Maid for the Rock Star by Demelza Carlton Read Free Book Online

you read those, you'd work out what women want from a rock star."
    And it'd be bloody funny to see a rock star reading a romance book about his fictional colleagues, she had to admit.
    "I'm not walking into a library and asking for romance books!" Jay protested. "I am a rock star. I know what women want from a man like me. Sex and plenty of it. They beg me for it all the time."
    Not all of them, and not tonight. At least as long as she managed to control herself. Audra let the silence build until the pause was so pregnant it was ready to give birth to a crazy idea. "I could go into the library on your behalf and smuggle them in here, wrapped in tomorrow's fresh towels."
    Jay regarded her for a long moment, as if his beer-blurred brain was trying to figure something out. "Do you read them?" he asked finally.
    "Yes," she replied. "I'll try to bring you ones I've read." Just as long as he didn't ask her if she'd ever imagined herself with the books' heroes.
    "Then I can ask you questions about them. You'll come back tomorrow night, right?"
    She couldn't argue her way out of this one. Book club with the rock star. What had she gotten herself into?
    "Sure," Audra said wearily. "Just get Reception to page me."
     

 

    TWELVE
     
    The following morning, Audra slipped into the library on her way back from breakfast. Blushing a little, she realised Jay was right – most of the book covers featured hot men with more ink on their skin than clothing. She wondered why Jay only had the one tattoo inked down his well-muscled arm. She'd have to ask him about it some time. In the meantime, she avoided tattoos and shirtless men as she selected two books with couples on the front and then picked out one with a pink cover.
    "Are you out of books?" Annette called. "The hen's party in Albina last week left a whole stack I'd never seen before. A real mix, too. Email-order brides, rock stars, virginity auctions...even a hot student-teacher romance. I've been reading them, but I'm almost done. I can pass them to you next, if you'll put them in the library when you're finished with them."
    Audra held up her three new titles and thanked Annette. Maybe the rock star romances might be appropriate for Jay, too, not that she'd tell Annette that. Jay's romantic education was one joke she'd have to keep to herself.
    Remembering her promise, Audra placed the books carefully between the folds of a towel before carrying the stack to Maxima. An awkward wrist swipe gained her access to the empty villa, where she left the towels on the side of the fortunately frog-free bath.
    Wondering whether to leave a note or simply continue cleaning, Audra headed for the kitchen. The previous night's beer bottles were lined up on the bench, so she took care of those and dragged the rubbish bag outside to her cleaning trolley.
    Jay ambled up the path, his steps quickening when he spotted her. "Did you get the..."
    "I brought you fresh towels. You'll find everything in the bathroom," she replied, hoping he meant the books. She headed back into the villa, but hesitated at the front door. "Do you want me to finish cleaning now, or come back later?"
    He shrugged. "I was going to head off to the beach. Now's fine." He entered the villa in front of her and made a beeline for the bathroom. He emerged with a beach towel wrapped around the pink book and a look of distaste on his face.
    "Good choice," she said, nodding at the visible strip of pink.
    He stared at it in horror and adjusted the towel to cover it. He left without another word.
    Audra hid her smile and returned to the kitchen to wipe down the counter. She'd have to refill the refrigerator, too, given Jay was out of beer. Probably a good thing. She wasn't sure she could discuss rock star romance with a rock star while she was sober. Or without picturing the hero as him...
     

 

    THIRTEEN
     
    She needn't have worried. After dinner, she spent an hour talking to her family on an online video call while her wristband was