Love's Sporting Chance: Volume 1: 6 Romantic sporting novellas by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Forget Me Not Romances, a division of Winged Publications
Published: 2016-07-17T04:00:00+00:00

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It didn’t take a mind reader to know Dan was upset. He obviously wanted to be alone to wallow, but a good partner wouldn’t leave him like that. Neither would a friend.

Joss had stayed at the restaurant with her father long enough to eat her dinner and have Dan’s put in a box. The Styrofoam container sitting beside her on the passenger seat was her excuse to go to Dan’s house. She wasn’t exactly sure what to do once she got there, but over the last few months she’d developed quite a talent for improvisation.

For a former member of the NFL, Dan’s house was quite modest. It was in a nice neighborhood and undoubtedly cost more than her budget would allow, but it was far from the mini-mansion she’d been expecting. There was no gate blocking her entrance to the driveway, no signs warning that trespassers would be prosecuted. In fact, the warm glow of the porch light and the welcome mat – actually proclaiming Welcome! – made it quite inviting.

The expression on Dan’s face when he opened the door, well, that was another thing.

“What are you doing here?”

It looked like he may have been in the process of changing his clothes. His feet were bare, his shirt was untucked, the top two buttons undone, and his tie was gone. The scowl he gave her with his one eye – the one not behind an eyepatch – clearly translated as You’re the last person I want to see. Joss didn’t let that stop her. She held up the to-go box. “You left before you could eat your dinner. I brought it.”

“You what?” He looked down at the box like he’d never seen one before, then slowly reached out for it. “Gee, thanks. You shouldn’t have.”

“It was no problem.”

“No, I mean you really shouldn’t have bothered. I don’t do leftovers.”

Joss knew for a fact that wasn’t true. More than once when they’d been out in the field, he’d boxed up remnants of a meal to take back to his room. He just didn’t want these leftovers because they were delivered by her.

“That’s okay. Do whatever you want with them.” He started to shut the door, but she slapped her palm against it, holding it open. “May I come in?”

“This isn’t a good time.”

“Too bad. I’m not going away.” She looked over his shoulder and jerked her chin in the direction of the living room. “Please?”

For a moment, she thought he might force the door shut anyway. But then he stepped back so she could come in. As she moved farther inside, he went to the kitchen and put the box of supposedly unwanted leftovers in the fridge.

“Your place is really nice,” Joss said, looking around. “I love the color scheme.”

“I know you didn’t come here to talk about interior decorating. What do you want?”

That was straight to the point. Well, she could be direct, too. “You were angry when you left the restaurant.”

Dan crossed his arms and stared at her. “I still am.

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