“Is there something…?” I started to ask when Leigh joined the conversation.
“Hey,” she said. “Hayden and I were waiting for you to get here.” She pulled me aside and lowered her voice. “I know you can’t say, especially here, but…?”
I felt the warmth creep up my neck and into my cheeks. I gave her a closed-lip grin. “Things are good.”
“I need details.”
My gaze scanned the suite. “I’m nervous to tell these people.”
“It can’t affect his contract, can it?”
I shook my head. “We’ve both studied the Coopers’ human resources website. Fin talked to his agent. Jackson Blanch wasn’t thrilled about it, but he confirmed it won’t affect Fin’s contract.”
“So, Fin’s agent knows and you haven’t told Uncle Reid?”
“I will.” I shook my head. “Not here.”
Leigh squeezed my arm. “I’d say I feel sorry for you, but I don’t. You look too happy to feel sorry for.”
Dad tapped me on the shoulder. “Daphne and I are flying to Vegas next Friday for Sunday’s game. Let me know if you plan to go.”
“I do,” I replied without reservation.
Dad smiled. “Vee, I love your enthusiasm.” I looked at my cousin and back to my father. “Hey, can you and I talk in the morning before the executive meeting?”
“Sure,” Dad said. “I should be in the office by eight thirty.”
“Thanks.”
Leigh whispered after Dad walked away. “Let me know how that goes.”
Inhaling, I nodded. “I will.”
CHAPTER 35
Fin
“Are you going out with us tonight, Fin?” Troy asked. “We’re celebrating that I’ll be practicing tomorrow.”
My hair was still wet from the shower, and I was rolling up the sleeves of my button-down shirt. “I appreciate the invite.”
“There’s something different about you,” he said. “You’re…I can’t put my finger on it.”
“It’s a woman,” JD said. “I’ve seen that look in Fin’s eyes before. He found himself a Coopers groupie, and she’s working out his frustrations.”
I scoffed. “I don’t havefrustrations.”
Everyone laughed.
“I also didn’t know there were Coopers groupies.”
“Every team has them.” JD wiggled his eyebrows. “You knew about them in Green Bay.”
“I was young and stupid in Green Bay. It’s not a groupie.”
Troy jumped up. “It is a woman.”
“Yes,” I admitted. “That’s all you’re getting from me. I don’t kiss and tell.”
