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okay? Maybe
later. Can we talk about something else?”
    “Everleigh…” he said, half pleading and
half angry.
    “Ryder, please,” I begged.
    He sighed and nodded his head. “Okay.
Like what?”
    I thought for a moment and then bit my
lip. Looking at him, I said, “Will you sing me a song?”

Chapter 5
     
     
    Ryder
     
     
    “A song? Really?” I asked, grinning.
    “Yeah, why not? I noticed you have your
guitar case over there. Sing me a song. Unless you’re scared,” she said,
smiling that million dollar smile.
    “I’m not scared of a damn thing, baby,”
I said, and I got up off the bed and grabbed my guitar out of the case. “Any
requests?” I asked, sitting on the chair across from her.
    “Surprise me,” she said, and she pulled
her legs up and sat on the edge of the bed crisscrossed style.
    I tried to think back to the night we
met in Cincinnati and I remembered she was wearing a Guns N’ Roses tee shirt. I
figured that was a good place to start, so I set my guitar on my lap and began
to play the first few chords of “Don’t Cry.” I didn’t look away from her
beautiful gaze the whole time I sang the song as the words poured out of me.
    Our eyes were locked the whole time I
sang to her. I hated to admit it to myself, but I’d never been more nervous to
sing in front of anyone in my life until this moment. I was afraid to look away
from her beautiful brown eyes because I thought I might stumble and forget the
words. Once the song was over, I put the guitar down and looked back up at her.
Her eyes were welling with tears again, and I chuckled. “The song is telling
you not to cry, Everleigh,” I joked, trying to play off my nerves.
    “Ryder, that was…magic. You have a very beautiful voice,” she said almost breathlessly.
    I felt redness rising in my cheeks and I
looked down at my guitar and mindlessly strummed a few chords. “Thanks.” I’d
been complimented before, but nothing meant more to me than what she just said.
    “If you can sing like that, why in the
world do you growl in most of your songs?” she asked innocently.
    I laughed. “That’s the kind of music I
like to sing and that’s what our fans want to hear. Besides, I don’t growl all
the time, you know.”
    “Well, it sounded like it to me at the
show. No offense,” she said, and I smiled.  “Apparently I was so out of my
element there that I didn’t remember.”
    “It’s okay, Everleigh. Our music isn’t
everyone’s taste, but we still do okay.”
    “Oh, I know. Danni’s been a freak for
you guys for a long time, and I’ll admit, she had me banging my head a
little bit to that song, oh what was it… ‘Self Destruction’?”
    I nodded and smiled. “See? You’re not
that out of touch.”
    “Well, I liked the beat of it. Your
drummer is really talented.”
    “Yeah, that’s Kris. He’s a bad ass
drummer and a really good guy.”
    She smiled. “So tell me more about them.
How did you guys all meet?”
    Before I could answer, my cell pinged,
letting me know I had a text message. I checked it and saw that it was from
Jude. The guys were all here with John and our security team. I felt a stab of
disappointment because my time with Everleigh here in the hotel room was about
to end. I had been having a great time getting to know her and I didn’t want it
to be over yet. “That’s Jude. Everyone’s here. They are in the lobby checking
in right now.”
    “Oh. Well, great. It will be nice seeing
them again,” Everleigh said sincerely.
    “You mean you aren’t ready to get the
hell out of here?” I asked, grinning at her.
    She smiled sweetly at me. “Well, I am
anxious to get home to Daddy, but as much as it pains me to admit it, I’ve been
having a good time with you this evening, Ryder.”
    I smiled. “See? I’m not such a bad guy,
right?”
    “I guess not,” she said, surprised. I
put my guitar back in the case and quickly walked over to the bed. I sat down
next to her and moved my face close to