I would be lying if I said I didn’t sense some humiliation that Jessi stole Colt so easily away from me, but then again, Colt was hers first, so maybe it was me who did the stealing. Either way, it seems he’s forgotten I’m here. He’s laughing and having fun with Dingo, and Jessi is now all over him.
“Dee, just be careful, okay?” Anna quietly warns.
“Be careful about what?”
“Babe, don’t,” Johnny urges.
“No, I have to. Be careful of Colt. He’s a heartbreaker. Don’t get me wrong, I love the guy to death. He’s practically family, but don’t get your hopes up. He’s… well, he’s rock royalty, and even though Johnny and Dingo can be faithful, we were with them before the fame and fortune. Colt, well… he’s used to getting what he wants, and then he moves on to the next one. I like you, Dee, and I don’t wanna see you get hurt,” Anna confides, taking my hand in hers.
I swallow the lump in my throat, but it doesn’t seem to want to go down, no matter how I try. Then I feel it, the sting of tears prickling in my eyes. I look over at Colt, who has Jessi sitting on his lap. He’s not looking at her, but she is all over him. I turn back to Anna and nod, swiping a stray tear from my cheek.
“It’s too late, isn’t it?” Anna asks, and I look at her with my forehead crinkled. “You’re already falling,” she says on an exhale.
Is that what this is?
Am I falling for Colter Slade?
The biggest rock star bachelor the world has ever seen?
How could this even be possible?
I have been around him for such a short time.
It’s true.
I do like him.
I like him too much.
Could this be some sort of insta-love they talk about in romance books?
The problem is, though, this rock god is leaving in a few short hours.
It can’t work.
It won’t work.
Our worlds are so incredibly different.
I don’t fit in his.
He won’t fit in mine.
I have to distance myself from him.
But I will always have the memory of our first kiss.
And the two days I spent with Colter Slade.
But this is where our story ends.
Chapter Five
We arrive at the Rotherford Regent Hotel, and I can’t shake this anxiety in my stomach. It’s like a tap dancing troop is inside, stomping all over my mistakes.
I slide out of the car first and head inside to the elevator.
Everyone is coming in loudly behind me, and just as I step into the elevator, Anna and Johnny join me. Then I watch Colt and Jessi walk in, and all I can do is hold myself tightly. She has her arms wrapped around his waist, and he’s walking along but not really holding her. His arm is resting on her shoulders.
