Offside by Juliana Stone

Author:Juliana Stone [Stone, Juliana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sports romance, Contemporary Romance, adult contemporary romance, small town romance
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

“What in the hell was that all about?”

Billie was pissed. No, she was beyond pissed. She was furious. And emotional. And furious. And humiliated.

And pissed.

It was bad enough that no one else had bothered to bid on her offering, but to have Logan throw down an over-the-top bid like that was just…ludicrous. It was…shit, what the hell had he been thinking?

He glared at her from a few feet away—every freaking six foot four inch of his gorgeous self.

“Okay, maybe I’m missing something here but I thought the idea of you volunteering your time and offering coaching sessions was to raise money for the support center.”

They were outside in the parking lot. Billie could hear the steady beat of the bass guitar and Ike’s vocals clear as day from inside. Her gut churned, just like it did before a big game, when her entire body was a big humming ball of energy. In a game it was good, but right here? Right now? She felt like she was going to puke.

She knew it was October—late October—but she was so hot. Hot and itchy— stupid damn feathers—and pissed.

She yanked on a hunk of hair that stuck to the back of her neck and the pins that Tracy had so painstakingly set went flying. Her perfectly arranged hair was no more.

“I know that’s the point but now everyone thinks we’re sleeping together!”

“Everyone thinks we’re sleeping together,” he repeated.

Was he an idiot?

Billie threw her hands in the air. “Of course they think we’re sleeping together. Hell, half the town thinks I’m sleeping with their husbands, or at the very least I’m banging every single Angry Pirate in sight.” She snorted. “Because, you know, I’m not playing hockey for the love of it or anything.”

Her chest heaved and a hot prickle of tears stung the corner of her eyes. Why had she let Connor talk her into donating to the auction?

She’d known it wouldn’t end well and she’d end up looking like an idiot. [i]Dammit[i]. When would she ever learn to listen to that voice? The one inside that didn’t whisper, it screamed. The one that was usually right. The one that hours earlier had told her not to touch the auction thing with a ten foot pole.

Logan took a step closer, but Billie was too wound up to notice. “Don’t you think you’re over reacting?”

“No,” she shook her head. “No, I don’t.” She closed her eyes. She had to get hold of herself. “First there was the whole car thing—all that free stuff—and now this. Hell, if I didn’t know better [i]I’d[i] think we were sleeping together.”

[i]I did not just say that.[i]

“Billie—”

“When I was in the costume shop today I overheard Mrs. Beals telling Mrs. Talbot that not only did I [i]steal[i] you from Sabrina Fairfax but apparently, I’m sleeping with Shane Gallagher too.”

“Isn’t that what you wanted your sister to think?”

She ignored his comment. Mostly because it was true.

“I’d love to know what they thought when I came to this stupid fundraiser with your brother.

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