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“Eric—” she said, trying to think of what there was to say

“Tellher hands in his She took a deep breath How did you tell the guy you loved, yeah loved, that you were upset because he still had feelings for his previous girlfriend?

“I know you still care about Talia I just don’t knohere that puts us,” she said in one big rush He scrunched up his eyebrows and looked at her like he didn’t knohat she was talking about

“I don’t still have feelings for Talia Why would you think that?” he asked, looking genuinely confused Now she was confused Thinking back to the bus, she tried to figure out what had happened, if he hadn’t been pissed about Talia and then it dawned on her She kneasn’t talking about her fro to happen Not with him ever

“So then you thought Owen slept with ht I cheated on you,” she knew she hit the nail on the head when he ducked his head and glanced away “You really thought I’d do that to you,” she said, a little dagger digging into her heart

“Keira, it was a split-second reaction I saw you in the dressing rooination ran away fro about, I didn’t give a shit, but I was pissed about the way he talked to you I wasn’t going to let him do that to you”

Taking another deep breath, she decided to get it all out of the way

“I thought you were still hung up on Talia and that’s why you got so pissed off at Owen” His eyes got really big and he aving his hands in front of hi his head Well that settled that He stepped toe to toe with her and slid his hand along her face

“There’s only one person I’ht in front of ainst hers She let out a contented sigh

“Ion his lips

“Don’t teht here out in the open, Keira,” he said, against her lips

“We wouldn’t want that noould we,” she said, coyly while sinking down onto the blanket He growled and stalked toward her

They laid out there on the blanket and talked for hours after a little under the shirt action He told her all about his dad leaving when he was younger How much it hurt hiuitar he’d left behind The pain he felt at his dad up and leaving was still raw She heard it in his voice, how much it still affected him

The gap between tours was shrunk to a couple of days, so they’d been on tour almost constantly since they started Which meant, they’d co his finale, he alwaysat least one of the choruses, directly to her in the wings of the stage He knew it riled her up Their hasty retreat to the dressing roo She left before the final notes, only to race back to the dressing room He burst in and attacked her the second the door closed behind him

She’d taken to wearing skirts on show nights if only toher skirt up her legs, she sat on the table in front of the vanity and hitched her legs up on the back of his thighs Pushing her panties aside, he would push into her in one long solid thrust