Page 49 of Among the Stars
She pursed her lips and tilted her head in deep thought. “Let’s see. I prefer reading magazines to books. I like my eggs scrambled, my wine white, and my bed soft.” The last one Cam knew. “I started playing guitar when I was nine, graduated from Belmont University with a bachelor’s degree in the music business, and my dream vacation would be a month-long tour around Western Europe.”
In all his thirty-six years, Cam had never entertained the idea of a dream vacation. Not before he had money, or after. So much of his life had been about surviving, and then building his business had taken top priority. There’d been no time for dreams, at least not about vacations.
“Did you ever try becoming an artist in your own right?” Her producing success said she had a talent for making music people wanted to hear. Why not make her own?
“No one would pay me to sing.” Veronica leaned the popcorn bowl against his chest and reached for her drink. “I sound like a moose caught in a mouse trap.”
Not a sound he was familiar with, but he understood how that would be an issue.
“Your card says the Rhodes Hospitality Group,” she pointed out. “Does that mean there are other Rhodes Taverns out there?”
This he didn’t mind talking about. “There are four bars in all, but only one other with the name Rhodes Tavern. That’s the original location in Chicago.”
“Where are the others?”
“Rhodes Blue Note is in St. Louis, and Memphis has the Cross Rhodes.”
Her brow furrowed for several seconds before she said, “I see what you did there. Cross Rhodes.”
Veronica held a piece of popcorn in front of his mouth, and he opened without thinking. As he chewed, she slipped one into her own mouth and licked butter off her fingers. Her lips turned glossy, and his body grew tensed.
“I like when you do that,” he said, sliding a hand up her thigh.
“Do what?” she asked.
“Lick your fingers.” His hand reached around to cradle her ass. “It’s time to test my knowledge of all those erogenous zones.”
A giggle filled the air. “You seriously want to have sex with me when I’m dressed like this?”
“I want to have sex with you when you aren’t dressed at all.”
“When you put it that way…”
Cam set the bowl on the table as he laid her back on the couch and covered her with his body. In no time, Veronica was purring and grinding against him, proving he did, in fact, have carnal knowledge of all the areas that turned her on. And he used every single one for their mutual benefit.