talked to? Had she misinterpreted simple friendliness as flirting this morning? No. There was no way she misread the barely veiled innuendo about watching versus being watched.
A couple of people—if she had to guess, they were probably in their late twenties—stopped to wait for the elevator. Maybe they knew.
She nodded toward the crowd in the hotel lobby. “What’s the line for?”
They both looked up from their heads bowed together, their eyes wide. “Are you talking to us?”
She looked around. Who else would she be talking to? “Yes.”
“Autographs.” The girl—the plastic strands of her blue wig were starting to suffer from the Nashville humidity—made it sound like it was the most obvious thing ever.
“Right.” Jade felt funny asking for more information after a brush off like that.
“They’re voice actors.” The male half of the duo offered. His hair looked like it was his own, and his white bodysuit with a blue miniskirt showed off pretty much everything else of his as well. “For that show everyone loves on Adult Swim.”
Cable cartoons, right. One of the developers at the home office was really into that stuff. He’d freak if he knew she’d met—flirted with, right?—a member of the cast. “The dark-haired guy. Who’s he?”
Blue-hair giggled. “Hottest thing ever to hide his face behind a microphone.”
Bodysuit guy nudged his friend playfully. “Right? I’d turn gay for that.”
Jade looked between the two, her confusion growing. “How does a voice actor have a famous face?”
Blue-hair seemed to be gaining confidence as the conversation continued. “He’s at almost every con. Or like, the important ones. No clue why he’s here.”
They both giggled again.
Jade tried not to cringe at the shrill pitch and stepped onto the waiting elevator with them.
“And he’s got a reputation,” Bodysuit offered.
“I wouldn’t mind being his weekend distraction.” Blue-hair’s gaze was glued to the back of the elevator and the view below.
“I don’t think I’d like the…you know…” Bodysuit trailed off.
Blue-hair shrugged and turned back to him. “If you know he doesn’t actually like you and that he’s going to dump you at the end of the weekend anyway, you just have to ignore him when he insists the two of you are meant to be together forever. Right?”
“I guess.” Bodysuit held the door for Blue-hair as they stepped onto their floor. He turned back to Jade. “You need to get out more. Really.”
Jade blinked as the doors closed between them. She’d almost been some cult-following celebrity’s one-night stand. Absolutely disturbing. It was a good thing she’d left for work when she had.
Right?
Chapter 3
Jade wandered toward her room, keeping to one side as more costumed and non-costumed people rushed here and there. Yup, a real good thing she hadn’t been sucked into the flirting. She pushed into her hotel room and latched the door behind her. It would’ve been horrible to have a fling with an attractive, intelligent man who was just looking for a way to get off for a night or two. To be pressed under that solid body …
The images danced in her thoughts again, and a tingle grew in her belly and moved lower. She shook her head and stripped off her work clothes. The cool air brushed her hardening nipples. Her thoughts were far more alluring than they probably should be. And she didn’t mind at all.
The red numbers on the clock glared back with the early evening hour. She hadn’t been the only traveler in the office that week—she rarely was—and everyone else had needed to leave by three to catch flights back home. On the other hand, she decided to spend the weekend, see some of Nashville, and maybe hit up a few bars for the local music before heading toward the next leg of her trip.
She still had two weeks left of her business trip. If she went back home for the weekend, she’d have a day or two alone in her empty apartment before she had to
A couple of people—if she had to guess, they were probably in their late twenties—stopped to wait for the elevator. Maybe they knew.
She nodded toward the crowd in the hotel lobby. “What’s the line for?”
They both looked up from their heads bowed together, their eyes wide. “Are you talking to us?”
She looked around. Who else would she be talking to? “Yes.”
“Autographs.” The girl—the plastic strands of her blue wig were starting to suffer from the Nashville humidity—made it sound like it was the most obvious thing ever.
“Right.” Jade felt funny asking for more information after a brush off like that.
“They’re voice actors.” The male half of the duo offered. His hair looked like it was his own, and his white bodysuit with a blue miniskirt showed off pretty much everything else of his as well. “For that show everyone loves on Adult Swim.”
Cable cartoons, right. One of the developers at the home office was really into that stuff. He’d freak if he knew she’d met—flirted with, right?—a member of the cast. “The dark-haired guy. Who’s he?”
Blue-hair giggled. “Hottest thing ever to hide his face behind a microphone.”
Bodysuit guy nudged his friend playfully. “Right? I’d turn gay for that.”
Jade looked between the two, her confusion growing. “How does a voice actor have a famous face?”
Blue-hair seemed to be gaining confidence as the conversation continued. “He’s at almost every con. Or like, the important ones. No clue why he’s here.”
They both giggled again.
Jade tried not to cringe at the shrill pitch and stepped onto the waiting elevator with them.
“And he’s got a reputation,” Bodysuit offered.
“I wouldn’t mind being his weekend distraction.” Blue-hair’s gaze was glued to the back of the elevator and the view below.
“I don’t think I’d like the…you know…” Bodysuit trailed off.
Blue-hair shrugged and turned back to him. “If you know he doesn’t actually like you and that he’s going to dump you at the end of the weekend anyway, you just have to ignore him when he insists the two of you are meant to be together forever. Right?”
“I guess.” Bodysuit held the door for Blue-hair as they stepped onto their floor. He turned back to Jade. “You need to get out more. Really.”
Jade blinked as the doors closed between them. She’d almost been some cult-following celebrity’s one-night stand. Absolutely disturbing. It was a good thing she’d left for work when she had.
Right?
Chapter 3
Jade wandered toward her room, keeping to one side as more costumed and non-costumed people rushed here and there. Yup, a real good thing she hadn’t been sucked into the flirting. She pushed into her hotel room and latched the door behind her. It would’ve been horrible to have a fling with an attractive, intelligent man who was just looking for a way to get off for a night or two. To be pressed under that solid body …
The images danced in her thoughts again, and a tingle grew in her belly and moved lower. She shook her head and stripped off her work clothes. The cool air brushed her hardening nipples. Her thoughts were far more alluring than they probably should be. And she didn’t mind at all.
The red numbers on the clock glared back with the early evening hour. She hadn’t been the only traveler in the office that week—she rarely was—and everyone else had needed to leave by three to catch flights back home. On the other hand, she decided to spend the weekend, see some of Nashville, and maybe hit up a few bars for the local music before heading toward the next leg of her trip.
She still had two weeks left of her business trip. If she went back home for the weekend, she’d have a day or two alone in her empty apartment before she had to
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