Her Secret by Penelope Bloom

Author:Penelope Bloom [Bloom, Penelope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-02T16:00:00+00:00

12

Peter

I pulled the plastic off the grip of my new racquet and dropped it in the trash. We were using the indoor tennis courts a block away from the hotel. Getting distance from that place had seemed like the best possible idea, even after I’d helped get Violet set up with her own room. I could hardly believe how far I’d pushed it back there.

There was just a way about the woman that made me want to defy all good sense. She was so effortlessly sexy, and she almost had me convinced that she really wasn’t plotting to destroy my life. But I was too good at reading people to miss the signs. Violet was hiding something from me, and my past had taught me to assume the worst.

She wore one of the outfits I’d grabbed off the clothing rack for her, and I suddenly wished I’d grabbed a size bigger. The shirt was long-sleeved and skin-tight, and the skirt she wore over the electric blue leggings was so short that it just barely covered her ass. From the way she kept tugging at it, she wasn’t exactly comfortable, and I did feel a pang of guilt for that. I wouldn’t even blame her if she assumed I’d done it on purpose.

I cracked open a new can of balls and had a moment of nostalgia at the smell that came puffing out of the pressurized can. Damn. It really had been too long since I played.

“So,” I said as we walked to either side of the net. The facility was a large indoor center with over ten courts and upstairs viewing areas, but there was only one other court in use at this time of night. “Should I expect to get my ass handed to me, or do I need to go easy on you?”

She laughed. “Um. Something in between?”

“You should probably take the packaging off your racquet, by the way,” I said.

“Huh?” she looked at her racquet and gave it a slow spin, as if she couldn’t see that there was clear plastic covering the grip.

“Here,” I motioned for her to come closer and pulled the plastic off. “Better, right?”

“Yeah,” she said. Her eyes darted away from mine when I looked up at her. She was a hard one to figure out. One minute, she was defiant and fiery. The next, she was shy and quick to blush. Unfortunately for me, the mystery only made me more curious about her.

“I also expect you to stick to your promise. No running, remember? You literally stand in one spot and I hit the balls to you. Got it?”

She waved off my concern and hobbled her way to the baseline on her side of the court. “It’s a mild sprain, mom,” she said with a grin. “I’ll be fine. I’m honestly more worried about your concussion that we’re ignoring.”

“Alleged concussion. I feel fine.”

I fed a ball her way. Violet immediately dropped into an over-exaggerated ready position, made a hilariously serious face, and then swung and completely missed.

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