It took a little convincing, but she finally conceded when I put it as bluntly as I could. “I want some more time with you.”

She let out a peaceful sigh. “All right, but only if Anna goes too. I don’t want to leave her alone here.”

I had to smirk at that. “I’m sure she’s attached to Griffin as we speak.” Again, no doubt in my mind. A fact that was confirmed when we stepped onto the bus and were greeted with the familiar sound of people screwing. I had to grin and shake my head at my eager, horny bassist. This should satisfy him for a while. Hopefully.

Kiera had an adorable, uncomfortable expression on her face when she realized what she was hearing. She was so cute. I started leading her to the table where I’d tossed her bag earlier, and as I did, my gaze washed over Paul sitting at the back of the lounging area. I narrowed my eyes at him and had to forcibly resist the urge to walk over there and beat the smirk off his face. Later.

Brushing aside that piece of shit annoyance, I set down my guitar and told Kiera, “I could go get my Discman, if you don’t want to listen to them?”

She looked horrified by my suggestion, and she grabbed my arm so hard, her nails bit into my skin. “No!”

I started laughing as I sat beside her on the bench seat. She must not realize they were in the back. Probably because I hadn’t shown her the entire bus. “It’s okay,” I told her. “They’re probably in the back bedroom.”

She frowned at me, looking a little disappointed. “There’s a back bedroom?” Clearly, she was wondering why we hadn’t stripped down back there. Considering what had happened, I kind of wished we had.

I made a pained face so she would understand I’d been doing her a favor. “Yeah…Griffin’s kind of taken it over, though, so I figured you wouldn’t want to…hang out in there.” It also wasn’t exclusively Griffin’s love nest. I was sure she really wouldn’t want to know that. She looked disturbed enough. And again, that knowledge might make her doubt me. Even more than she already did.

“Yeah, no thanks,” she murmured.