Because I Love You by Jeannie Moon

Author:Jeannie Moon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2015-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Tristan was still learning all the nuances associated with baseball, but he had to admit, he did love the game. There was something very rhythmic about the play on the field, and it was all about numbers. He appreciated the mathematical aspects of the game more than most, he suspected.

The most entertaining aspect of the game, however, wasn’t on the field. It was in the seat next to him in the person of one crazed, redheaded Mets fan. Leah went all out. She was rabid about the game and her team, wearing a favorite jersey and screaming wildly at the play on the field.

“Are you kidding, ump?” she blurted out. “He was out by a mile!” Elbowing Tristan, she scowled. “Did you see that? He was out. I don’t know where the ump was looking, but it wasn’t at the play.”

“Maybe you’ve missed your calling,” Tristan said. “You should have been a baseball umpire.”

“Pssht. That’s a long way from happening. There are no women officiating in this league.”

She took a pull on her bottle of beer and Tristan thought about the past couple of weeks. Since their heart-to-heart at her apartment, they’d spent a lot of time together. He either slept at her flat or she slept at his, and after being alone for so long, it wasn’t as much of an adjustment as he thought it would be. He liked seeing her gorgeous face at the end of a workday. He liked waking up next to her every morning, her sweet breath teasing his skin. They laughed a lot. Talked about everything and anything. There was no topic, he thought, that was off-limits.

But when he tried to get more information about the man who had betrayed her, she changed the subject or went quiet. Tristan wanted more information about the man, he wasn’t sure why, but he felt if he had information he would be better able to protect Leah from more heartache.

Her career was important to her. The woman had accomplished a tremendous amount in a very short span of time. Yale Law was only the tip of the iceberg. She had her law degree and her MBA, worked long hours, and was advancing at her firm. If she hadn’t been forced out of her first job, he could only imagine where she would be. She was bitter over it, that much was obvious, and he wished he could help her. He wondered if blocking it out helped her deal, but it had given her an edge. He imagined in business it made her lethal, but it made personal relationships difficult.

Suddenly, she was on her feet, along with the rest of the stadium, cheering a spectacular inning-ending catch. The outfielder nearly went over the wall to make the play. Leah was beside herself and Tris loved seeing her so happy. His goal now was to make sure she stayed that way. He’d run interference with her brother more than once. It seemed Nate was pretty bent about them being together, but if Leah was happy with him, that was all he was interested in.

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