Siren's Call
Page 4
“Why play somewhere like Peekaboos?” the bartender piped up again.
Liz restrained her eyeroll for Mr. Questions. “Because the boys like to indulge their vices.” She didn’t blink with her response.
The bartender gave her the up and down scan to her surprise, interest in his dark eyes. With his thick forearms and trimmed beard, he wasn’t bad looking either.
“Why go out when a gorgeous girl like you is around?”
Liz stifled a laugh. The guys were laying it on thick tonight. “Right, they wish.”
Faster than a blink, Kieran’s chest pressed against her back, heat emanating from him. She glanced to him right as he placed his hands on her shoulders.
“She’s got standards we can’t even compete with,” he said, the intonation in his voice making his ‘back off’ intent quite clear.
Liz lifted her brow, unused to seeing this side of Kieran directed toward her. The way his hands rested on her sent clear possessive signals as he squeezed her shoulders. A surprising warmth spread in her chest at the attention, yet as quick it burned to irritation. He had no say in who she flirted with.
“Maybe being surrounded by rockstars has me looking for a regular guy.” Liz locked gazes with Kieran, challenge flashing in her eyes. The poor bartender was getting dragged into battles way outside of his pay grade.
Kieran bristled, those amber eyes of his flashing as he opened his mouth. Knowing the hothead like she’d come to these past few months, she guaranteed he’d say something he regretted. After all, the bundle of spitfire and vinegar had a heart bigger than her brittle black one. She wasn’t backing down though. The boys weren’t the type for monogamy, and she refused to contract a case of feelings only to watch him hook up with a different girl each night.
Before he spoke, his eyes widened as he focused on something in a different direction.
“Duck,” he hissed, grabbing her by the shoulders and tackling her off the barstool before they crashed to the ground.
End of sample chapter
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