The Wrong Mr. Darcy by Evelyn Lozada

Author:Evelyn Lozada [Lozada, Evelyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781250125026
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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The Fishers’ empty training room smelled of Lysol, rubber, and old sweat. Derek’s breath swooshed out as he pushed up the weight bar, though the load was light.

“Whatcha doin’, Darcy? I don’t want you hurting yourself right before the game,” said the coach.

The young player hefted the bar onto the stand and slid out from under it, then stood. “I’m being careful, promise. Just wanted to get my warm-up started.”

“That’s not—” the coach started to say, but then O’Donnell stepped into the room and cut him off.

“Happy to see it, m’ boy.” He slapped Derek on his bare shoulder, leaving a red mark.

Derek kept his face blank but karma had his back: O’Donnell realized he had sweat on his hand and mewled in displeasure. The owner swiped his palm back and forth on his pants, almost hard enough to create a friction fire. A liar’s pants actually catching fire—that would be something to see.

Derek could not get over the fact that this supposed leader of the community knew about the college rules that Charles’s family had broken and completely looked the other way. It’s not that he wanted to see Charles in trouble, but right was right. His best friend and his boss were …

Not your problem, remember? No distractions. He just needed to get out on that court and focus.

Besides, what was he going to do? Rat out Ms. Butler so she lost her house? And if the association found out, O’Donnell would have to kick Charles out. He’d suffer, the team would suffer, and then Derek would suffer. Get off your fucking high horse, man!

He wiped the sweat off his face as his teammates began to file in; the coach and owner moved around the room, talking to players. But O’Donnell returned, alone, a minute later. His old-man eyebrows writhed like caterpillars over his squinty eyes.

“Darcy, I spoke with Charles. It sounds like you and I need to have a little chat. Meet me in the owner’s suite after the game.”

He marched away before Derek could respond.

What had Charles done?

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