Rites of Passage by Catherine Gayle

Author:Catherine Gayle [Gayle, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contempory Romance
Publisher: Catherine Gayle
Published: 2016-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

ZEE WAS IN Gary Asher’s office along with the whole coaching staff and what seemed like half the Thunderbirds’ front office when I showed up later that week for my meeting. I’d assumed it would only be the general manager and maybe a couple of the coaches present, so this entourage caught me by surprise.

Even though this meeting was all about my future and whether or not I’d continue playing hockey, my mind had been elsewhere right up until this moment. It’d been on Ravyn and how we’d spent most of our free time together over the last few days. Much of that time had been spent in bed, but she hadn’t cut herself again.

I hoped that I was at least part of the reason.

I’d been doing some Googling about cutting while she was gone to work at the tattoo shop, learning as much about it as I could. My research revealed that many people who got started cutting themselves continued to do so because the pain almost gave them a high of sorts, so it became an addictive tendency.

My plan was to give her a much healthier high: orgasms. So far, she was on board, and it seemed to be working. And really, there were far worse things we could be doing. To be completely honest, I’d rather be with her now instead of here at Thunderbirds headquarters. But she was working, anyway, and I’d promised Gary I’d be here.

Besides, if I hadn’t shown up, there wasn’t a doubt in my mind that London Nazarenko and Tallie Fielding would double-team me and drag me by my ears into the building.

As long as I’d known her, Tallie had always had a thing for fixing people. She used to focus her efforts on her brother-in-law, but these days she liked to spread the wealth since now he was clean and getting his act together.

Now that London was married to Dima, the two of them were perfect foils for each other. If one couldn’t get through to someone, the other took over. Frankly, I’d rather face the music with the team than have those two in my grill again. They’d done more than enough of that over the summer when I was doing my best to pretend I didn’t exist.

After shaking a few hands and greeting everyone, I took a seat. “Feels a bit like the Spanish Inquisition, boys.” I raised a brow in question.

“We’re not here to intimidate you,” Gary rushed to say. He nodded to his secretary, who brought over a bottle of water and a selection of fresh fruit, but otherwise his focus was fully on me. “Everyone in this room just wanted to be part of making sure you know how much we want you to continue to be a contributing member of this team. We know you’re still up in the air about whether you should play or not, but we aren’t. We want you to play for many years to come.”

Everyone, huh? I took a quick mental inventory, but it didn’t take much exertion to realize that Mr.

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