Be nice. This is Sadie.” I didn’t miss the warning tone in Lauryn’s introduction.
I waved my hand flippantly. My eyes immediately found Landon. I felt something in my stomach ignite, but pushed it way down. Part of me was nervous to see them again because of the way I ran out this morning, but their smiles were helping with that.
Before anyone could speak, Lauryn continued and gave all the introductions. I had met Renzo, Lukas, and Landon that morning. The new ones were Matt, JT, and Ryan. They were in the band with Landon, and each one was hot in their own way.
I wasn’t really sure what they fed these boys down here in Georgia, but damn, they were very easy on the eyes.
“Hey, I’m Matt.” His deep brown eyes flared as he spoke. “I play the drums.” His long blonde hair, broad shoulders, and the most adorable dimple on his right cheek would cause any woman’s heart to skip a beat.
“Hi Matt.”
Matt shoved the guy next to him in the arm. “This is my little brother, JT. He’s on bass.”
“I’m only a year younger, and hi,” he said, tipping his hat. I couldn’t see his hair, but I could see his arms. Holy crap. His arms were the size of tanks, super muscular, a barbwire tattoo wrapping around one of them. His hat covered the top of his face, but I could see the light stubble forming on his chin.
“I’m Ryan.” My eyes turned to the last man. He was different than the rest. He had a bit of an edge to him. The others came across as good ol’ boys. Ryan didn’t. His black leather jacket hung on him like a glove, his broad shoulders looking as if they were going to bust through it at any minute. His ink black hair hung low and off to the right side trying to hide his green eyes.
Don’t get me wrong, he was very attractive. The problem was he screamed ‘trouble.’ The good thing with these types of men, though, was at least I knew to stay away. Unlike Rob, who came off good and ended up trouble.
“Nice to meet you, Sadie. You save a dance for me?” Ryan asked.
“No thanks.” I smiled back. To hell if I was going anywhere near that one.
Snickering ripped through everyone’s mouth at the table.
“Aww … don’t take it hard, Ryan. Sadie just has better taste,” Lauryn smarted off.
“Ha. Ha. She hasn’t been here long enough to know better,” Ryan came back.
I rolled my eyes. This guy was a piece of work. His ego was working overtime. My eyes fell back on Landon as if he was some sort of magnet. He was staring at me, smirking. I wanted to go hide. I didn’t know why; I just did.
Suddenly over the speaker came a call for Sapphire to come up on stage.
“Sapphire?” I asked.
Landon smirked. “Enjoy the show, Sadie.”
“Wait!” I yelled, stopping him in his tracks, making him look at me. “What do you sing?”
“Country, covers mostly. It’s just for fun.” Turning, he made his way to the stage. Watching him take the stage, I was breathless. I didn’t want to be, but my body had other ideas.
“Ready for the show?” Renzo asked, smiling.
“Sure.”
“You gonna dance with me?” Renzo said, beaming.
I looked at Lauryn. Her scowl affirmed the answer I was going to give anyway. “No thanks.” I don’t know what it was, but I didn’t want to get in the middle of this Renzo-Lauryn thing they have going on, and I need to ask her more about it.
“Why not?” Renzo’s voice sounded perplexed.
“I don’t want to,” I snapped. I didn’t want to be rude, but was he that blind that he had no clue my cousin wanted him.
“Leave her alone, Renzo.” Lainey’s voice was stern.
“I’m just asking her a question.”
“Don’t,” was all Lainey said.
“Hello, Lady!” Landon’s voice boomed through the crowd and was met with loud cheers.
My eyes swept him from head to toe. Landon was heart-stopping handsome. His jeans, hung low on his hips, navy blue button down shirt, rolled at the elbows and cowboy boots made my mouth water. Add in his unruly hair,
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