I Hate Nate by Melanie Ting

Author:Melanie Ting
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Melanie Ting

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Nate

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The moment my alarm went off, I jumped out of bed. Why did I feel so good, so energetic? Then I remembered—Camille. Last night had been so fucking amazing. I knew we’d be good together, but not even I could have predicted last night’s fireworks.

I couldn’t stop grinning as I got ready for practice. Until I remembered that I had to contact Eri.

Fuck my life. What should I say to her? Part of me really wanted to put this off, but Camille had worked so hard. Besides, maybe getting Eri onside would help get me back on the ice.

What had Eri been like? At first, we’d gotten along great. She spoke English well so there were no miscommunications. She was smart and fun. Sex was good. She’d been an exhibitionist, which was a first for me. I didn’t mind having sex in semi-public places, but I didn’t want to land my ass in jail. After all, I was kind of famous. But Eri’s jealousy was why we’d broken up. I hated all the fighting, especially when I hadn’t done anything wrong. I was a friendly guy, and I couldn’t be rude to fans. Eri could never see the difference between talking to women or hitting on them. Even makeup sex didn’t balance out the bad shit.

I pondered my first move, then finally sent her a vague message: Hey Eri. How you doing? Just wondering what you’re up to these days. It sounded casual and didn’t mention anything about the song.

Eri didn’t answer right away. Who knew where she was now? It could be Japan or Australia or Seoul.

I pocketed my phone and headed off to the rink for practice. My good mood returned once I got on the ice. I had tons of energy, and afterwards I was meeting Camille.

I couldn’t wait to see her. We could make plans. Now she could come to all my home games in the playoffs. I had to be playing by then. I could show her off to the guys—most of them already knew her but now she was with me. Course, we hadn’t discussed any of this yet, but what we had between us was huge.

“Good work out there today, Jonesy,” Tibbs told me. As captain, he acted like an extra coach sometimes. He’d been on my ass when my playing sucked in December.

“Thanks. Feeling strong.” That was an understatement. I could take on the entire Henderson team right now and whip their asses.

After practice, I ran into Amanda Richardson in the hallway.

“Hello, Nate,” she said. “Any update on your…issue?”

“Yeah! Good news. We’ve figured out who she is. I’ve messaged her and hopefully we’ll get to talk and fix things up.”

“Oh, that’s great. Let me know if you need any communications guidance.” She looked thoughtful. “Of course, it’s not like we can put the genie back in the bottle, is it?”

As usual, I had no clue what she meant, so she quickly added, “They won’t change the song or video even if you apologize.

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