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casually than the day before, in a plain gray, long-sleeved T-shirt and jeans.
    He’d never seen such simple clothing look so sexy on anyone.
    The jeans alone were a vision in how they formed to Morgan’s narrow hips, and he couldn’t help but notice how filled out the crotch looked.
    Evan speaking pulled Julian back to the moment.
    “I don’t know why Greg brought him back on.”
    “I think because he headed up our staff on the last tour,”
    Jesse answered. “But he does seem more… intense than last time.”
    He faced Julian. “But look, Jules. This is who’s going to be taking care of your babies.”
    Julian thought he caught a hint of innuendo in Jesse’s tone, but couldn’t be certain if it was real, or if his own paranoia placed it there. He willed a cool, relaxed smile to his lips and looked at Morgan, giving him a nod. “Yes, Morgan and I met yesterday.”
    Morgan smiled in return.
    “Already?” Jesse said. “Damn, you work fast.”
    Julian’s smile tightened as he turned to Jesse. “I just happened to be here when Kurt was showing him around. Shouldn’t we start rehearsing? You said Brandon will be here soon for lunch, right? You won’t want to keep him waiting.”
    “Yeah, you know how he gets cranky when he’s hungry.”
    Julian put both hands on Jesse’s shoulders and pushed him toward the center of the stage. “And so do you, so let’s get on with it.”
    Jesse waved to Morgan and Remmy. “Later, guys.”
    Julian threw a hasty wave at them, seeing they were departing the stage.
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    Jesse laughed softly. “Are you feeling lucky right now?”
    “Why would I?”
    “That roadie is so your type. You’ll get to look at him every day.”
    Julian dropped his hands from Jesse as he headed for the piano. “Yeah, I suppose.”
    Jesse worked on adjusting a mic stand. “It’s just too bad he’s a staff member.”
    Julian paused and turned toward him. “Why’s that?”
    “Remember that fiasco on the last tour?”
    Julian stared at Jesse, who was occupied with getting the mic stand to the height he wanted and grumbling about who the hell had adjusted it the day before. The fiasco Jesse mentioned happened when two roadies started seeing each other. It seemed the gossiping, backbiting, and vindictiveness that occurred because the man was a lead tech and the woman was just a bottom rung roadie had been awful, since many believed she was getting special treatment.
    In truth, not he or any of the other band members paid attention to the personal lives of the crew, and between the four of them and Evan, he doubted they could rattle off twenty names of the staff. The only way they found out about the situation was when right before a show, they walked out of Jesse’s dressing room to an all out fist fight in the hall between the female roadie and another woman. Julian still didn’t know what had sparked the fight other than hearing the other woman had apparently taunted the female roadie. Either way, Jesse was in a fury over it, and even though he didn’t order the woman in the relationship to leave the tour, embarrassment forced her to. Would such a thing happen if he entered a relationship with Morgan? If it did, he’d never forgive himself.
    Through his thoughts, Julian heard Jesse’s voice.
    “I don’t ever want something like that to happen again.
    Whoever heard of a band being late taking the stage because of 30 S.J. Frost
    a roadie brawl? At least there weren’t any fans backstage to see it.
    It would’ve been all over the Internet. Talk about embarrassing.”
    Julian nodded slowly and continued toward the piano. “Yeah, not at all professional.”

Chapter five
    Julian stood up from the piano and stretched his arms above his head, letting out a groan as he did. He still felt exhausted.
    He’d managed well enough during the morning rehearsal, or had once Morgan’s distracting beauty left the stage, but in just the brief break from Kenny excusing himself to use the