Brazen Tricks by Ali Dean

Author:Ali Dean [Dean, Ali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-19T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Jordan

It doesn’t hit me until I’m standing in my hotel room in a towel. I feel lonely. After taking a shower and using the hotel’s delicious-smelling complimentary lotion, I thought I’d enjoy relaxing alone before falling asleep. But despite the nice hotel room, some solid runs at the prelims earlier, and a refreshing shower, my mood is melancholy.

My body turns slowly in a circle and I sigh. A long, pitiful sigh. I miss Beck. He’s been at all my competitions, and not only is he not here with me, he’s not really accessible either. Sitting on the edge of my bed still in the towel, I think about how strange it is that my boyfriend is at a live taping of the Eileen Delarosa Show.

I’m sure even if it’s over now, he’s out with Griff and their sisters, but I figure I could at least text him, let him know how much I miss him.

My phone isn’t in any of the pockets of the clothes I was wearing earlier, or in the small purse I’d brought with me to the bar. I let out another long sigh as I realize I must have left my phone at the bar. I enjoyed hanging with the other women at the competition, but I’m not real excited about trucking it back there. My pajamas are looking mighty appealing.

The sound of a phone ringing nearly has me jumping out of my skin as I stand over my suitcase, contemplating if it’s worth the trip back to the bar to rescue my phone. It takes a few seconds before I realize it’s the room phone.

“Hello?” I answer with a frown.

“Jordan.” It’s Beck, and I can’t quite detect what I’m hearing in his voice. Well, I can, but it’s weird.

“Why do you sound like that?”

“Like what?”

“Like you’ve been holding your breath for hours? Are you okay? Did something happen on the show?”

“I’m good, nothing happened, but I did get a call from Camila Gonzales from your phone. And I’ve been worrying something happened to you.”

I sit back down on the bed. “Oh.” Man, the way he said my name, he sounded so distressed. Or like he had been distressed, and now he could breathe again. “Why were you so worried? I just left it at the bar.”

“I’m not exactly sure. I probably overreacted. But with the online bullying you’ve had in the past, and with it being Camila of all people who had your phone, I started to think something might have happened to you. Besides, you didn’t answer the first time I called your room.”

“Oh, I was in the shower. I just got out.”

There’s music and voices in the background on his end and I’m about to ask where he is, but he asks me a very distracting question. “So, are you still in a towel?” It’s not so much the question, but the way his voice drops an octave.

“Yeah, I am actually. I had just realized I didn’t have my phone and was

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