Ace (Playtime Series Book 1) by Gemma Arlington (distant reading TXT) 📕

around him. His dark blue jeans were hanging from his hips and the button and zip were open. He walked over to me and made me back up slightly before his hand reached out and gripped my hip.

“You sure you don’t want to join?” he smirked.

I looked over his shoulder and bit down on my bottom lip. In all honesty, I did consider asking him to relieve my pent up sexual nature, but I was seriously glad I threw that idea away.

“Keep the noise down,” I smiled, pushing him away and heading for the door.

Before I could exit the room Lucas had me pinned against the wall and his lips were so close to mine I thought I was back in my vivid dream.

“Seriously Lucas, I just asked you to keep the noise down. I don’t want to be pushed up against walls and messed around with,” I groaned. I was tired and annoyed, still wound up with sexual frustration, but at this point in time it was beyond being fixed.

“Your body gives you away, you’re telling me you want this,” he joked, gripping his crotch. “How long has it been since you were fucked?” he asked, the whisky on his breath quite evident.

“Luc, step away from Ace and leave her alone. Unless you want that dick of yours yanked from your body, I suggest you listen to her and do as she says. Stop messing with her and go back to your groupies,” Eric’s divine voice warningly cut in.

I took a deep breath and pushed off from the wall, slipping from the room and heading for the safety of my own suite.

I needed a few more hours of sleep if I was to deal with boys, because being on a bus with them was going to be anything but boring.

~Chapter Fifteen~

Eric

Being on the bus was going to be a slow, painful torture. Ace was starting to seem a little too chummy with Jake and that was starting to rub me the wrong way. I couldn’t help but think that all the guys were trying to see if they could try their luck with her. Lucas had tried a few nights back and Damon had tried the first night we met her back in L.A. Now however, Damon just seemed to be asking Ace a lot of questions.

Ace, on the other hand, informed me that Damon was only asking her about Elle. It seemed he might have found a chick that fit his every need and to me that was great news. He needed grounding and it seemed Elle was that one woman who could help him in every way.

Ace laughed; the sweet, luscious, childlike laughter that bubbled up out of that body of hers was driving me insane.

I stood up and headed towards the bedrooms at the back of the RV which was our new home while we were on the road for the

next few months.

I was starting to waiver. I needed sleep and to try and think of anything other than ripping the clothes off that gorgeous body of Lacey’s and ravishing her senseless.

“Fuck,” I mumbled, as I walked through the door that housed the biggest bed in this moving home. The others were all single bunks, but since I knew I would be the only one sleeping for the next couple of hours, I decided to enjoy the luxury while I could.

We had been on the road for a little over seventy-two hours and I knew by the end of this tour that I would either love my band mates more or want to throttle them. At this point in time it was throttle.

Having Jake and now Lucas trying to score with Ace was just plain pissing me off. Even though I had managed to kiss her twice, I still couldn’t shake this feeling that she was probably going to hook up with Jake soon. He was pulling out all the moves to try and win her over, not to mention they had to fake they were a couple in order to promote some good publicity for the bands biggest bad boy.

I rolled my eyes and pushed open the folding door. The room was empty and the bed looked freshly made. I undressed and crawled under the covers. We were a couple hours away from our next destination and I knew I could use a few hours of sleep.

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Ace

“I’m going to try and take a power nap,” I smiled, getting up from my seat next to Jake. I had spent the majority of the trip so far, hanging with Jake. He told me stories about his childhood and his siblings. Jake was one of seven children, the middle child.

He had somewhat of a tough upbringing. His mom had died giving birth to the youngest of the seven children, Jess and after that he had closed himself off, left home and never looked back. He seemed to be doing ok for himself now he was the lead singer of JED though. He had a new family, well he classified his band mates as his family.

I made my way to the back of the bus. The bigger bed was empty which meant I could at least enjoy an hour or two of sleep before we were due in Alabama for yet another gig. The guys were popular in this part of the country and it seemed they attracted the lovely, country girls looking for a little spice in their lives.

I guess there just isn’t much to do in this neck of the woods, and I should know since I grew up in these parts. Life down here was certainly different to the big city.

As much as I loved the city, I still loved my beautiful, country home where my aunt raised me to be the