Double Play by Joanne Rock

Author:Joanne Rock [Rock, Joanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Wrong Bed, Category
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-07-08T23:00:00+00:00

10

“OH, MY GOD, that’s Heath Donovan.”

The same phrase, with minor adjustments, was whispered, squealed and hyperventilated throughout the upscale Beverly Hills hotel lobby. Amber must have heard it a dozen times already and they hadn’t even hit the elevator bank yet.She’d been so busy preparing herself for the new experience of vacationing with a hot guy just for fun—a wild and utterly new venture for her—that she hadn’t thought to steel herself for the scores of female fans eyeing Heath.

As they wheeled bags toward the elevator banks, their room keys already in hand thanks to the advance legwork of the travel administrator, women of all ages paused to swoon. Amber knew they weren’t just looking at Heath. Diego and the rest of the team caught a fair share of admiring stares. But Heath was still a star in his own right, his playing days not so far behind him that he didn’t have a fan following in the lobby. One woman grabbed her girlfriend’s arm and jumped up and down in high heels with the friend’s shoulder for leverage, panting, “Heath, Heath, Heath, oh, my God, it’s Heath,” as they walked by. Amber tensed, debating ducking and running for cover, but Heath gave a terse nod and shouldered right through the crowd, letting one of the team’s assistants deflect the attention.

When Amber and her famous companion entered the elevator, the doors closing them into semiprivacy with the catcher Brody Davis and pitching sensation Jay Cannon, she had to give herself a shake to call back reality.

“You guys have shown me what it means to be invisible,” she announced to no one in particular, surprised not one of them mentioned the hubbub they’d caused. “You would think people in L.A., of all places, would be accustomed to seeing a few famous faces.”

“My wife used to try to smuggle me through a back door when she traveled with me,” the catcher admitted, grinning. “But somewhere along the line she decided she’d rather tattoo herself to my side and march me through the front to make sure the women of the world know I’m taken.”

The gold band around his left ring finger glinted in the fluorescent light as he held the elevator door for someone hopping on the lift on the third floor.

“I don’t even hear it,” the pitcher joined in, pulling free the earbuds he wore, the sound of Metallica evident even four feet away from him. “My dad says to keep your head in the game, not in the fame.”

He tucked the buds back in, and Heath nodded affirmation.

“Wise man.”

He didn’t say any more, however, leaving her in the dark about how he reacted to his apparent legions of admirers.

On the sixth floor, the players piled out with their bags. Heath reminded them to be at the ballpark early the next day and then hit the button to put them up one floor higher. Amber remained silent in the interim since a teenage boy rode with them. At their floor, she

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