The Code (Ice Dragons Hockey Book 1) by RJ Scott & Rozenn Scott

Author:RJ Scott & Rozenn Scott [Scott, RJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Rozenn Scott, Ice, Ice Dragons, sports romance, RJ Scott, Hockey, hockey romance
Publisher: Love Lane Books Ltd
Published: 2016-10-23T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

The itch between her shoulder blades was enough to have Kat looking behind her. Ryan was lurking, watching her like he’d done all night, and she’d had to deal with Evan flouncing off stating that Ryan Flynn was nothing but a Neanderthal. That offended her because that was her word for Ryan and no one else was allowed to use it.

She now had Bennett the Touchy-Feely Surgeon looking at her as if she’d pissed in his Wheaties.

“It’s not like they save lives,” he was saying. Again. “I get they are paid a lot of money. I heard your brother’s latest deal was for $17 million.”

“I don’t know,” she lied. This wasn’t a conversation she liked to have. What her brother did or didn’t earn was none of her business, but of course everyone knew anyway, given it was on the Internet for anyone to find.

“For pushing a puck on ice.” He snorted and swallowed the dregs of his eighth or ninth wine.

“The players are marketing machines,” she said. Then wished she hadn’t when she realized she’d engaged with him. “And they work damned hard at what they do, and also for their charities.”

He began talking at her, statistics and money, and she couldn’t find a polite way to interject and get away, until finally he paused for breath and quickly she said she needed to find Ally.

Anything to get away.

God save her from boring men who felt like she needed their opinions on anything and everything. She was ten minutes from midnight. Ten long minutes to wrapping this up. She spent the time checking in with various groups, aware of Ryan watching her every move.

The fact he watched her made her half-nervous and half-angry. She hadn’t asked him here to be her silent protector, but ever since the gas station attack, she’d had either him or Nicky worrying about her. Earlier she’d seen a very serious conversation between Nicky and Ryan, with narrowed looks cast her way. She knew exactly what Nicky was saying. “Keep an eye on that surgeon and the ex, okay? Look after Kat. Don’t let anyone touch her.” Because that is what her brother did best. She understood he’d been left with the responsibility of a younger sister, she knew he was protective, but sometimes she just wanted to poke at him and shout that she was capable of looking after herself.

Even in the gas station she’d had it under control.

Kind of.

At least she’d been talking the assailant down; he’d been listening to her, and then he’d kissed her.

Nicky left at eleven, Simba helping him to the car and driving him home. Two hockey players down.

Ally was still there, chatting to one of the waiters, curling her long blonde hair around her fingers and smiling at him in that suggestive way she did best. When she left with him, passing Kat a wink, Kat was relieved. Ally hadn’t gone home with one of the twins, or god forbid, Ryan. She didn’t want Ally to be another notch on a very busy goalpost.

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