The Rebel: A Second Chance Hockey Romance (Looking to Score Book 1) by Kendall Ryan

Author:Kendall Ryan [Ryan, Kendall]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kendall Ryan
Published: 2021-03-29T18:30:00+00:00

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HOLT

When the team loses their game in Detroit, the only person I feel for is Eden. I couldn’t give two shits about the grumpy cluster of hockey players sitting glumly in the visiting team’s dressing room inside the Detroit arena.

I wonder about how she’s doing, but she’s currently meeting behind closed doors with Les, which is why I’m biding my time with the guys, when all I want to do is check on Eden. She knows as well as I do, the best way to get revenge on her vocal critics is success—which means winning games. She was so worried last night, but what I told her is the truth.

It’s the players’ jobs to score goals and win games. Eden’s job is to run the franchise and handle the finances, something she’s uniquely prepared to do, given her education and training. I’m hoping it’s only a minor setback in what will end up being a very successful season for her.

Although, I can’t help but wonder if what’s been happening between us distracted her from her role in some way. But that couldn’t be it, could it? Things last night spiraled out of control—in all the best ways—but we haven’t had any time together today, so I can only imagine what she might be thinking.

Does she regret it? I feel a lot of things about last night, but regret isn’t one of them.

“That Sharpe fucker needs to go down,” one of the players grumbles.

Patrice Sharpe is one of the most celebrated members of Detroit’s starting line. He scored twice tonight, ruining the Titans’ chances for a comeback since they couldn’t seem to get the puck to the net at all in the third period. It was a joke. They looked like shit. But like I said, the last thing I feel is sympathetic. Most of them are overpaid divas as far as I’m concerned.

Saint stands and tosses a damp towel in a large basket in the center of the room. “It’s in the past. We’ve got to put it out of our heads. Got another chance tomorrow.”

He isn’t the captain, but as I look up and glance around the room, I can see that though he’s young, he’s respected by the team.

A few more thoughts are shared on their loss, but I have little interest. I watch the door on the side of the room, waiting for it to open, but it doesn’t. Most of the guys have filtered out of the room. Alex Braun remains, and so do Saint and the heavily bearded Reeves. I try to focus on something on my phone, but I’m on edge and irritated.

“We can’t afford to be distracted like that again,” Saint says with a cocky smirk.

“You fuckers were entertaining those puck bunnies well past midnight,” Reeves grumbles. “Don’t think I didn’t notice that.”

Saint raises both hands. “That was Braun’s idea.”

My stomach sours.

Eden is in that room, feeling like shit—probably crying her eyes out to Les—all because Alex fucking Braun decided he needed to get laid last night and couldn’t do his damn job on the ice.

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