Big Stick_An Aces Hockey Novel by Kelly Jamieson

Author:Kelly Jamieson [Jamieson, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2018-10-22T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Halfway through the movie, Nick’s doorbell rang. He frowned and glanced at Jodie.

She made a face and pushed up on the sofa. “It could be Kendra and Zyana home early.”

He paused the movie, and they went downstairs to find Hallsy at his front door. Nick heaved a sigh and opened the door. “I’m fine.”

Hallsy looked at Jodie, then back at him. “Why didn’t you answer my texts?”

“I did. The first one, anyway. I told you I’m fine.”

“Look, I know what day it is. Thought you might want some company drinking tequila.”

Nick huffed a laugh and shook his head. “You’re just after my Gran Patrón Piedra.”

Hallsy’s lips quirked. “It is good stuff.”

“I, uh, should go,” Jodie said.

Nick didn’t want her to go. But he couldn’t say that in front of Hallsy.

“Am I interrupting something?” Hallsy asked, looking back and forth between them.

Yeah. “We were watching a movie.” Nick looked at Jodie. “You can stay and watch the rest of it.”

“That’s okay. You can have some guy time.”

They all hiked into the kitchen where Nick poured another glass of tequila for Hallsy. “Go on up,” he told him. “I’ll see Jodie out.”

Jodie picked up her jacket from the stool where she’d discarded it earlier. Something fell out of her pocket at Nick’s feet. He glanced down…to see two condoms.

He looked back up at Jodie.

“Oh man.” She bent and scooped them up and shoved them in her pocket. “Where did those come from?” When she stood and faced him, her cheeks were pink.

He moved closer, almost close enough to touch. “Did you come here for a booty call?”

“M-maybe.”

He brushed his mouth over hers. A sinking feeling of disappointment and regret filled him. “Shit. And here I am half wasted, crying in my tequila.”

“And Max is here.”

“I could get rid of him easily enough.” He leaned his forehead against hers. “But when I fuck you, I want to be perfectly sober so I know exactly what’s going on and I can remember every detail.”

“Oh.” She pulled in a quick breath. “I, uh, don’t get many chances to do that.”

He groaned. “I know. And I blew it.”

“Um. I have something to ask you.”

“What’s that?”

“I got a text message from your teammate. Cam Brickley.”

He frowned, remembering Cam asking for her number.

“He wants to go out with me.”

“Fuck no!” The words burst out of him before he could think about it. Heat burst in his chest and flashed through his veins.

Jodie blinked her long eyelashes at him. “I was going to ask if you think he’s a nice guy.”

“He’s a cocky asshole serial womanizer.” He winced inwardly at portraying his buddy that way. Well, he kind of was like that. “You can’t go out with him.”

“Um, you don’t really get to make that decision for me.” She straightened, a little notch between her eyebrows. “I just moved here. I don’t know many people. I’d like to go out once in a while. Have a social life.”

“You want to go out on a date? Fine. I’ll take you out on a date.

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