Chapter 12

CHAPTER 12

SKYLAR

" W elcome to the Nashville Music City 300! We have a special treat for you today! Please welcome up-and-coming country music star, Jagger Sullivan and the amazing Rhylan Morgan!"

The crowd went wild, and Ainsley squealed beside me. "I swear, my mama would lose her mind if she knew I was standing here with you. And Jagger singing the song we wrote with Rhylan Morgan. Tall, Dark, and Cowboy himself." She jumped up and down. "And if she knew my best friend nailed Tall, Dark, and Cowboy in a blazin' hurricane-"

"Technically, he did the nailing." My lips twitched as Ainsley rolled her eyes.

"-and was about to get onstage to sing the song they wrote right before he made you scream and beg?"

"Your mama would be traumatized." She rolled her eyes. "Fine, she wouldn't, but still." I wrung my hands together, and for the tenth time in so many minutes check my hair in the tiny mirror backstage, adjust my cleavage in the off the shoulder cropped white top, smoothed the hem of the cut-off frayed shorts and made sure the high-heeled thigh-high boots weren't on the wrong feet.

The song ended, and the crowd cheered. A few bras decorated the stage in a colorful display of female appreciation for Jagger, and as a guy clad in black ran across and picked them up, Jagger thanked Rhylan for joining him.

"And y'all, I am so excited to announce that I just signed with Rhylan's new label just minutes ago. He missed me too much!" Van joked as the fans cheered. "But I have another surprise for you. I am not the only artist Rhylan has signed. And this one might just surprise you. You've heard her hit number one song ‘Always A Cowgirl', but you are about to witness a whole new side to Skylar Coulson!"

That was my cue. I walked out on stage, waving as the cheers grew. I stopped in front of Rhylan. "Hey, Ace." My lips twitched.

He stepped in close to me. "What are you doing here, Swallow?"

I closed the space between us. "Making out with a country singer backstage is on my list," I said. I pulled him closer and said in his ear, "And I've been fantasizing about your cock in my mouth for weeks, Mr. Morgan. I added it. Number 13. This is kinda public, if we hide under the stage." He growled as I giggled. I leaned back. "Would you kiss me already? We have a song to sing."

His mouth crashed into mine, tasting, teasing, and stealing my breath away.

The crowd went wild, but I didn't notice. And when we sang ‘Unless', Rhylan held onto me like he would never let me go.

And I never felt so free.