I hope your day is going better than mine
Nick
Practice as usual. Getting ready to nap before the game tonight. How’s everything up in the C-suite?
Oh, just a major sponsor screwing anything with two legs and me getting blindsided by a reporter with that info. Just an average day
Shit, Bex. Anything I can do to help?
This iswhy I knew reaching out to Nick would calm the anger boiling inside me.
Talking to you helps
Well in that case, Oreo says he misses you
A picture comesthrough of the small bundle of fur resting on Nick’s bare chest. I don’t think I’ve seen anything cuter in my life.
Aww…I miss Oreo too >
If only you could come over now…
It’s all I want.To put the office in my rearview mirror and leave this bad day behind me. To curl up with Nick and have him to listen to all my worries about what is going on. It’s a hard balancing act—to not unload too much of the team’s inner workings onto him.
But eyeing my calendar, I know the All-Star break is coming up. With only Troy and Cash slated to play for our team, I make a split-second decision.
Go away with me over the break
What? We can’t. People would see us
Not where I have in mind
I’m trying to think of a reason not to, but I can’t
Then say yes. I’m serious. I need to get away and not think about hockey
Yes
For real?
I clutchmy phone to my chest, watching the three bubbles pop up then disappear.Please don’t take it back. Please don’t take your yes back.
I want this weekend with Nick now more than ever. It was a fleeting thought, but getting to take him to my favorite place in the world? I want to show Nick this side of me. To show him where I came from. A part of me that I never share with anyone.
Let’s do it. You and me. That’s all I need. Well, and maybe Oreo
I smiledown at my phone, a picture of Oreo’s face filling the entire screen.
Oreo can come too
Nah, Noah will be sad without him. Besides, I want to spend all my free time with you
You sure know how to make a girl feel special
I will spend the entire weekend doing just that
I can’t wait <3
Chapter Nineteen
