Offsetting Penalties by Ally Mathews

Author:Ally Mathews
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled; Crush; YA; YA romance; Teen; Teen romance, Ally Mathews, ballet, football, blackmail, opposites attract, sports romance, dance, across the tracks, enemies to lovers
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Crush)
Published: 2017-10-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Garret had known Senator Oster’s house was big, and Isabelle giving him a code to open the gate at the end of their driveway had been another hint about how rich they were, but he was still overwhelmed when it came into view. All the houses on his street would probably fit inside it. Several of his teammates lived on this side of town, but none of their houses compared to this. It could easily be a hotel. He’d been excited to see Isabelle, but his anticipation slipped away with the realization of how different their lives were.

Unsure where to park, he pulled into the circular drive at the front of the house and left his vintage Mustang in a spot where it couldn’t be seen from inside the house. Someday he’d have it fully restored, but it wouldn’t be anytime soon. He straightened his shoulders and walked up and rang the doorbell, then exhaled in relief when Isabelle answered the door.

“You didn’t mention that you live in a palace.”

She rolled her eyes at him, a gesture he’d come to expect from her. He took a deep breath and tried to relax. He was used to seeing her in skin-tight dance clothes, but he rarely saw her outside of the studio or school. The short dress she wore hugged her in all the right places, and his heart thrummed in response.

“It’s not close to being a palace, but it is way too big for two people. And most of the time it’s just me here.” She waved him into the two-story foyer. “C’mon. Let’s head up to the media room so we can watch the partnering videos. Maybe if we have extra time we can watch an episode of Twilight Zone.”

“Is this like the carrot and the stick thing from history? You trying to reward me?”

She bit back a grin. “Maybe.”

They walked through the marble entrance toward the kitchen. She went in to get something, and he stopped in the doorway. Something poked him in the back. The hair on his neck rose. He turned.

“Holy crap.” It was a huge dog. He patted it on the head, and when it didn’t try to eat him, he scratched behind its ear. The dog flopped to the ground and rolled over, so he gave it a belly rub.

“Roley is an attention whore. Now that you’ve petted her, she’s going to trail you all over the house.”

He followed Isabelle toward a huge curved staircase, but when he put his foot on the first step, a large projectile smacked into his stomach, nearly knocking him down.

“Oof. Are there any more of these things around?”

Isabelle patted the second giant dog. “Dozer is just doing his job. He actually guards us. But Roley, she’d happily let someone steal the entire contents of the house as long as he was willing to pet her.”

“I’ll keep that in mind if I ever decide to rob you.” Hearing her name, Roley poked him in the back of his thigh.

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