paired with a black tank, I turned to look at Liam who’d been silent during our drive. “Why are you so quiet? I mean I know you don’t usually chatter away, but you look like you’re brooding.”

He let out a sigh and looked at me. “I’m okay. Just have a lot on my mind.”

“I’ll leave it for now, but you’re not okay and neither is Jack, and, how the f*ck did I become a bridesmaid at his wedding. That is just screwed up somewhere.”

“I agree with you there. He should have spoken up and said something. Just go along with it for now.”

I winced at his suggestion. Why did everyone keep telling me to go along with it? “Liam, it’s in three weeks. I can’t just act as though everything is normal when it isn’t.” I felt close to tears. “I’m in love with her fiancée; there is no way I can be part of his wedding... And you’re in love with your brother’s fiancée,” I whispered wiping my eyes.

He braked hard outside the club, which said it was called Kix. “How,” he cleared his throat, “do you know that?”

“I saw you with her today in the boutique.”

He sighed and rested his head against the back of the seat. “God, we’re a sorry pair.”

Opening the door, I climbed out with Liam following, because if I stayed talking to him in the car I would be in tears.

Until I’d met Jack I’d never been an emotional person, but I was now and it pissed me off. If Callie was here she’d rib me to no end about it, which would probably have cheered me up some. I missed my best friend and needed to talk to her later. One thing I did know and that was, there was no chance of me leaving for Texas just yet, because I wasn’t ready to let Jack go.

“You ready to go inside?”

“Yeah.” I pulled the door open to be met by a wall of bodies. The place was packed as Liam took my hand and pulled me towards the bar through the mass. The group that was playing tonight was obviously popular, because there was hardly breathing space.

“You want a beer?” Liam shouted.

“Yeah.”

While I was standing waiting for Liam to get us both a beer, I had a good look around the bar or rather I tried too. It was a bit difficult with the sweaty bodies all-clambering for prime position near the stage, a lot of which were women.

About to turn back towards Liam, I spotted Donovan at about the same time he spotted me. He paused, before starting to walk in our direction.

He came to a stop in front of me, and then got shoved from behind which brought him up close and personal, with me ending up wrapped in his arms.

He grinned down at me, which had me laughing. He was cute and I needed to get Callie with him.

“Hey, get your hands off her,” Liam shouted, looking pissed.

Donovan’s body went rigid against me before he relaxed and pulled me even tighter against him. “Make me.”

They sure as hell were not going to fight over me. In fact I wasn’t sure I had anything to do with what was going on.

Pushing out of Donovan’s arms, I faced Liam. “Leave it, he got shoved from behind.” I placed my hand on Liam’s chest, hoping he’d leave it alone, before I turned back to Donovan who looked angry, but more relaxed than Liam.

“Look after Thalia.” With that Donovan shoved his way through the crowd towards the stage where the band had already set up.

The lights dimmed slightly, someone jumped up on stage and the crowd started to shout.

“Shut the f*ck up,” came blaring out through the speaker system, which the majority found funny. “Okay, calm it down, I know why you’re all here, so with that in mind here’s ‘Phoenix and Deception’.”