The Curveball: a sweet, roommates to lovers sports romance (The Vegas Kings Book 2) by Emily Childs

Author:Emily Childs [Childs, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Victorious
Published: 2022-07-28T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

GRIFFIN

I roll Wren’s note between my fingers, still smiling at the writer in her. She knows how to paint a picture even in a quick farewell note. I have a perfect scene in my head based on how she described her aunt murdering her, and her somber, sincere gratitude for all I’d done to help.

She’s funny and doesn’t realize it.

“So, Darren.” I point the rolled note at the guy wearing the Tire Heaven tee. Turns out, he owns the place. I make a mental note to satisfy all my tire needs there from now on. “And Carter.”

The second twin nods again and takes a third cookie from the plate in the center of the table. “You got it.”

It took a few minutes to catch my bearings when they’d circled me. But after I debunked the tweet saying I was being investigated for the disappearance of novelist Marci Grey, Carter and Darren Warren (I note the different last names and tuck that away for later) transformed into different men.

They look like they’re the same age as Wren; I’m guessing they’re close half-brothers, or maybe stepbrothers. I don’t know, but it’s a piece of Wren Fox I’d like to crack. Truth be told, anything about her past intrigues me.

Who am I kidding? Anything at all about Wren intrigues me.

“Hey, good season, by the way,” Carter says through his bite of cookie. “Ever since Wren became friends with Alice, I’ve watched the Kings. Hope the out isn’t eating you up too much.”

I shrug one shoulder. “It happens. I’d feel worse if I took the risk to run home when I didn’t need to. With bases loaded there isn’t much we can do, you know?”

“True.” Carter leans back in his chair. He’s the talkative twin, Darren is polite, but more melancholy. “So, a concussion, huh?”

“Yeah. It’s a pretty good-sized bump.”

“I still don’t get why she moved in here and didn’t call one of us?”

Ah, the whole living in the car thing. I skipped that detail. Wren had been mortified enough, and I promised I was good with secrets.

I take another cookie. “She has mold in her apartment, so we figured it was easiest if she came and stayed here. I have the room.”

Carter scoffs. “It’s just weird because she’s never, ever mentioned you to us by name. She uses Kings to talk about the team, not individual names.”

It shouldn’t be a surprise that Wren doesn’t think of me like I think of her, but it stings a little all the same. I’m not sure how far to take this with her brothers, though. I’m not sure what they know. I need my tag-team here, but until then I try my best to keep things vague.

“She put up a bit of a fight about me helping her out, but I couldn’t exactly leave her out there with a concussion, right?”

Carter chuckles. “Sounds like her. Stubborn as a bull. I’m surprised you got her into the ambulance at all without sedating her.”

“I’m convincing.” I grin, breaking the cookie in my hand in half, but not eating any.

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