Shutout by Marie Johnston

Author:Marie Johnston [Johnston, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Marie Johnston

Chapter 3

I reclined against the arm of the couch. Sam hadn’t seemed in a hurry to run off to the bedroom. After we sat down, he lifted my leg onto his lap.

His strong fingers worked their magic on the ball of my foot. The blinds were closed and the overhead recessed lights were off. A lamp cast soft light around the room. Relaxing. Intimate. My eyes drifted shut.

“So, rapid-fire round of getting to know you.” Because I had to know. “Have you ever been married?”

“To my work.”

I opened my eyes. “The serious relationships in your life couldn’t get past the hours?” The team played over seventy games within a few months. They traveled constantly and when they were home, it was about the training.

“I didn’t find anyone worth changing my hours for. But, yes, the hours terminated a couple of budding relationships.”

“A couple? Dude, look at you.” He couldn’t have spent much time single. “What about before you coached the Mavericks?”

The corner of his mouth hitched up. “I played ball in college and on a collegiate team like the Mavericks. In the same league, actually. After that, I was an assistant coach at the university. The hours weren’t much better, but in my off-time, I helped my dad with his sprinkler business.”

“Not a lot of women in the sprinkler business.” I couldn’t believe a guy like Sam would go through life having to work for dates. But he was more like a guy that threw himself into his work and didn’t make dating a priority.

“You seem pretty interested in my dating life.” He hauled my other foot onto his lap. “I’m not hiding anything. I didn’t hire escorts, or pay for sex, if that’s what you’re worried about.”

No, Sam was too serious to take paying for sex lightly. “No harem at your condo who wait on your every need?”

The humor drained from his expression. “No. The condo is quiet. I chose baseball over relationships for a long time.” His thumb stroked across my toes. “I don’t want to do that anymore, but I didn’t realize it was my job security.”

“What do you mean?”

“Mr. Foster. You asked what he had to say.” A muscle jumped in his jaw and his eyes filled with anger. “He alluded to the fact that I got the job because of my lack of attachments and he’d hate to see that change.”

The nerve of that controlling bastard! Had the building not been as empty as I’d hoped, or had Mr. Foster assumed Sam and I were more than friendly when he saw us in the parking lot? “Especially with me?”

Sam nodded. “Something like that.”

I could imagine just what Mr. Foster had said. Was Sam supposed to date a woman who fit the image? A woman who wouldn’t consider the behavior of Len sexual harassment? I didn’t want the team to fail, but Mr. Foster could have a stream of bad luck and it wouldn’t break my heart.

So I guess that was the end of us. The

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