Kai swallows hard, then he smiles with those soul-piercing dimples at me, and I could die.
His mom tells Khloe she has to get ready for bed and she pouts. “Kai, Katie pwincess, you no frog Kai, but Kai can kiss pwincess Katie,” she says, batting her little lashes at him.
“I’ll do that,” he says, squatting down to hug her. “What I really need is a Khloe-bug hug for good luck tonight.” She claps and wraps her arms around his neck. He picks her up and gives her to his mom.
The guys have gone to get ready so it’s just Kai and me in the living room of the suite. He comes to me in one easy stride. His hands are up the back of my dress and pinching my rear. When he feels that I am wearing a thong, he growls in my ear. “You aren’t going out like this. Put some leggings or something on,” he demands darkly.
“No,” I reply, denying his request.
“Baby, it’s spring break. The club is going to be crawling with horny college guys and Marines from Camp Lejeune. They will be trying to hit on you all night, and I won’t be able to concentrate, because I will be too busy trying not to kill them all for looking at you.”
“Kai, I’m not changing. No one could tear me away from you. Not even wild horses,” I sing the line from the popular song and he laughs at me.
“Killing me, Kat.”
“I know,” I tease him. I take his hand from my butt and move it to my front. “Just remember what you are playing for tonight,” I whisper in his ear, pressing his hand against my center. His finger brushes against my smooth skin and he starts pushing me toward my room.
“Oh, no you don’t. Go get ready.” I shove him towards his own room. He goes reluctantly.
~**~
The guys look like bona fide rock stars as we get into the elevator at the hotel. Hunter spots some random girls in the lobby and invites them to come with us. Vance eagerly says, “Hell yeah.” I just shake my head. As long as they keep their hands off Kai, I don’t care.
We all pile into Hunter’s van. I sit on Kai’s lap to make room for the newly acquired groupies. His fingers are teasing at the hem of my dress, rubbing over my thighs. “This dress is too short.”
“Are you saying you don’t like it, Kai Cooper?”
“I like it too much,” he says, and I feel him twitching in his pants beneath me. “Want you so bad, Kat,” he says, sucking on my neck.
“You two are so hot together.” One of the girls says, watching us.
“Thanks.” I smile, because I think so too.
We pull up at the back of the club. Jake tells the girls they will have to go around the front to go in. They look annoyed but get out and go around the building. The guys get out and Kai tells them to give us a minute.
I scoot off his lap and he takes my hand brushing his thumb over my knuckles. “I didn’t say anything to the guys. I didn’t want to put any pressure on them. There is an agent coming to watch us tonight. Raven got an email from him through our blog. She checked him out and he is legit. This could be huge for us.”
“That is amazing, Kai. He is going to love Cooper’s Religion. I just know it. I’ve had this feeling all day that something great was about to happen tonight.”
“Just don’t say anything to the guys. I don’t want to set them up for disappointment ya know.”
“You’ve got this, Kai. I believe in you.” I kiss his cheek and open the door.
Jake leads the way to the back door. There is a bear of a man standing guard with a clipboard. Jake shows him his ID and we are all shown in without a problem. Kai has his fingers wrapped in mine. His palm is sweaty. I can tell he is nervous. We are taken to a room and given drinks until the guys are set to go on. Kai gives me his phone, so I can film them when they get on stage. I left my phone in the room like a dummy because I was so excited.
The owner of the club comes in and introduces himself. “If you guys need anything just let us know. We have a huge crowd tonight.”
Kai speaks up and tells him he wants me near the stage, so I can film. The guy looks reluctant but agrees to let me.
The guys are trying to seem cool, calm, and collected but I know they are freaking out. This is the biggest show they have done. I can see why Kai didn’t tell them about the agent. I am so proud of him. The guys all take a shot to calm their nerves. Kai hands me one, and I knock it back but nearly gag as the bitter liquid burns my throat. He pulls me in for a deep, rough kiss. His hands go to my rear, teasing at the back of my thong. He snaps the thin thread against my crack and laughs.
I shove him away and tell him, “You better kill it out there tonight.”
The club manager comes in and gives them their five-minute warning. I follow them to the stage. Kai takes his guitar and straps it over his chest looking like a rock god, and he is all mine.
A bouncer escorts me to where I am to stand during their performance. I look out at the crowd. Oh my God, that dude was not kidding. There are hundreds if not a thousand spring breakers here. I get the video ready to record. My finger is hovering over the red button on the screen.
“Please give a warm welcome to Cooper’s Religion.”