I knew they were all staring at me. That everyone was looking at me. Willing me to continue.
But the pause came at just the right moment, and the audience held on through it. Until the music broke again and I hit the finale.
It was perfect. Every piece of it.
I ended it and looked around.
Jaws. I saw jaws drop.
Then the applause.
It was the moment I’d already dreamed of.
That was when I saw him at the edge of the stage, staring at me.
Janson. Pride. Admiration. I never expected to see those things from anyone when it came to me. Especially not him. He was a good man but he was hard. And it was so impossible to see what he was feeling. To understand what was going on in his mind.
“Thank you so much for having me,” I said as bent down and played the next piece. Then the next. My set went perfectly and I was so proud of myself. Of everything I’d ever done to get there.
Of my brother for suggesting this. It was just what I needed.
When I finished, I took a deep bow and hurried off the stage.
“That was amazing, Kat,” Matt said as he greeted me. “I have to go announce the next musician, but I want to talk to you about doing more work for us. I know we had you on as a favor, but damn, girl. You can play.”
I grinned. It was the kind of feedback I was looking for. Matt was an objective observer.
“What did you think?” I asked Janson as I came off the stage.
“If that’s how you play anger and sadness, I can’t wait to hear joy. And lust.” He grabbed the small of my back and pulled me in for a deep kiss. “You have no idea how crazy you make me.”
Oh, by the feeling of his cock on my belly, I had some idea.
But we couldn’t do that here. Could we?
“Where are you taking me?” I asked as he started to pull me off stage.
“I can’t stand this anymore. I have to have you.”
“Here?” I asked. It sounded like a silly fantasy, but I couldn’t believe it was going to happen.
“Yes. Here. Now. You have no idea, do you?”
“No idea?”
“Every man had his eyes on you while you were playing. Every man wanted you. Well, you are mine. I have you, baby girl, and I am not letting go.” He growled as he bent down and kissed me, pushing me up against the hallway in the backstage area.
“There has to be a room,” I said, trying to convince him to at least take it somewhere a little more private. Lighting hands and other stage workers were walking around, staring at us.
“You better find a place soon, or I am going to take you right here, baby girl. I can’t f*ck
ing wait much longer.” He sounded so angry as he said it, and I knew that I was going to get yet another side of him. He had so many faces, wore so many masks, a part of me wondered if any of what I got was really him.
But I knew that they were all him. He was so complex, so mercurial, that I couldn’t be surprised. I shouldn’t be surprised.
He was exactly what I wanted and what I needed. And somehow, his moods always matched up with mine.
He opened door after door until he found a little room with a couch in it. “This’ll have to do,” he said as he pushed me into it.
I slammed against another wall, and he held me there, pressing my body against his as he assaulted my senses.
His hands moved quickly under my skirt, pushing my panties to the side where he found me wanting. Waiting for him. Completely f*ck
ing wet.
It was instantaneous. The moment he touched me, the second he whispered in that deep throaty voice of his, my body responded. I was a slave to it. I was his pawn.
He could do with me whatever he wanted, and I was powerless to stop it.
I loved him. I would do anything for him.
But I couldn’t tell him that.
“Already wet, baby girl?” he asked. “Does playing on stage do that to you? Does it spike your adrenaline and get you off?” he asked.
“Not as much as your touch does,” I said honestly. It was the truest statement I’d ever uttered.
“Good,” he said as he pulled off those damn panties. They were only in the way. “That’s a good girl.”
He undid his pants, not even bothering to push them down as he pulled his monster cock out of them.
He was huge, and I wanted it. I wanted him. I needed him now.
My body wasn’t going to take much more of this.
So I grabbed him and I kissed him, but he held my body still against the wall. “I need you, Janson.” I said.
It was half demand and half plea. I needed him and I was going crazy wanting him.
He was there in an instant, giving me exactly what I wanted. His cock filling me to the brim. Dear god, it felt amazing.
I couldn’t believe the way he entered me. Pulled my legs up and wrapped me around him, my back supported only by that flimsy wall.
“f*ck
,” I cried out as he shoved himself into me over and over again. It was rough, it wasn’t slow and gentle. But each thrust brought me closer and closer.
We were hurried, and anyone could walk into the room at any moment.
That only added to the excitement.