Whisky Lullaby: Rock Star Romance, Step-brother New Adult Romance (Tennessee Romance Book 1) Read Free Page A

in?” Zip started cleaning up, practice clearly over.
    “Tonight,” Logan said seriously. There was no sense in waiting. “I just have to break the news to my mother.”
    Zip jumped off the school steps where he had been chilling. He stood barely an inch away from Logan’s face. “Shut the front door!”
    Dale, looking dimly as always, raised his eyebrows. “Wait, what’s happening here? Did hell freeze over? Logan’s moving out of his momma’s house?”
    Logan shrugged his left shoulder, playing off the jab from his friend, preferring to let the happiness of the situation envelope him. Sometimes, even for an eighteen year old as responsible as Logan Murphy, it felt good to be a wild and carefree kid.
    The only problem was, Logan Murphy was not a wild and carefree kid.
     



Chapter 3
    Welcome Home
     
    Kaylee led the way down the long hallway towards suite 3J. Her heels clacked loudly against the brightly polished white linoleum floors. Ashley, following quite a bit behind her cousin as she lugged her stuff, gawked at her surroundings. It was impossible not to be intimidated by the experience. Both male and female students wandered the halls without a care in the world. A muscle-bound jock strolled toward them wearing nothing more than a crisp white beach towel and a pair of flip flops. He sauntered down the hall winking at a few of the girls that gawked his way.
    Kaylee recognized the face and rolled her eyes heavenward. Geesh! This guy thinks he’s what women want?
    “Char-lie…” Kaylee crooned as towel guy strolled past.
    “Babes!” Charlie called out as he planted a loud kiss on Kaylee’s cheek.
    “Have you met my cousin yet?” Kaylee asked as she giggled and then looked back at Ashley.
    Ashley, meanwhile, kept moving her eyes to the floor, the ceiling, the end of the hallway. She’d look at anything just to keep her eyes from zoning in on Charlie.
    “Oh, yeah… I think we met earlier… Hey new girl,” Charlie said with a chuckle. “I kind of ran her over on the lawn.” He winked at her. “She kinda fell for me.”
    Oh, hell. Mortification Station part two . “Yeah, you never did say sorry,” Ashley snapped saucily as she shot him an irritated look.
    “I totally did,” Charlie defended himself with a flippant tone of voice.
    “Seriously, Char?” Kaylee grilled him.
    “Babe. I totally did. I said ‘My bad’. I was totally polite.”
    “Yeah,” Ashley perked up, sounding unimpressed. “Not quite the same thing. Your stepbrother Logan helped me up.”
    “That’s Logan.” Charlie straightened as if the name only meant trouble. “Always the do-gooder.”
    “Ugh, do-gooders,” Kaylee complained in a facetious tone. “Always making the rest of us look like jerks.”
    Ashley wondered if Kaylee realized how vapid she sounded. What’s wrong with a do-gooder? They looked out for others. Maybe they didn’t like being shown up. Meeting Logan had been the high point of Ashley’s day so far. “I happen to like do-gooders.” She arched an eyebrow. “Logan had the courtesy to make sure I was all right.”
    Charlie stared at Ashley with deer in the headlight eyes. Shrugging his shoulder, he quipped, “My bad.”
    Ashley covered her face with her free hand as she shook her head in disgust. Her cello rested against the wall and she had three suitcases balanced together by her left hand. Is this guy for real?
    “You going to accept the apology or be rude and keep staring at my chest?” Charlie flexed his pecs and set his hand on his hips, giving Ashley a better view.
    She nodded her head quickly as her eyes darted away from his chest. I wonder if Logan looks that good without his t-shirt . She pushed the thought aside. She was here to play her cello, not daydream about hot boys’ chests.
    “Awww! So cute! You guys are friends already!” Kaylee gushed in a high-pitched voice as she stared at Ashley and Charlie.
    Ashley wanted to take a pin to her cousin’s head to see if it would