Game For Love: Devil of the Gridiron (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Melissa Blue

Author:Melissa Blue [Blue, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2015-11-07T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Adam frowned at the private room. It was too much. He didn't want to come off as waving his wealth in Kent's face. The table was small-at least that would keep the meeting from veering into a King listening to his commoner. The expensive curtain separating the room from everyone else didn't help, though.

He stood, a restless edge digging at him. It wasn’t that he wasn't happy to hear from Kent. They'd kept in touch after college, but then the contact dwindled to almost nothing after Kent had married then had kids. Not a lot of common ground between a single man who didn't see marriage in his cards and who traveled most of the year.

Had Adam felt relief his guilt wouldn't need to be shoved in his face every time they sat back and had drinks? Was it grief at the lost of a friendship he'd valued for years? Adam never knew, never let himself think too long over the warring emotions, either. It wouldn't change the past.

Movement caused him to face the curtain. Kent smiled at him. He still looked like a corn-fed Kansas boy with blond hair and blue eyes to round it off. “You've never been good at waiting.”

Adam crossed the room to shake Kent's hand and was dragged into a hug. He didn't mind the embrace since it had been a long while since he'd seen his friend.

When they pulled back, Kent's smile had widened. “With that out of the way, I have to say, you still practically telegraph when you're going to move to the left.”

Adam laughed. “How long have you been waiting to say that?”

“Last season.”

He gestured to the table. “I can almost hear your voice whenever I do. Carpenter, drop your damn hands and stop telling me when you're going to move.”

“Never listened, and that's why you get hit and hit hard at every opportunity.” Kent made his way to the table. If Adam didn't know to look for it, he could have missed the imperceptible limp Kent walked with.

Adam's stomach clenched.

His friend shook his head. “I never understood why you felt guilty about this.”

Adam hadn't wanted this to come up. “If I hadn't been drinking the night before—”

“What they decided to do on the field was on them, not you. They were pounding you. I had to help. The ref and the coaches would have left you open to that beating.”

“But it ended your career.”

“But not my life.” Kent shrugged. “I met Angela, we have a kid. I wouldn't take it back. Not for one moment.” His friend sighed. “Now I say all that and expect you to foot the bill.”

“Well, that definitely hasn't changed.” He smiled. “I was always the one who foot the grocery bill.”

They settled into their chairs and continued to catch up. Food came and went, but eventually, Kent dug into his back pocket and laid out a bent manila folder.

Adam knew it was a point of pride for him to ask for money. Food was one thing.

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