My Grumpy Billionaire Soccer Star: An Off-limits Enemies to Lovers Boss Romance (HOT Firefighters & Sportsmen) by Kathy Asher

Author:Kathy Asher [Asher, Kathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2025-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter twenty-one

Chapter Twenty-One

Rachel

Not even the lines of discomfort carved on his face or his unsure stammers made me regret bringing up my night together with Vaughn—at that moment, at least.

Now? I am not sure if I regret it either. But I sure feel disappointed, hurt, and stupid.

Jeez!

On second thought, I regret it a bit. I should have known the man wanted nothing to do with that conversation from when he drove me back home after dinner with his mom and siblings. But would you blame me? He seems different in a good way—more caring, more cheerful. The atmosphere is serene, beautiful, and perhaps even romantic?

I should have known.

But here I am, sitting miserably alone facing the ocean, my butt hurting from the hot sand beneath it, still hurt and disappointed by his reaction to my remark despite it being like two hours ago.

“Did you write about our time together in your study? Or would you say you forgot that already?”

Stupid. So stupid.

I got too comfortable, and a crumpled facial expression and a snicker were what I got in response.

“A-are you s-seriously bringing this up now?” His brows furrow into an expression of disappointment and disbelief. “I thought we both got the cue never to bring this up again!”

It’s my turn to stammer now. “I . . . I didn’t mean to . . .”

He stood up and disappeared into the bushes right after.

It’s not so much what he said that made me feel hurt, but the tone. Underneath his confused words was a somewhat angry undertone.

I get why he dismissed me the other time when he was driving me home and even laughed it off before asking me to get out, but why is he avoiding it now? Does he see our time together as something he’d rather put behind him, something disgusting and distasteful? Even if that’s what he thinks, why not say so? After all, it isn’t considered very kosher of him to be involved with his secretary in a sexual manner. If that is what he thinks, wouldn’t it be better to discuss it instead and put all of it behind us if that’s what he truly wants?

But why do I even worry? Vaughn has made clear that he doesn’t want to talk about it, so maybe I should get past it and try to forget something that happened that day. Our work relationship has survived just fine since then. I see no reason why it should suffer now.

I keep working for the most miserable, most successful soccer player on earth while breaking my back in the process, then come back home right after to a dinner of pain meds and cold soup while ranting about my day to a fluffy orange cat who’s probably tired of my rants.

As long as it guarantees a paycheck, why bother, right?

A series of waves crash rhythmically against the shore, accompanied by a soft breeze. Tall shadows of the surrounding trees are cast on the ground, and the sun seems to be sinking into the ocean in the distance.

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