Ida Jane’s video skills were crap; the camera tilted and shook enough to make me slightly seasick, but I couldn’t look away.
Hana bit that lush pink lower lip as she stared at something I couldn’t see. Her profile was lovely, all soft curves and delicate chin. Her thick, dark bangs were swept to the side, and I could make out the soft arch of her black eyebrow.
“I want to be happy. Fulfilled,” she said, turning back toward Naomi. That gave me an excellent view of the sleek hair that fell in a fluid sheet down between her shoulder blades.
“How do you achieve that?” Naomi asked as she slurped her drink.
“I’m not sure.”
“The NASA job?” Naomi prodded.
“That would go a long way…” Doubt filled Hana’s voice.
“And?” Millie asked. I couldn’t see her, but I knew her voice.
“And…” Hana heaved a sigh. “And I need to see what could be with Paxton.”
The women cheered even more loudly than they had for our goal in the last video.
“The guys didn’t score,” Keelie said as the racket died down.
“Naese just did,” Ida Jane said. “Probably the best one of his night.”
“Keep in mind that if you stay with him, you’ll be able to pay off your student loans faster,” Millie said.
I hadn’t thought about her loans.I ought to do something about those. Maybe that’s how I could get her to agree to move in with me. I chewed the inside of my lip. That thought was manipulative, and I didn’t want to manipulate Hana into staying with me…did I?
What if it’s the only way I can get her to agree?
My stomach knotted as I worried over the right thing to do.
“Plus, he has the best house,” Keelie said. “I’m in love with that walk-in closet.”
“If you would have put more effort into the décor today…” Naomi said on a sigh.
“It’s not my place to decorate Pax’s house,” Hana said.
“Um, yes, it is,” Millie said. “He wants you to.”
“I need to think about all this,” Hana said.
The video ended.
I handed the phone back with shaking hands. “Send it to me?”
“Already did,” Maxim assured me.
I nodded.
Coach called, “Need you, Naese.”
I headed toward him.
“You should make another pass,” Cormac said. “You know we don’t always score the first time we shoot.”
My lips twitched as I nodded again. “Get rid of my parents before Stolly rips off my dad’s head.”
“For what it’s worth,” Cruz said, falling into step next to me, “I think your father has an irrational fear of Hana.”
