“Good,” Andi says.
Yeah, these women know how I feel about leaving.
I’m staying in Rebel. This is home. This is family. I have no intention of going anywhere, and I won’t be seriously dating anyone who doesn’t feel the same.
“But you might as well enjoy him while he’s here,” Everly says. “If you know what I mean.”
I laugh. Of course, I know what she means. Even without her wiggling her eyebrows.
“I can’t argue with that,” Thea says.
I laugh at my cousin’s response. That is definitely not something she would have said before Josh. She was a single mom who was pretty determined to stay single. He broke down a lot of walls when he came into her life at Christmastime almost a year ago now.
“Yeah, have you seen him, Thea?” Everly asks.
“Just photos.”
“Even hotter in person. Huuuuuge hands.”
He does have huge hands. And now I’m flushed again, thinking about how he caught me at the airport when I threw myself into his arms. And how those hands felt on my face and in my hair when he kissed me.
That was all a show too but… wow.
Yeah, maybe beingcarefulis good advice.
“Anyway,”I say. “If you hear anything about us, just know it’s part of the plan.”
“Sure.”Everly winks.
“The end of the season is seven months away,” Thea says.
“Yes.” Is she going to say just enjoy that man’s hot mouth and big hands for seven months? What’s the harm?
“That’s seven months of not getting set up with anyone’s nephews, sons, or grandsons,” Thea says. She lifts her soda glass. “Enjoy the vacation.”
Okay, that’s not a bad perk either.
“And the start of the season is only a couple of weeks away, right?” Everly asks.
“Yeah.”
We don’t have much time at all.
“You better getonthat then,” Everly says with a grin.
I laugh. But yeah…
I guess I’ll have to date the hell out of Alex, too.
CHAPTER 7
ALEX
The locker room is empty.I’m surprised. Shouldn’t the other guys be here changing? Am I late? I check the clock. No. I managed to get myself here on time.
The empty locker room is freaking me out, though.
For one, it’s much smaller and plainer than the locker rooms I’m used to, and it only serves to drive home the point that I’m in a much lesser league, and yet I’m still way out of my comfort zone here.
