Taking First: A second chance romance, small town, sports romance (Rounding The Bases Book 1) by MJ Fields

Author:MJ Fields [Fields, MJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blue Valley Publishing LLC
Published: 2024-03-14T00:00:00+00:00

It’s midnight when I walk into the five-star hotel and resort in Vegas to check in and make sure everything is set for the others when they get here tomorrow.

York assured me Whit will be with them. She also promised if Whit backs out for any reason, they won’t leave her back home, not alone, not when I feel there’s still a threat—and I’ll be feeling that until Whit and I have a chance to talk about what she wants so she doesn’t feel like I’m stepping on her toes. That’s unlikely to happen this weekend, but ready or not, it has to happen before I head to Florida for training camp and then the regular season begins.

“You made it, man.” Turner clasps my shoulder. “Most of us have been here three days, soaking up the free rooms and all the city has to offer.”

I look around. “No kids this trip?”

He shakes his head and looks down. “Twenty-seven years old, a three-time divorce⁠—”

“Thought you and Claudia were working through things?”

“Thought so too. Went back to the LA house, and the locks were changed. Called her, all, What the hell? She fed my divorce papers through the mail slot and then a positive pregnancy test.” He holds up six fingers. “Six kids. Three exes with fat pads, alimony, and child support. I have a two-bedroom apartment in New York the size of their closets.”

“Kids are a blessing. Those women⁠—”

“All gold diggers,” Frankie who plays centerfield says as he takes my other side.

“My first wife Kathleen wasn’t,” Turner admits.

“Forget about them. Let’s go hit the tables and then the strip clubs. At least professional women take the money up front. Am I right?” Tony, who plays short calls to the guys. “Let’s make it rain for the honest ladies of Vegas.”

“I’m whipped, man.” Which is code for hell no, I have shit to do to prepare for tomorrow.

At the same time, Turner says, “I’m hungry.”

Tony throws up his hands. “We’re in Vegas.”

“So is the rest of the team.” Turner lifts his chin. “I’m sure they’d love to help you two make it rain.”

“No doubt.” He holds up his phone as he walks away. “You have my number when you change your minds.”

Turner looks like hell, like he hasn’t slept in days and like he shouldn’t be left alone.

“Wouldn’t mind eating before I get some shut-eye.”

As I follow Turner toward one of the restaurants, I look at my phone to see if Whit has replied to my good night text. I mean, hell, I didn’t even get a thumbs-up last I checked. But there’s one there now, and that makes me giddy—fucking giddy.

After we each order a prime rib, I watch him, sitting across the table, as he looks down at his hand, twisting his ring around and around in circles. The fact that it’s still on his finger is telling. He loved her and probably still does. I know they split up mid-season, but she was at our last game.

“People warned me that she was playing the same game ex number two did.

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