The Bodyguard’s Siren
she says solemnly, “if playing music badly were a crime, you’d be in prison right now.”
I shake my head, fighting a smile.
“Try again,” she insists, tapping the keys with her fingertip. “C. E. G. A. It’s not rocket science.”
I press C. Okay.
Then… not E.
“Nope,” she says flatly. “That’s… something else entirely.”
I try again. And again. And again. Somehow, I am pressing every wrong note on the piano except the right ones.
Cara dissolves into silent laughter, shoulders shaking. Something inside me loosens at the sound, it's like pressure releasing from a valve. God, she’s pretty when she laughs like that. It's different, unarmored, and real.
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