Irresistible: An Off Limits Sports Romance (The Nevada Storm Book 1) by Lizzy Ripp

Author:Lizzy Ripp [Ripp, Lizzy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-28T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

OLIVIA WOKE UP sputtering, the glass of water Darrius had tipped haphazardly over her face clearly doing the trick. Her eyes fluttered open, and she sat up, startled and confused, looking around her with wide-eyed bewilderment before her gaze finally settled on him.

“Did you just pour water on me?!”

“I didn’t know how else to wake you up! You were out like a light!” he protested, albeit apologetically. “What the hell happened?”

“I have no idea,” Olivia said honestly, taking in her surroundings. They were on what looked to be a staff balcony and smoking area, littered with old beer bottles and cigarette butts. “I was just in the hall listening to…some drama, and then I started to feel weird and everything started to spin.”

The evening was cold, and the water splashed all over her front wasn’t helping. Seeing her shiver, Darrius took off his suit jacket and threw it over her shoulders.

“Thank you,” she said, embarrassed at the whole situation.

“Sounds like you might have had a panic attack or something,” Darrius said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a cigarette. She wrinkled her nose at him. She wasn’t a fan of smokers.

“I don’t get those,” she said brusquely.

He chuckled low in his throat as he exhaled, smoke unfurling across the black night sky. “Sounds like you just did. So what was it that set you off? Correct me if I’m wrong, but you don’t exactly seem like the type to be phased by a little bit of gossip.”

She smiled grudgingly at that. “Thank you, I’m not. It was Curtis,” she added a moment later. “Talking about how the entire board was just waiting for me to make a misstep so they could fucking come in and blow me out of the water. And then I thought about how the evening has gone so far and about…you know,” she glanced up at him, “what we’ve been doing, and I just started to freak out. I’m playing with fire with you, and I know that,” she added quietly.

Darrius didn’t respond right away. Instead, he threw down his cigarette, tapping it out neatly beneath the toe of his shoe.

“Curtis,” he said at last, as if the name left a bad taste in his mouth. “Are you really afraid of what that shitty worm of a dude has to say? Nobody respects that dude. I haven’t seen a single other person from the board come up to talk to him all night. That girl he brought with him hasn’t even looked up from her phone. And anyway, I’m pretty sure she’s an escort,” he added, as if the realization had just now struck him. “See?” he added, amused at the idea. “She’s being paid, and she won’t even listen to him.”

Olivia gave him a shaky smile. “So what? You don’t think he could do it?”

“I don’t think that guy could organize sex in a brothel,” he said frankly.

Olivia laughed and extended a hand. He took it and pulled her to her feet. When she reached her full height, still close to him, she didn’t move away.

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