When superstar Kade Hendrix steals Ivy's song, she falls into his world of public scrutiny-and his arms-just as the rest of her world falls down around her.
Ivy is sure superstar Kade Hendrix won't notice his number one fan in the crowd of his intim...
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"So, how was the concert last night?"
My stuff was still piled in the corner, like I wasn't planning on moving out at all. It was a mountain of memories and intentions that would never be spoken about.
A mound of clothes in the shape of an elephant in the room.
It was all just as well, we didn't ever talk about anything of substance when we were both in the same room, anyway, which wasn't often.
It seemed Constance was adamant to keep things that way, too.
"It was..."
I trailed off, not sure how to appropriately respond to that question, considering how well the interlude had gone for me, the memory of his hands all over me, his breath in my ear—
"That good, huh?"
Spinning back around to where Con was watching me with a suggestive grin on her pink painted lips, I rolled my eyes playfully before searching through my mountain of belongings searching for my song book.
"It was amazing. He was amazing, as usual."
"Yeah, his singing. That's why you've got that dumb smile on your face, then."
"What? I guess you could say it was...stimulating."
Her blue eyes went wide as she grabbed the nearest pillow (a grey mouse stuffed animal that her mom bought her last year) and tossed it at me.
I let it fall harmlessly to my feet before shuffling through a stack of notebooks on top of my desk.
"You little tart! Did you stay the night with him last night?"
"No, he had to work late. He was actually on the Late Late Show afterwards, which I don't know how he did considering how tired he must've been, but he kissed me goodnight before he had Hollin drive me home."
And what a kiss it had been. I was still tingling in my toes when I thought of it.
"Wow. You know, Ives, this is all I've ever wanted for you. I never imagined it would've been with someone like Kade Hendrix, but after everything you've been through with Caleb...it was so hard to just sit back and watch you try to deal with everything on your own and not let anyone in. I don't want you to have to go back to that. I know you said you wanted space because of some of the things I said, but I think I let myself get blinded by Isaac and his wants and needs over my own. I let him into my mind and take over, when I should've been looking out for you. I'm so sorry I said those things to you Ivy, it wasn't right or fair, and I should've realized what you were going through and been more empathetic to you."
"Con...I don't hold it against you for being mad at me for thinking I had feelings for your boyfriend. I honestly thought it was a pretty natural reaction to finding that out. I think if we want to go back to how we were, we just need to be brutally honest and get it all out there, together. If that's something you want to do?"
