Chapter 44

Who’s he kidding? He’s happy to be in the span of Key’s arms, clasped against Key’s body. He brought his best to the studio today—and he knows Key saw that. In the song…and in the sack. He can’t wait until they collaborate again.

THE ENDPlaying the Field: Out of Bounds

It was only three weeks into the fall semester, and already school was the last thing on Joakim Gaithers’ mind. Twenty-two, with three years of college under his belt and nine months away from graduating with a bachelor’s degree in economics, he had a bad case of senioritis. Since returning to campus at the end of August, he’d yet to crack open the first textbook, and he’d already skipped a handful of classes—the ones he knew he could get away with.