The Running Back: A New Adult Sports Romance ~ Sean (The Rookies Book 3) by Zoë Lane

Author:Zoë Lane [Lane, Zoë]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-29T16:00:00+00:00

19

SEAN

“How long do you think you’ll have to keep wearing that sling?” I asked Casper as we made our way up the stairs of the Bank of America Stadium where Carolina played.

“As long as I have to,” Casper said with a sigh. “Movement is better, and the pain is virtually gone. A twinge here and there, which is what I’m used to.”

“It’s been a couple of weeks at least.”

“I’ve been ordered by everyone not to move it unless directed to by my physical therapist.”

I grinned. “You mean unless Siobhan orders you to take it off while in the bedroom.”

Casper reddened. “Uh, they reassigned me to a different physical therapist.”

“Oh, really?”

“Not because of the relationship—which we’re keeping quiet—but because of…”

I nodded. Because Casper had been taking an EPO and Siobhan had found out about it.

“They don’t want any bias when it comes to my recovery.”

“Makes sense,” I said.

We reached the floor with the players’ boxes. I opened the door and let Casper walk through first. My stomach growled loudly, and Casper chuckled. We both held boxed lunches of a hot dog, sandwich, chips, and probably a cookie. Since Casper wasn’t playing, I figured I’d eat terrible with him. Other than his association with Landyn, I liked the guy.

We found a random room and walked in. It already had a few people sitting down in large leather chairs, enjoying drinks and eating what looked like shrimp cocktails, lobster, and steak.

We looked down at our boxes.

“Why the hell didn’t we get lobster?” Casper asked quietly.

“Maybe because we didn’t order room service.”

“Maybe because we’re the players.”

“And the visiting team,” I added.

A few heads nodded in our direction, and we returned the gestures. We found a couple of seats toward the front of the room near the glass panes. We could see the entire field from this room, and it looked amazing—like every other stadium we’d been in—with rows of blue chairs to match the coloring of their team name etched in the end zones.

Casper and I started eating when a gentleman in a suit walked up.

“Casper! It’s good to see you.”

Casper nearly choked on the hot dog in his mouth. He grunted, wiped his good hand on his sweatpants, and reached to shake the guy’s hand. “Dr. Kavoska. How…why…”

“Oh, I love to travel to see the games. Nothing like watching them in person. Remember my son is a quarterback? He’s been applying to all the Ivies. We should be receiving acceptance letters very soon.”

“I hope he gets in,” Casper said.

“We know he will. Anyway, this game is close, and my schedule was free, so I figured, why not?”

“Sure, sure. And you’ve got the money.”

Dr. Kavoska laughed that sort of I’m-so-rich-it’s-just-hilarious laugh—while holding his stomach. His diamond cufflinks nearly blinded me.

“Yes, well. I’m surprised you’re eating that. Didn’t see hot dogs on the menu or I might’ve helped myself to a couple.” He leaned in close and lowered his voice like he was sharing a secret. “The wife doesn’t much care for me eating processed meat.

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