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“I love how selfless you are,” he teased before placing a kiss on the top of her head.

“I know.” Then she felt around for the TV remote, landing on some…non-TV-remote places. “Sorry. Just wanted to turn that off.”

And yet you managed to turn me on…

Okay, he kept that to himself and even managed not to snicker. Once the television was off and the room was completely dark, Simon closed his eyes. “Night, Juliette,” he whispered.

“Night, Simon.”

And that was the last thing he remembered.

Chapter Seven

The following morning, Juliette woke up alone and wildly disappointed.

Actually, the next three mornings she woke up alone, even though she and Simon went to bed together every night. It was like having a semi-sexy sleepover with your crush.

If you were both in middle school.

Seriously, she was beginning to wonder if her definition of taking things slow and Simon’s definition were the same. She was all for not having sex on the first night, but she had hoped that things would progress a little more each night. The only thing that progressed was the damn penguin documentary, and she wasn’t sure how much more she could take. Now she had to decide if she should just say something or simply seduce him.

Seduce. Definitely seduce him.

She had a feeling if she opened the dialogue and had a discussion about everything, Simon could talk about it until they both fell asleep again.

The good news was he was still making music during the day. They would talk about what he was hoping to accomplish on this next album, how they could incorporate it into the documentary, and the best way for him to present it all to his agent and music producers. Honestly, Juliette didn’t think he had anything to worry about. Artists changed things up all the time. It wasn’t realistic to keep him making the same music over and over. The more he evolved, the bigger his fan base would be.

“Hey, Jules,” Nikki said, joining her in the kitchen just as she was about to start making lunch. “I just got off the phone with Simon’s agent, Mick. He wants to do a video chat this afternoon with the documentary guys to start working on the preliminaries.”

“Oh?”

She nodded. “I told him Simon’s been working hard on some new music and maybe now wasn’t the best time—you know, trying to buy him a little more time—but he was pretty adamant that we all be on the call.” She sighed. “So, do you want to do rock-paper-scissors to decide who gets to tell him?”

Groaning, she shook her head. “Damn. I feel like we’ve all been here in this nice little cocoon. It’s been easy to forget about the outside world. It sucks that it’s going to come crashing in like this.”

“I know,” Nikki said wearily. “Although, if I’m being honest, I feel like we’ve all been dancing around the topic and Simon needs to put his foot down so we can all move on. Plus, I’d really like to go home and sleep in my own bed. Celia and I were talking about it last night and we’re both super eager to head home.”

“Why don’t you? It’s only another…what…four or five days on this lease? Simon mentioned that you were going to head home at that point and then meet up with him in Seattle. Why stay here if you’re miserable?”

“I wouldn’t say miserable, but…I don’t know. It was nice of him to let us tag along on his vacation. I don’t want to seem ungrateful.”

“It’s not ungrateful,” she reasoned. “You already travel so much with him; it’s no wonder you miss being home in your own space. I’m sure I’m going to start feeling that way soon.”

It was odd that she hadn’t started feeling it already.

“We’ll see how this video call goes,” Nikki said, walking over to the fridge and pulling out stuff to make sandwiches. “If Simon’s okay, then I won’t feel bad heading home a few days early.”

“Where do you guys live? Are you within driving distance?”

She nodded. “We are currently living in Greensboro, which is three hours from here. Celia’s family is there and with Simon being on tour right now and me traveling so much with him, it just made sense for us to find a place near family so she has extra help with Alex while I’m away.”

“That’s awesome,” Juliette agreed. “And Simon also grew up here in North Carolina, right?”

Another nod. “He did, but closer to the coast. His mom still lives there.”

This could possibly be a good time to broach the one topic Simon refused to talk about. “Are you close to her? His mother? Are they close? I mean…do they have a good relationship?”

But Nikki saw right through her. “Jules, come on. Anything you want to know about Simon’s family needs to come from him.” Leaning against the counter, she gave her a smile. “But I will say that his mom is awesome and I adore her.”