He furrows his brow and tilts his head. “You okay?”
I give him a weak smile. “Yeah, just, I’m gonna have to do the walk of shame in the morning and go to the pharmacy and get the morning-after pill. I think I might go to the doctor and get a prescription for the pill if we’re going to keep doing this. What do you think?” I ask, wanting to get his opinion on where this might be heading.
He smiles and caresses my cheek even more tenderly. “Sorry, I kinda got carried away. I’ll come to the pharmacy with you. And it would be a good idea to get you on the pill. Now I’ve had you bare once, not sure I can go back. And I don’t know about you, but a baby is not something I want right now.”
I shake my head quickly. “Oh God, no, I donotwant a baby, but Idowant to go on the pill. And thanks for the offer. It would be nice not to have to go to the pharmacy on my own.”
“So we have a date for the pharmacy in the morning, then we’ll go for breakfast?”
“It’s a date.”
“Did you guys fuck,thenagree to go on a date?” a voice calls from outside the stall. “You’re doing things backward, don’t you think? But hey, thanks for the show. It was a real turn-on. Anyway, have a good night,” a woman calls out, and I pull my lips in together with my teeth. I try to hold back a laugh, but Ryan beats me to it as he lets out a small chuckle.
“Well, at least we gave someone a good show.”
“Oh God, I’m so embarrassed,” I whisper.
He pulls me into him for a hug. “Don’t be. We’re two people who like each other and just got a little carried away when looking at each other for too long. It’s not a crime to be sexual, Tillie.”
“No, not a crime. But it sure is a hell of a lot of fun.”
He leans in to kiss me.
I pull back and exhale. “We should get back out there before people wonder where we’ve wandered off to.”
“Yeah, before Nate tells people we’ve gone to the bathroom to fuck.”
I burst out laughing and grab his hand, turning for the door. Taking a deep breath, I hope like hell there’s no one out there as I pull open the door. Luckily, the coast is clear, so I firmly link my hand with Ryan’s, and we walk casually back out to the VIP area. I head for a booth, but Ryan wraps his arm around my waist and pulls me toward the dance floor.
Chapter Fifteen
RYAN
One Month Later
The guys and I have been in the studio all morning laying down a new track Danger’s been writing. It’s a great new sound, but now we have a meeting with Oliver, so we’re taking a break and heading to the boardroom. We all file in one by one, chatting away boisterously as usual. The hairs on my arms spring to attention as I enter the room, and I smile, knowing that’s a surefire sign that Tillie’s already in here.
I turn to see her sitting at the table and look at her beautiful face. She is so ridiculously gorgeous it makes my chest hurt. But as I sit down at the table, I force myself to look away from her and toward Oliver, wondering what this meeting is all about.
“So, you’re all probably wondering why I called you guys down here. It’s simple… I’m letting you know that with your steadily increasing success since being onUnfiltered Tonightand the release of two songs after that, the last being yesterday… “Avalanche” has shot to number one in seven countries, including the USA.”
My eyes open wide as I look over at Danger, whose eyes are just as wide as mine.
We’ve made it to number two.
Butnevernumber one.
Especially not in seven countries simultaneously.
“Holy fucking shit!” Nate calls out.
Danger and I cheer while Matt and Nate hug it out. I bounce in my seat as sheer jubilation runs right through me.
Number one.
Number one.
NUMBER ONE!
