Game Changer: Seattle Steelheads Football (Game On in Seattle Book 7) by Jami Davenport

Author:Jami Davenport [Davenport, Jami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sports romance, Football Romance, diverse, African American
Publisher: Cedrona Enterprises
Published: 2017-02-27T18:30:00+00:00

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The season ended with a loss. Usually the end of the football season signaled the beginning of off-season partying for Cameron. Every year, he’d leave gloomy Seattle for sunshine, sand, and bikinis. Sometimes Hawaii, Florida, California, the Bahamas. Where his heart desired.

Only this year, his heart wasn’t desiring sun. At least not the one in the sky. He had other desires, and he couldn’t quite come to terms with what those desires meant to a guy like him who’d avoided messy entanglements.

He should get out of town and away from Lilli. She was too intoxicating, and he couldn’t get enough of her. Thoughts of her permeated his every waking moment.

He should’ve thought about all this when he’d started those dance lessons. Deep down, he’d known where they’d lead, and he’d gladly ventured down that forbidden path. How much further did he want to go?

He picked Lilli up for their next dance lesson and off they went. She fidgeted in the seat next to him, unusually restless.

“Sorry your season ended so—” She seemed at a loss for words.

“With a whimper, not a bang. Yeah, it sucks.”

“What will you do during the off-season?” Her question was innocent enough, yet he knew there was more to it.

“I haven’t made plans yet.”

“Hunter and I are going to California for spring horse racing. We won’t be back here until after the Derby.”

“Oh.” He caught himself stuttering as he fought a sinking feeling in his stomach.

“So this will be our last dance class together. For now, at least.”

“I guess we’d better make the most of it.” He pulled into an empty spot in front of the studio and put the car in Park. Lilli sat next to him, her hands in her lap and her face turned to the window.

“Lilli.”

She didn’t move. Cameron got out and opened the door for her. He took her hand and led her inside where they danced up a storm for a couple hours, said good-bye to the new friends they’d made, and once again settled back in the very same car.

“We can always go back next fall.” Cameron had to fill the silence in the car.

Lilli faced straight ahead and shrugged. “If you want. I don’t want to inconvenience you.”

“Inconvenience me?” Cameron laughed. These moments with her were the highlights of his week. If only he knew how she felt. She played everything so close to her chest and never really let him see what he meant to her. He probably did the same thing.

“Are you in a hurry to get home?”

She shook her head.

“Good, let’s take a drive.”

“Sounds good.” She smiled with a sweetness that surrounded his heart with joy.

He drove to a small park in Renton on Lake Washington and helped her out of the car. She took his hand.

“Where are we?”

“Coulon Memorial Beach Park,” he said, reading from the sign near where he’d parked.

“I’ve never been here before. What does it look like?”

“Lots of big, leafy trees, green grass, Lake Washington in the distance.”

They strolled along, unmindful of the chilly breeze blowing in from the lake.

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