Time to Shine by Rachel Reid

Author:Rachel Reid
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2023-08-14T12:00:35+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

“Oh shit, hey, Chuckie. I forgot you play for Colorado now.”

The man who was paired with Casey for the face-off huffed and shook his head. “Figures. I’m surprised you remember what team you play on.”

“Hey now. You gotta be nice to me. I’m mic’d up.”

“Jesus. They seriously put a microphone on you?”

“Yep! National broadcast too. The whole country is gonna hear my fucking wit.”

“Not if you keep swearing, dickhead.”

“Oh right! Whoops. Having a good time?”

“Eat my ass.”

The puck dropped, Lee won the face-off, and Casey had the puck a few seconds later. Since the face-off had been in the Colorado zone, Casey was able to rip a dangerous snap shot right away. Their goalie stopped it but couldn’t control the rebound. Casey happily retrieved the puck and fired it over the goalie’s right shoulder.

“Hey now! There we go,” he said as he raised his arms in celebration. “Kids, if you miss the first time, try again. That’s an important hockey lesson.”

“Who the fuck are you talking to?” Clint asked as he hugged him.

“He’s mic’d up,” Lee said. “So he’s giving a fucking TED Talk.”

“Cool it with the potty mouth, Captain,” Casey scolded. “I don’t want all my shit censored.”

He skated to the bench to high-five his teammates. Landon was at the end of the bench.

“Nice one,” Landon said as Casey slapped his outstretched goalie glove.

“You would have stopped that.”

“Sure.”

The score was now 3-1 for Calgary, which was excellent because they’d lost 5-1 against Vegas (probably Casey’s fault for planning the night out, which had led to a pretty rough afternoon practice the next day, which had led to an even rougher game the following night). Now they had three games in three cities in four days to get through.

He hadn’t spent much time with Landon since the club in Vegas. Not that Landon had seemed upset with him or anything, they’d just been separated a lot. Maybe some of it was on purpose, at least on Landon’s part, but Casey understood his need to be alone sometimes.

Casey had hoped that having sex with Claudia—which had been awesome, five stars—would clear his head a bit when it came to Landon. It hadn’t. His heart still bounced around in his chest whenever he looked at Landon, and he really hoped the microphone didn’t pick that up.

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