Dream Girl Drama by Tessa Bailey

Author:Tessa Bailey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2024-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Sig sat down across from Burgess in the smoothie shop.

“You summoned me?”

Observing Sig, Burgess grunted. Leaned back and tossed a crumpled napkin onto the table. “Why do you look like warmed-over shit?”

“Had an early morning,” Sig said without blinking.

“For what reason?”

“Dude named Pierre.”

“Really.” The Bearcats captain scrubbed at his bearded chin. “When are you going to introduce him to the team?”

“When they start allowing dogs at the games, I guess.”

“Ohh, I see. Pierre is a dog. Are you enjoying yourself?”

“I’m in a brightly lit smoothie shop full of joggers, I haven’t slept yet, and they don’t serve coffee,” Sig deadpanned. “What do you think?”

Burgess didn’t bother answering that. “Does the dog have something to do with Chloe?”

“Of course, it does.” An image of Chloe smiling beneath the streetlights and nuzzling her face into his shoulder made him shift in his chair, attempting to balance the heavy weight in his chest. He’d been waiting outside her building that morning at five a.m., just in case she threw him another wild card and decided to venture out early. But no, she’d emerged on time, yawning and wrapped in a blanket, smiling sleepily when she saw him. They’d walked in silence, side by side, laughing quietly at Pierre’s repertoire of unique sounds, neither one of them bringing up the roller-coaster conversation from the night before.

Maybe she was still digesting everything, like Sig.

His secret had been laid on the table and instead of getting mad, she’d encouraged him.

Stuck by him.

Just not enough to refrain from dating other men.

Sig ground his molars until pain shot upward behind his eye. “I didn’t want her walking the dog alone before sunrise. Could mean early mornings for a while. Not sure if she’s just dog sitting or keeping him permanently, but I try not to ask for too many specifics with Chlo.” He couldn’t quite catch his affectionate smile before it formed. “She errs on the side of impulsive.”

Burgess hummed, studied him beneath drawn brows. “That’s sort of why I brought you here, man. Specifics are about to become really important, really fast. There’s a team meeting tonight and everyone is going to be there. Top to bottom. The GM, coaching staff. The owner.”

Sig stopped in the act of rubbing at his gritty eyes. “I wasn’t notified about a team meeting.”

“You will be. I got the heads-up first, because the topic of discussion will be my retirement and how the team will be reorganizing. I have the option of forgoing the meeting.”

“Are you going to skip it?”

“Fuck no. I’m insulted they even suggested it.” Burgess took an outraged pull of his smoothie, which was green and probably contained so many supplements that it no longer tasted like anything resembling food. “My point is that specifics are going to be important because you’re going to be named captain.”

Sig’s back teeth glued themselves together, a combination of anticipation and nerves stiffening his joints. “They haven’t even reupped my contract and they’re naming me captain?”

“Maybe they want to gauge your dedication first.

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