“Oh hell no.”Lark laughed.“That’s like some epic gossip.”
“And totally negates the whole threesome thing,” Bailey said.
“Right?This is amazing compared to the revelation that a rock star had a threesome.That’s practically a cliché.But a celibate rock star?That’s…that’s practically unicorn status.”
I groaned and leaned back against the wall.“You guys are ridiculous.”
“Good on you for breaking his dry streak.”Bailey grinned.“Does that make you the unicorn?”
I rolled my eyes.In the distance, the guys built toward the end of the show.The crowd roared as they ended their second-to-last song before the encore.“I’m just a regular girl.”
“A girl who ended a mythical dry spell.They’ll build statues in your honor.Groupies will worship at your feet.”Bailey mimed prostrating before me.
“But seriously, is the whole threesome thing really bothering you?”Lark asked with a frown.
“What?No.I mean no one wants to hear the gritty details of their boyfriend’s past, but it doesn’t make me love him any less.If anything—”
I had to break off as Lark and Bailey started screaming.
“You love him!”
“Oh my god!”
“Really?”I laughed incredulously.“I didn’t think this would be such a revelation, given how badly we’d been hiding our relationship.”
“I just thought you guys were fucking.I had no idea you were serious!”Lark squealed.
Bailey grinned.“I could tell.But have you toldhimyet?”
“I mean, no…not exactly.”
Bailey turned to Lark.“Which means not at all.”
Lark shook her head and faced me.“You’ve got to tell him.He is freaking the fuck out about the threesome thing.He thinks you’re going to break up with him over it.”
“What?”I reared back.“That’s ridiculous.I just needed a minute to process it.It was weird to be in the middle of them when they were bantering about sexual conquests like that.But I haven’t really thought about it since.I was busy with the lawsuit stuff and setting up for the concert.I’ve hardly had a second to breathe.”
The crowd was singing along with ‘Nowhere to Hide.’In less than a minute, the guys would run by for a quick rehydrate before they went back out for their encore.I should really be standing over near the stage with the other techs, but I couldn’t run away from this conversation.It was too important.
“You need to talk to him,” Bailey implored.“You gotta break this habit you have of not asking for help.We get that you’re a strong ass woman—and no doubt Noah does too—but you have to lean on people when you need to.You can’t do it all alone.”
“And you won’t have a successful relationship if you’re not leaning on each other.”Lark raised her eyebrows.“Trust me, I know from experience.”
“It’s just so hard,” I mumbled.“After Parker…he kinda broke me, you know?He and the guys were my family and then they were gone.Not only that, they stole from me.And I get that Noah isn’t Parker, but he’s so much bigger.He’s this huge star.How’s it ever going to work?Especially if our band signs with a label.He’ll be here doing his shows in Vegas, and we’ll be…who knows where.It’ll be a shitshow.”
“That’s not really something we can answer for you, sweetheart.”Bailey gave me a sympathetic look.
“It’ll work if you guys do the work,” Lark answered.“If you make your relationship a priority and show up for each other—which will probably mean sacrifices on both ends—then it’ll work.But you two have to decide if being together is worth it.Like Bailey said, that’s not something we can answer for you.”
“Right.”
The guys all ran by, out of breath and panting.Chase and Xander smiled and gave us a little wave as they jogged by before ducking into their private greenroom.
But Noah avoided even looking in our direction.
Almost like he knew exactly where not to look.
It felt like someone had stabbed me in the heart with an icepick.Pain and confusion made my eyes fill with tears for a second.
