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especially when they all hung out socially. In any other situation JJ would have just told him to back off. But she was trying to make a name for herself in the industry and didn’t want to stir up drama over what might just be a minor issue. The fact that she opted not to party like a rock star already made her stand out. She didn’t want to be called a whiner on top of it too.
    â€œThanks, but I really am tired,” JJ whispered back. “Three shows in three days is crazy.”
    Torrina’s lip curled. “I know that’s right.”
    â€œPlus my sister got some big news today and she’s supposed to call me back tonight, so I really want to catch her,” JJ added.
    â€œGotcha.” Torrina nodded. “If you change your mind though, just text me and I’ll let you know where we are. We’ll probably be out till four a.m. anyway. When we finish a set of shows like this, these guys like to go hard and then crash for a couple days.”
    JJ chuckled. “I can imagine.”
    The SUVs pulled up to the hotel entrance and they all got out. JJ waved to the others as they split up in the lobby; she headed toward the rooms, they headed to the hotel restaurant.
    â€œCall me if you need someone to scrape you off the bar floor,” JJ called.
    She grinned as the sound of Torrina’s laughter followed her across the lobby.
    Pushing the door to the stairwell open, she began her trek up the steps to the sixth floor. She spent most of her life bypassing elevators for the stairs, so her thighs were used to the workout. Once inside her room, adjacent to Torrina’s, she slipped off her jacket and sank down onto her bed to take off her strappy shoes. She had just freed her toes from their confines when she heard a knock on the door.
    â€œRoom service.”
    She grinned and hurried to open the door. Her bellhop was dressed in a gray ribbed sweater and leather jacket instead of a uniform, and carried several take-out containers and a bottle of something sparkling instead of pushing a hotel dinner cart. Plus she was sure it was illegal for someone to look that deliciously handsome.
    She grabbed the lapels of his jacket and pulled him inside.
    â€œPerfect timing,” she murmured before his lips met hers. He managed to kick the door closed and wrap his arms around her without dropping any of his packages.
    JJ snuggled closer, slipping into the familiar place where her body fit in his arms. Okay, so she may not be getting married, and her sister may have just abandoned her in the single zone. But at least she wasn’t hanging out there alone. Being in the 70 percent might not be so bad after all.

Chapter 2
    â€œG ood show?” Rayshawn Forbes asked with a chuckle, when they finally broke away from each other.
    â€œYou tell me,” JJ said, settling her arms around his shoulders. “Weren’t you watching?”
    â€œI got there late from my meeting,” he said apologetically. “Only caught the last part of the performance.”
    JJ pouted, and he kissed her upturned lips briefly. “From what I saw it looked great, though.”
    He paused, and JJ watched as his deep brown eyes roved over her face. “I’m so proud of you, babe.”
    She ran her hand over his smooth, nut-brown skin, touching his strong, angular jaw, catching her finger in the dimple in his cheek, feeling the stubble of his goatee and razor-thin mustache beneath her fingertips. She smiled. She had always thought he looked more like an R & B singer than a talent manager. But he was a manager. And he was hers.
    â€œThank you. I couldn’t have done any of it without you.”
    Her eyes floated closed as his lips met hers again with gentle, soft kisses that she had come to get used to over the past few months. She had always thought it a bad idea to mix business and personal life, but when she first met Rayshawn several months earlier, the attraction between them had been