Hurdle (Reaching for the Gold Book 2) by Heather Dahlgren

Author:Heather Dahlgren [Dahlgren, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-07-22T16:00:00+00:00

Seven

Layla

* * *

I cross the finish line and smile. “Best time today,” Zoey yells. I jog back to her, and she hands me my water. As I drink it she clears her throat. My eyes lift to hers and she’s smiling. “Rumor has it that you and Aiden Green have something going on. Is that true?”

I wipe my face with my towel and lift an eyebrow. “Where’d you hear that?”

She laughs, shaking her head. “I will not reveal my sources.” She doesn’t need to, I know it’s Aiden’s coach, William Lowry. They are fuck buddies and share way too much.

“Well, it’s not a rumor, it’s true,” I say, shrugging.

“So, is it serious or just fucking around?” she asks, helping me gather my things.

I laugh as I swat her away. “Stop acting like you wanna help.” She smiles as she looks at me. I sigh, crossing my arms. “It’s serious. This has been the best week of my life. He’s nothing like you’ve heard.”

“I never said he was,” she replies. I nod as I grab my bag. She begins walking and turns her head to look back at me. “You know he watches you while you practice?”

It’s sweet and I know he does it, but I didn’t think anyone else noticed. “I’m aware.”

“And you watch him.”

I roll my eyes as I adjust my bag. “Also, aware.”

We leave the practice track with her laughing. I can’t help the smile that won’t leave my face as I head back to my room. Tonight, Aiden and I are going to dinner with Diana and Ryan. She’s been begging me to do a double date and Aiden finally agreed.

When I get to my room, Diana jumps off her bed, smiling. “We’re going to have so much fun tonight.”

I laugh as I sit down to take my sneakers off. “Yeah, I’m sure we will. How was practice?”

She hops up on the dress, rolling her eyes. “Fine, Mother. Who cares about practice? We're going out tonight.”

“I care about practice, and you should too if you want to bring home the gold,” I say, grabbing my things for the shower.

“Of course, I want to bring home the gold, but it’s good to have fun, too. This chance may never happen again and I’m not going to look back regretting a thing,” she says, swinging her legs.

It’s pointless talking to her. “I’m gonna shower.”

I leave the room and sigh when I go into the hallway. She’s worried about looking back and regretting things, but there will be no regret as big as not winning the gold because you were so distracted.

Strong arms wrap around me, and I smile tilting my head back. “Hey baby, how was practice?”

He gets it. “It was really good. How was yours?”

He kisses my neck and moves to stand next to me. “Good, cut a few seconds off my time.”

I smile at him and push up on my toes to kiss his soft lips. “You’re amazing.”

He wiggles his eyebrows before picking me up and tossing me over his shoulder.

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