The Penalty Box by Teagan Kade & Sennah Tate

Author:Teagan Kade & Sennah Tate [Kade, Teagan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Teagan Kade
Published: 2020-11-27T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

LINNEA

The topic of the proposal doesn’t come up again in the following days. Nolan’s leaving me space to think, and thinking I am. We go out, make out, and I feel like a teenager all over again.

It’s been nice, but still the problems with my father cast a shadow over everything. I know Nolan will do whatever it takes to protect me, but I know what my father is capable of. If something were to happen to Nolan, I’d never forgive myself.

“Linnea Marsden?”

I’m at the entrance to the arena, about to head in for practice when a woman approaches me. She’s dressed to the nines, boxed up and shipped directly from New York by the look of it. I can’t tell if it’s a dress she’s wearing or something she pinched from the Guggenheim.

I stop walking. “Yes?” I reply cautiously.

She extends her hand. “I’m Maria Saens, your wedding planner.”

At first, I think this is Nolan’s doing, both admiring and loathing his persistence, but then the more likely answer becomes clear. “My father sent you, didn’t he?”

I see slight hesitation register on those medically smoothed features of hers. “He did.”

I look to the sky and draw in a deep breath, returning to Maria. “Not interested, thanks.”

I keep walking.

She trails at a distance. “Please, Linnea. I’ve got the most gorgeous—”

But I’m through the doors before she can get out the rest. I stop by the administration desk at the front of the gym, leaning over and speaking in a low voice. “I think there’s a crazy woman outside. She’s not a student or a teacher. Should we call campus security?”

The administrator looks through the double doors and spots her immediately, lifting up the phone receiver. “Let me give them a call.”

It’s evil. I’m sure this Maria is a perfectly fine human being, but the opportunity to get one over my father is too good to pass up.

Carrie sees me smiling as I come onto the court. “You’re looking chipper today. Long night with Sir Supercock?”

I pick up a basketball from the rack and start to dribble in between my legs. “You make it sound like I’m dating his father.”

“Have you seen Stone King? Guy is a total silver fox.”

I laugh. “I’m sure there are plenty of sugar daddies around Crestfall if that’s what you’re into.”

She leans against the rack. “At the moment I’d be into anything with two legs and half a brain willing to run one through me.”

“Ah, Carrie. Always such a way with words. You’ll find your Mr. Right.”

She takes a ball and starts for the key, shouting. “Not in this shithole I won’t.”

Practice goes better than expected. My game is back on track and I’m certain I can deliver. The idea of playing in the WNBA, of finally realizing my dream, is within grasp. But the funny thing? Nolan has somehow inserted himself into the fantasy. I picture myself on court and he’s there on the sidelines cheering me on. He’s in the background when I’m being interviewed, inducted into the Hall of Fame, signing jerseys… He’s always there.

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