“Just one,” he whispers against my cheek. “Just you.”
An invisible weight—the weight of so much worry and sorrow—is gone. It hasn’t vanished so much as become a part of me, rather than something to hold me down. “It’s us now, right? Us together.”
“I promise.”
I fight off tears, even as I bubble and smile. “I’ve always liked your promises.” Jude kisses my forehead, my nose, then settles on my lips. I’ve never felt more heat, more pure joy. I wrap my arms around him, taking all he’ll give me, giving back all I am. That’s the best I can do, right? Keep holding on, living for love and air and magic and the most beautiful, beautiful music.
Acknowledgments
I offer many, many thanks to my usual suspects, who help me just keep swimming. Love and adoration to my darling Keven, Juliette and Ilsa, my dearest Cathleen, my youthful partner in crime, Casey, and my original, unflagging cheerleaders, Dennis and Kathy Stone. I also want to express gratitude and respect to Lauren McKenna, Alexandra Lewis, Elana Cohen, and my fantastic agent, Kevan Lyon. I could not do this without all of you.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lofty, Carrie, 1976–
Blue notes : by Carrie Lofty.—First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
pages cm
1. Women pianists—Fiction. 2. Billionaires—Fiction. 3. Friendship—Fiction. 4. Psychological fiction. I. Title.
PS3603.05475B58 2014
813’.6—dc23
2013046835
ISBN 978-1-4767-0689-4
ISBN 978-1-4767-0691-7 (ebook)
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