Page 56 of Indescribable Love
“Would you hate me if I got room service? Alex was upset earlier that I wasn’t going to be home. It’s already late on the East Coast, but I was texting with Celia and she’s letting him stay up so we can video chat again.” She paused. “I always thought I would be okay with traveling with the tour, but this one’s been hard.”
“Damn, Nik. I’m sorry. I had no idea.”
She sniffled and seemed to wipe away a tear. “I’ll be fine. We’ll work it out.” With a weary sigh, she looked at him. “Have dinner with Juliette. She left earlier and I worry about her.”
“Really? Why? Was she okay? Did something happen? Did Max call and upset her?”
She gave him a knowing smile. “I worry about her—and you—because it’s so obvious that there’s something there between the two of you! And if there is and you’re trying to sneak around, you don’t have to with me, okay? Like…I don’t want to be the reason you’re both miserable. Plus, I’m afraid if she’s left alone too long, she’ll revert back to that uptight woman she was when we first met her, and that would be a shame.”
Simon had to agree.
“She’s worried because she has a room and doesn’t want anyone to know…”
“So you’ll pay for a room she doesn’t use. No biggie. Hell, you bought the entire floor, so most of the rooms are empty.”
Again, he had to agree.
“I’ll have dinner for two sent to your suite and I’ll get her there without being too obvious about it.” She playfully patted his knee. “And don’t worry about sneaking her back to her room tomorrow. We’ll make this work.”
“I hope so, Nik. Because…Juliette’s…she’s…she’s just…” He groaned. “I can’t even find the words to describe it. She makes me feel things I’ve never felt before and I don’t want to lose her.”
“You won’t!” Now she was smiling from ear to ear. “This is seriously the best news! And believe me, I needed some good news because a minute ago, all I wanted to do was cry because I miss my family.” Then she laughed softly. “And I can’t wait to tell Celia about you and Jules! She called it and I didn’t believe her.”
“Wait, wait, wait…she called it?”
She nodded. “Oh, yeah. The day we left you two and went home? We were barely out of the driveway and she predicted there was going to be some hanky panky before the sun went down.”
“Oh God…”
“So?” she said with a nudge. “Was there? Did you make your move? Did she?”
Laughing, he shook his head. “I will neither confirm nor deny it. Your imagination will just have to go wild.”
That made her laugh harder. “Oh, believe me! It is!”
Chapter Eleven
Nikki: Noah and Jax will meet us at the arena at five!
Nikki: I’m seriously impressed with myself for making it happen.
Nikki: Don’t tell Simon. They want to surprise him.
Juliette: My lips are sealed.
Simon was kissing her bare shoulder as she placed her phone back on the bedside table. “Mmm…good morning,” she said sleepily.
“Who was texting you so early?” he asked between kisses.
Before she could answer, he gently rolled her onto her back and covered her body with his, and kissed her deeply.
She loved when he did that.
The man kissed better than anyone else and she didn’t even care about morning breath because everything else was just so wonderful.
She’d gone back to the hotel yesterday before rehearsal was over because she just needed some time alone. The conversation they’d had earlier in the day was weighing heavily on her mind, and Juliette genuinely needed a little time to be by herself. She wasn’t used to having people around her constantly. With any of her previous clients, she didn’t travel with them the way she was with Simon.
Because you weren’t sleeping with them, she’d reminded herself.