Face Off (Rivals) by Cathryn Fox
Author:Cathryn Fox [Fox, Cathryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Foxy Ink
15
Abigail
âAny more thoughts on the beach?â Liam asks.
âCan I give you an answer in the morning?â I say as I shift closer to him, our legs touching as they dangle off the dock. Before Liam can answer, I look over my shoulder. I donât know what is wrong with me. I keep getting the strangest sense that Iâm being watched. Maybe the incident with the Storm players spooked me more than I want to admit.
âWhatâs up?â
I look back at Liam. âI just want to make sure Mom and Dad donât need me in the afternoon.â I donât usually work Saturday, itâs a time for my schoolwork mostly, although I promised to open tomorrow. If they donât get back early, Iâll be stuck working all day. I donât miss the way his body physically tightens. He doesnât get it. He doesnât have pressures on him like I do. Okay, maybe thatâs not a fair statement. He has pressures on him, theyâre just different from mine.
âNo, I mean, whatâs up back there?â He turns around and searches the dock. âIs there someone there?â
âNo, I think Iâm just getting paranoid or something,â I explain trying to make light of it.
He lightly touches my face, brushing my blowing hair back. âIâm here.â
My knight in shining armor. I donât believe in fairy tale endings, as he wonât always be here. His future is in Miami. His finger lingers around my ear, and dammit, my entire body is telling me to do another one-eighty and forget about the reasons we canât be together. Cripes, it was just this morning, after sleeping with him all night, that I said we were over and now here I am wanting to crawl into bed with him again. Iâm giving myself whiplash.
âWhen will you know tomorrow, about the beach?â
âAround noon,â I answer as he reaches into the pocket of his hoodie.
He pulls his hand out and stares at his empty palm. âDamn.â
âWhat?â
âSearching for beef jerky.â He chuckles. âHabit.â
âIâm never getting you off those things, am I?â
He laughs and throws his arm around me. He drags me close and I breathe in the scent of him. âListen, the protein bars were delicious. Thereâs just something about meat sticks a guy needs.â A rumble of laughter fills the air.
âWhat?â
âIâm glad the guys on the team donât know my love for jerky. Can you imagine the nickname theyâd give me?â
âMeat stick, it might be appropriate,â I tease.
âTanner, my bud on the team, they call him Banger.â
I shake my head, pretty sure I know where that comes from. âYou guys have the weirdest nicknames for each other. Hey whatâs yours?â
He groans. âYou donât want to know.â
âNow I definitely want to know more.â
âFine, Hooker.â
I eye him. âIs that becauseâ¦â
âBecause fishermen hook fish, not for any other reason you might be thinking.â
âWhatever you need to tell yourself to sleep at night, Dunn,â I joke. Really though, I know a lot of the puck bunnies go after the players, and Iâve seen firsthand how they piled on him at the pub.
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