Ruthless Noble : A High School Bully Sports Romance (The Royalty Crew Book 2) by Alley Ciz

Author:Alley Ciz [Ciz, Alley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: House of Crazy Publishing LLC
Published: 2021-07-07T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 23

High school football games are a teenage rite of passage, whether it’s Friday night lights or a Saturday afternoon playoff game like today—though the games are infinitely more enjoyable when we get to watch from the stands instead of one of the few luxury boxes near the press box.

It’s not at all uncommon for my family or Duke’s to attend a BA Knights football game, but unlike any they’ve attended during the regular season, our presence has been requested to put in some face time with the ’rents.

This whole day would be better if I wasn’t battling with myself over asking Duke for details of his “date” with Savvy last night. For the sake of our friendship, we’ve agreed to avoid the topic of the girl who should be mine but the world thinks is his. Intellectually, I know what they have isn’t real, but I’m not feeling all that intellectual these days. Barbaric and controlled by my baser instincts is more like it.

Midas and the guys are driving downfield toward the end zone by the time Duke and I can no longer put off making an appearance. I shouldn’t have come today. The more stairs we ascend, the clearer this becomes. I’m antsy and edgy, and if I don’t find a way to expel some of this destructive energy, I’m at risk of doing something I can’t take back.

We make it to the glossy gray door with the small gold plaque that tells us we’ve reached our destination. Duke reaches for the handle but pauses to glance my way before turning it. “You straight?”

I nod but don’t say anything. I hate the guilt that coils in my gut at his need to check in. Bro is a better man than I. While he worries about me, all I can think about is the quickest way to get his fiancée naked and writhing under me.

We enter the box and are immediately enveloped in hugs from our moms. Unfortunately, Natalie St. James is with them, her disdain for me hidden beneath a sugary sweet smile.

“Really, Mom?” Duke rolls his eyes at the various pictures of floral arrangements and wedding ideas displayed on her phone’s screen. “Addicted,” he whispers, referring to her Pinterest page, then places a kiss on the crown of her head.

The sight of planning for a wedding that isn’t supposed to happen until years from now has knots forming between my shoulder blades and shooting down my spine.

Before I say something I can’t take back or that will expose me in front of my father, I jerk a chin toward where the man himself sits in one of the leather seats overlooking the football field below.

Handshakes are exchanged, and we settle in just as BA scores a touchdown. The crowd cheers and the fight song is played from the loudspeaker before the buoyant mood is wrecked with one comment from dear ol’ Dad.

“It’s too bad Savvy couldn’t join us today. It would have been a great opportunity to get some candid shots to use of her and Duke for their social media.

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