When we were finally done ordering and had our drinks, we could talk.
“Now, tell me about your day.”
“It was unreal, Harv. Where do I even start? Sully offered me a contract. A fucking actual contract.”
“Did you sign it?”
“Not yet. I have to get someone to look over it, read the fine print. Sully gave me the names of a couple of agents to get in touch with, but if everything looks good, I think I’ll be signing up with them. The setup is amazing, and I got to sing in the studio.”
“Wow, I didn’t think you were actually going to do it.”
“Neither did I, but they had the whole day planned out. When I got there, I think he was talking to someone famous.”
“Then what happened?”
“This.” He pointed to his hair. “The singing, and we talked contracts, managers. Everything I’ve ever wanted.”
“Sounds almost too good to be true.”
He nodded. “Yeah, that’s what I’m thinking, and that’s why I’m getting someone to look over the contract. What if I’m not cut out for this?”
“Of course you are. You sing brilliantly, and you look…”
I stopped myself before I said something that would reveal my true feelings for Killian.
“How do I look?” Killian asked, a glint in his eye.
“You know.”
“No, Harv. I don’t think I do.”
Fuck. Was I going to have to come out and say it?
“You look good.”
“Now, was that so hard?”
It absolutely was. I played with my glass, running my fingers up and down it, letting the condensation wet them. I refused to meet his gaze.
Sensing my discomfort, he placed his hand over mine. “I’m sorry. I should have been more considerate.”
“It’s okay.”
“No, it’s not. I shouldn’t have teased you like that, but it’s nice to know you think I look good.”
“I do,” I said quietly, “It’s difficult to turn off years of thinking the way I do, but I am trying.”
“You are, and there’s no overnight solution, but you know how well you’re doing. This is what, the second or third time we’ve been out now?”
“Third, if you count the coffee shop.”
“Oh, I’m counting that. Would have been four if I hadn’t been whisked away to London.”
“I’m sorry. I’m making this about me again, when you have much bigger news.”
“Hey, you are just as important as what happened today. Guess what else happened?”
I shook my head. As if a trip to London and almost signing a record contract wasn’t enough.