Ruff and Tumble by Lucy Gilmore

Author:Lucy Gilmore
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2021-04-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“I got you one step closer to professional and personal glory. It’s the least you can do.” Cole stood in front of his friend, arms crossed and a firm set to his mouth. “Just come meet her—that’s all I’m asking.”

Garrett waved off Javier, a merciless massage therapist known to them all as Javi the Hammer, and propped his head on his hand. Spending the past forty-five minutes getting his muscles pounded hadn’t put him in a conciliatory mood. “I got myself one step closer to professional and personal glory,” he returned. “Did you forget the part where I scored two back-to-back touchdowns?”

“Only because I threw the ball directly into your hands.”

Garrett snorted and turned his head toward the massage therapist. “Javi, of the two of us, who do you think carried the team last Sunday?”

Javier held up his hands—those instruments of so much torture—and backed away. “I’m not getting dragged into this one. The last time you guys started a friendly debate, I ended up with three extra patients. I like keeping busy, but…”

Cole whipped the towel from Garrett’s naked and prone body. “Get up and put some clothes on,” he commanded his friend. “You’re coming with me, and I won’t take no for an answer.”

Garrett rolled over to expose every nook and cranny of his body and put his hands behind his head. “What’s in it for me?”

Cole sighed. There wasn’t much room for modesty in professional sports, but Garrett didn’t have to be quite so comfortable flopping his junk around. There were only so many ways you could look at a man’s testicles before they started to get old. And wrinkled.

“You mean, other than doing your best friend a favor?” He threw the towel at Garrett’s head. “Reggie will be there.”

Garrett bolted up and swung his legs off the table. “Why the hell didn’t you lead with that?”

Cole didn’t respond as Garrett reached for his clothes and shoved his limbs through them. He’d peeked at Garrett’s schedule and knew his friend had a full day ahead of him—a meeting with the coaches before lunch and a full session with Aiko this afternoon—but mention of Regina apparently had him consigning all that to flames.

Not that he was judging Garrett for it. Cole was blowing off most of his day for the sake of a woman, too. He was technically doing it for the Puppy Cup, but that cover story was starting to wear thin. Hailey said she needed him for a few hours during filming next week, but that was it. He was only window dressing, a prop, a recognizable face that had long ago learned which angles worked best for the camera.

Well, that was too bad. She was getting his help whether she wanted it or not. Not only did he have a team of puppies to coach, but he’d gotten word that his prize Great Dane was causing all kinds of problems at the shelter that was housing her. Apparently, she’d become something of an escape artist, and they were at their wits’ end trying to contain her.

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