Jessi pursed her lips to the side and slowly shook her head. “That’s not nice. I’m sorry they treated you that way. I guess because I was always part of the equation where Tommy is concerned, fans accepted me from the beginning. And look at Alyssa. She’s so fucking cool. Everyone wants to be her friend. The first time I met her was at band practice when Tommy first joined Immortal Angel. I was so excited. It was a new band. Tommy was playing a new genre of music. I had just met Angel not long before and was enthralled by his looks and his voice. There was Damien with that bright blue mohawk and tattoos. Jimmy was pounding on the drums like a maniac. There was so much going on. I was high on adrenaline. I took a seat next to Alyssa and forgot about everything going on around me and focused on her. People are just naturally drawn to her, but again, Damien was already with Alyssa when Immortal Angel became famous. Jimmy was always the single guy. The fans view you as the newcomer. As far as they’re concerned, they had Jimmy first. You stole him away from them. Some of them honestly believe that they’re going to be the one he falls in love with. Others think they’re special because . . .” Jessi didn’t want to finish her sentence.
“Go ahead. Say what you were going to say.”
She hesitated, but continued. “I was going to say that some girls think they’re special just because he slept with them. They think it makes them his girlfriend.” She shook her head slightly. “I’m sorry.”
Jessi put her arm around Audra’s shoulder. The soft cotton robe was comforting and reminded Audra of home. She missed her sister.
“Don’t worry about it,” Jessi said. “They’ll come around. Just continue to smile, and no matter what, don’t act like the jealous girlfriend . . . unless some bitch sticks her tits in your guy’s face. In that case, feel free to tell her to fuck off.”
An unexpected laugh passed through Audra’s lips. She felt better, but she knew it was going to be a tough road ahead. The fans could resent her all they wanted. She was in love with Jimmy Wilder, the notorious playboy drummer of Immortal Angel, and she was the woman who turned his life around.
Chapter Fifteen
Immortal Angel just finished performing their first Canadian show in front of a sold-out crowd at the Air Canada Centre. The show was amazing and the audience was fueled with energy.
Jimmy was still in the shower, and Audra impatiently glanced at the time on her phone. They were on a tight schedule and only had about an hour before the bus departed for Ottawa. She needed to get everyone out of the venue and onto the bus, which wasn’t an easy feat. “Are you almost ready?” she called to Jimmy through the bathroom door.
The door flung open. “I’m always ready, sugar.”
He flicked the towel at her, but she caught it and pulled it out of his hands. She admired his naked body. He was still wet from the shower and his tattoos glistened across his chest and arms, amplifying their color. His biceps and shoulders were still taut from playing the drums all night. His chest had a perfect arc, and his abs rolled with defined muscles. A lock of damp hair fell over his forehead, and his eyes took on a deeper shade of blue. The ever-present smile and dimple in his cheek only added to the total package of head-to-toe deliciousness. “Don’t you dare parade around in front of me naked. You know I have to corral everyone on the bus like a herd of wild elephants. I have no time for your extremely hot and sexy body.” His growing erection stared at her. “You’re not going to sabotage my career with that thing.” She couldn’t move her eyes from it. “I don’t care how big it is.” Did it just wink at her? He had her so riled up, she was hallucinating. “Get dressed and stop teasing me.”
He put his fist over his heart and whimpered. “You’re killing me.”
She stuffed copies of tonight’s rider in her attaché. “When the bus pulls out of the parking lot and we’re on the road, I’ll do my best to make it up to you. Right now, I’m still your tour manager, and if we don’t hurry, we’re going to be late.”
“Ah, my very own personal superhero. You’re like Wonder Woman. Tough business executive by day,” his voice turned sultry, “sex kitten by nightfall.”
He pulled her to him, and she collided with his pectoral muscles. It made her gasp, and she needed to compose herself. She swallowed hard and forced the words from her mouth. They were breathy and not very convincing. “I need to get everyone on the bus.”
“There’s that tough business executive again, never having any fun.” He released his embrace and pulled on his briefs. His erection caused a large bulge in the center. He pulled the waistband away from his body and peeked inside. “What do we have here? Wanna take a look and see what it is?”
He could be so cute sometimes, but they really had to go. “Jimmy, I told you. I don’t have time. Wait until we’re on the road.”
He picked up a bottle of lotion from the dressing table and rubbed a dollop into his hands. “Last chance.”
He pulled his cock free and began to stroke it. She watched his eyes glaze over and his lids close halfway. “Hurry,” he whispered.
She couldn’t move. She was rooted in place, held captive by the erotic show.
“I wish your mouth was on me. I wish your pink lips would draw me into your warm, soft mouth.” He let out a deep breath. “I wish your tongue would lick the tip of my cock and do that little circular thing that drives me crazy.”
She watched his hand glide over his cock with long strokes. His other hand pulled the waistband of his briefs lower so she could see his balls peeking out, joining the show. Jimmy’s breaths grew deeper, and his hand moved faster. She took a step forward, ready to kneel in front of him and suck him dry, but he let out a long groan and erupted all over his hand.
Her mouth fell open with disappointment.
He flashed a silly grin. “I told you to hurry.”
“You’re such a tease!” She threw the towel at him. “Be dressed in five minutes.” She bolted through the dressing room door and paused in the corridor. She held her hand against her chest to calm her rapid heartbeat and slow her labored breath, while her jumbled hormones settled. That man knew how to turn up her internal temperature from cool to scorching hot in an instant.
For once, everyone made it to the bus ahead of schedule, expect the driver. His seat was conspicuously empty, but he couldn’t have gone far since the door to the bus was open. Audra fell into the couch and let the tension melt away. The shows were stressful for her. She still needed to prove herself in the industry, but at least management at the venues was taking her more seriously now. She made sure they knew who she was upon arrival, so no one mistook her for a groupie again. With the addition of the smart and trendy jackets Jessi made for her, now she looked professional without looking stuffy.
Jessi and Alyssa sat on the couch next to Audra, but the guys were hovering around the dining booth with bottles of beer in their hands. “Aren’t you guys exhausted?” Audra called to them. “I would have thought you’d want to get some sleep. You have two radio station interviews in the morning and a performance on a talk show in the afternoon.
“We’re still on an adrenaline high,” Tommy answered. “We were talking about getting a poker game together. You girls in?”
Alyssa leaned forward so she could see Tommy. “Get ready to hand me your wallet, Blade. My mother taught me how to play poker when I was ten.”
There was a sound from the rear of the bus, and everyone froze. “Did you hear that?” Tommy took a step toward the corridor that led to the sleeping quarters and flipped on the light. “Who’s back there?”
A giggle echoed back. “It’s Darci. Send Jimmy back here.”
Audra felt the color invade her cheeks. Anger and jealousy burned deep inside her. They were foreign emotions and filled her with evil thoughts.
There was a look of horror on Jimmy’s face and something in his eyes that resembled fear. Or was it guilt?
Another giggle cut through the silence. “Jimmy, I have a surprise for you.”
Audra fought the urge to sto
mp back to the bunk and expose the stowaway, but she wanted to see how Jimmy planned on handling this train wreck.
Jimmy was frozen in place. She had never seen him unnerved before, and she had no idea what he was waiting for. He needed to deal with the bitch in the back of the bus. Audra crossed her arms and glared at him.
“I don’t know what’s going on.” There was a frantic pitch in Jimmy’s voice. “You were with me all day. I had nothing to do with this.” He tried to hand her his phone. “Check my calls and my messages.”
Everyone’s eyes were on Audra. They were gawking at her. She was mortified, and humiliation made her heart pound against the wall of her chest. She was too miffed to say anything and continued to silently glare at Jimmy.
The sing-song voice cut through the thickened air again. “Jimmy, I’m waiting.” There was another giggle which sounded like a second voice.
This was un-fucking-believable. Audra snorted and shook her head.
“Shit!” Jimmy stomped toward the back of the bus. “What the fuck is going on?” He stopped in front of the only bunk with its curtain drawn and flung it open. He let out a loud gasp that was audible from where everyone else stood watching him.
“Surprise!”
Jealousy made Audra cautiously advance in their direction. She stood far enough away so she wasn’t in their direct line of vision, but close enough so she could see and hear everything that transpired. Two blondes were making out in the bunk, neither wearing a stitch of clothing. Audra’s eyes immediately went to Jimmy. She didn’t expect the appalled look on his face or for his back to be pressed against the opposite bunk.
“Get your clothes on and get the fuck off the bus! Now! Go!” he yelled.
Disappointed, the blonde pouted. “But, I came all the way from Michigan. Last time, you said if you were ever in the area again to wait for you in your bed and to bring a friend.” Her face perked up, and she motioned to the naked bitch next to her. “Here she is.”
The first blonde cupped the second blonde’s breast in her hand and gave her a wet kiss.
Audra could see their tongues twirling from down the corridor, and she turned away in disgust.
“That was last year,” Jimmy protested. “Things are different now. Man, you need to leave.”
“But I’m so horny.” The blonde fell back on the mattress and picked her knees up. She slid her fingers between her legs and pulled the lips of her pussy apart. “See how wet I am?”
“I don’t care how wet—”
Blonde Number Two dove face first between Blonde Number One’s legs, and she moaned like a porn star.
“What the fuck?” Jimmy was plastered against the opposite bunk. He looked like he wanted to jump out the nearest window to escape the two bimbos.
Skank Number Two lifted her face. “I’m horny too. Eat my pussy, while I eat hers.”
Skank Number One extended her hand to Jimmy. “Join us.”
“No!”
“I want to suck your cock while she sucks me off.” Skank Number One stretched her arm further in Jimmy’s direction and let out a long, fake moan. “Fuck me, Jimmy. Fuck both of us.”
“No! Get the fuck off the bus!”
The two sluts answered with loud, exaggerated moans.
Jimmy panicked and ran to the end of the corridor where everyone else stood. “You gotta do something!” he begged Damien. “Get rid of them!”
“Me? That’s your mess, dude. Not mine.”
Jimmy spun around to Audra. “I’m so sorry. I want no part of that. You saw everything. I don’t know what else to do.”
While Jimmy’s slutty groupies continued to fill the bus with moans that sounded more ridiculous than phony, Audra’s temper hit the roof.
“I’ll get rid of them,” Angel said with a huff. “This is disgusting.”
“Wait.” Audra’s tongue was sharper than she intended. She didn’t mean to snap at Angel, but she was fuming. “I’ll get rid of them myself.” She was the one in charge. Falcon Records procured the tour bus. The blonde bimbos were trespassing. She could have them arrested. But what she really wanted to do was fling them out the window on the interstate while the bus was speeding at 90 miles per hour. Audra marched toward the sound of moans that rivaled the worst porno flick in history.
Bimbo Number One saw her and smiled. “Hi. There’s always room for one more.”
“Fuck you.” Audra grabbed the Beaver-Eating Bitch by the arm and pulled her out of the bunk. “Get the fuck off my bus before I have you both arrested for trespassing.” She was tempted to pull Slut Number One out by her hair, especially since she still had her legs wide open and her wet pussy was staring at Audra. “OUT!” Audra yelled. The blonde bimbos jumped, wiggled into their panties and covered their fake breasts with their clothing. All of a sudden they were shy.
Everyone backed up to create a path for them to get by. Audra was quick to note that Jimmy slid into the furthest seat of the dining booth with his shoulder pressed against the window.
“Real classy,” Jessi commented as they hurried past her.
“Don’t let the door hit your liposuctioned asses on the way out,” Alyssa called after them.
Audra was so pissed off, she could have spit fire. What the hell gave these girls the right to break into the bus and throw themselves at Jimmy like a bunch of whores?
Jimmy met her as she headed toward the dining area. “You have every right to be mad, but you gotta believe me. I didn’t know anything about that.”
“Who was she? A girlfriend?”
“No. I don’t remember her. It’s been well over a year since the band was in Michigan. I’m not gonna lie to you, Audra. I don’t remember most of the women I’ve slept with. I can’t do anything about my past, but it’s my past. You saw me and how I reacted. It wasn’t just for your benefit. I’m done with that shit. I want you.”
She wanted to believe him, but rage and jealousy stood in her way. “How the hell did they get back there, anyway? Did they just walk onto the bus? Where’s the driver?”
“I’m right here.” The driver stood at the top step with a Styrofoam cup in his hand. “I just went across the street to get coffee.”
A small fire burned inside Audra’s belly. If he was at his post, or locked the damn door, those skanky whores would have never made it onto the bus. She advanced toward the driver. “If you ever leave the bus again, even for 30 seconds, without locking the door, you’re fired.”
Audra sat behind the curtain of her bunk, shut off from the rest of the bus. Everyone else was still awake, and by the sound of their laughter, they were enjoying the game of poker they had talked about before Jimmy’s groupies showed up and shattered her peace of mind.
She was so upset she couldn’t even call Kira and tell her sister what had happened. It was too humiliating. Her father’s words and Kira’s concern echoed in her head, and she wondered how long Jimmy’s new one-woman commitment was going to last.
“Can I come in?” Jimmy knocked on the wall outside her bunk.
She pulled the curtain back and shifted to one side with her legs curled underneath her to make room.
He barely fit in the other half of the bunk, and he couldn’t fold his legs in a crisscross position underneath him. He sat with his back against the side wall where the television screen rested and held his knees to his chest. It was an awkward and uncomfortable position. He looked adorable stuffed in the corner. She threw him a pillow and moved to the outer edge of the mattress. She patted the space between her hips and the back wall. “You can put your feet here.”
He was relieved to stretch out his legs and wiggle his toes.
They silently stared at each other for a moment, and some of Audra’s anxiety dissipated as she recognized that Jimmy carried the same frustration as she did.
He fell back with a heavy sigh. “I don’t know what else to say. I feel like shit.”
“I feel pretty shitty, too.” She acknowledged his innocence in the fiasco with the blonde
whores, and she knew he was sincere, but it didn’t ease her concerns. Her anger had simmered off, but she still wondered what he would have done if she wasn’t on tour with him, or if the naked skanks would have shown up in his hotel room without any witnesses. Would he have turned down the slutty whores, or jumped in between them without a second invitation?
He knew exactly what she was thinking. “You can trust me.”
Trust was a sketchy word when there were two naked women having sex together and begging him to join them. “Can you honestly tell me you would have pushed them away if no one else was around and if I wasn’t on tour with you?”
He sunk his head into his chest with dismay. “I knew you thought I wanted to get in the middle of that. I didn’t. I’ve done that a million times. It’s nothing new. Two, three, four girls at a time. It doesn’t hold any appeal to me anymore. You’re the one I want. Not them.”
She was shocked by his admission. Threesomes and foursomes had become so commonplace that they lost their appeal? It sounded absurd.
“I’m sorry to be so blunt.” He threw his hands down in his lap. “Man, I keep saying the wrong things. Bottom line, Audra. I love you. I’ve had enough meaningless sex to last me a lifetime. I want you to trust me.”
She was torn between listening to her head and falling with her heart. It was easy to believe him. She saw the entire situation transpire. He had no idea they were here and didn’t seem interested. Quite the opposite. He looked like he just wanted to get away. She let out a sigh and sided with her heart. “I may have been a little curt with you, and it was unwarranted. You gave no indication that you knew them or that you were interested.”
“Thank you.” His words were sincere.
“I know this will probably happen again at some point. Don’t falter, Jimmy. Not for a second. Not if you want me in your life. I will never stand for infidelity. On any level.”
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