Trying the Player (Rules of the Game Book 4) by Heather Young-Nichols

Author:Heather Young-Nichols [Young-Nichols, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

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Harlowe’s first night here—yes, I was hoping it’d be a first of many—went more smoothly that I thought it would. Having her sleeping in my house made my chest swell. Now, maybe it wasn’t the way I wanted it to be, but I’d put all that aside for my kid.

What I wanted didn’t matter anymore. All that mattered was what was best for our kid and fuck, I wanted to tell everyone about the baby. Harlowe seemed to want to wait, though we hadn’t talked about it. She was so damn worried about what Camden was going to do, but my sister would have to learn to live with it because I wouldn’t stand for her treating Harlowe any particular way that wasn’t good just because of this.

After getting dressed—no shower needed because I’d taken one after the game—I headed downstairs for breakfast. Some days were two shower days, but today wasn’t one of them. I was still fresh.

Harlowe was already in the kitchen, sitting on the stool at the island with a cup wedged between the two of her hands, staring at what was inside as if it held the answer to all of her questions. It was like she hadn’t heard me come in.

“What’re you doing up so early?” I asked. It wasn’t exactly early, but I had to work out before getting ready for the game. Most of the time, I did it at the clubhouse because there was no reason not to, but if she was going to be around more, I’d do it in the gym downstairs.

“I didn’t know what time you were going to leave this morning and didn’t want to hold you up.” She finally looked away from the coffee she’d been holding.

“‘Hold me up’?” I asked as I grabbed a cup of my own.

“Yeah. I need a ride. I’m not walking all that way.”

I furrowed my brows as I took that first delicious drink of coffee. “Ride where?”

She grinned as her head tilted. “To my apartment. I should’ve driven myself here, but you were demanding last night, so I didn’t think of it.”

I had been demanding last night and thought I’d get more of a fight from her than I had.

“I’ve got things to do,” she continued. “Work.” There was a twinge in her voice when she said she had to work.

It must have been hard to walk back into that place, a place she’d been working at and toward for years, now that she knew she wasn’t going to get it. It’d all kind of been for nothing. If I thought she’d let me, I’d lend her the money myself or hell, buy it for her. That could be a push present right?

There wasn’t a chance in hell Harlowe would accept that.

“Yeah, I’ll take you on my way to the field.”

“Perfect.” She swung her legs off the stool and hopped down all at the same time. Harlowe was on the shorter side, so her feet had been dangling in the air.

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