I stand, completely ignoring whatever top-tier motivation Patrick is telling everyone else, and stride toward the bathroom. The door barely closes before I selectcalland press the phone to my ear.
“Trevor, I—”
But I don’t let Kenzie finish, not when her voice cracks like she’d been crying.
“Don’t move out.” After realizing how gruff I sound, I soften my tone. “You don’t need to move out. And you didn’t embarrass me.”
I want to say that the only person who should be embarrassed is Aaron, but I hold my tongue.
When Kenzie just sniffles, I continue. “I don’t know what happened between you two, butyouhave nothing to be embarrassed about.”
“I thought…I thought he loved me.” Her watery words feel like a bat to the chest.
My forehead falls against the door with a clunk. “I know. I’m sorry.”
Quiet settles between us for a few beats.
“He didn’t break it off a long time ago,” she says, voice quiet.
“You shouting on top of the dugout made that clear.”
She hiccups. “But then why does everyone believe the lies he told?”
“Because he’s a well-known person in a position of power, and you’re…”
…sweetness personified…sunshine wrapped in cozy pink socks.
“...nobody,” she finishes for me.
“No.” My eyes press closed as I mentally tell myself to get a grip. I need to be here for Kenzie, not get caught up in how much I like her.
“It’s just that his access to the press means—”
“Kenzie?” Mallory’s voice sounds in the distance before two firm knocks.
“Occupied,” Kenzie replies automatically.
My lips twitch upward. “Are you hiding in the bathroom?”
“No,” she tells me, obviously lying. “Maybe.”
I chuckle. “Me too.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
There’s a slight smile in her voice. “Aren’t we a pair?”
I wish.
“He said I was a distraction,” she says, switching back in the conversation. “But all the wives and girlfriends get to go to games. Mallory is practically a megaphone, she’s so loud.”
“Darn straight,” a muffled Mallory says from the other side of the door.
“He asked me to leave,” she whispers.
My hand fists so tightly my nails make impressions on my palm.
