He should have been able to trust the staff at his job.
I won’t be going back to Florian’s apartment with its million-dollar view and its pool area filled with millionaires. I won’t be chatting with Florian’s very alive parents. And worst of all, I won’t be going home with Florian, having dinner with him and lying in his bed.
I will miss him. So much.
I met a sweet man, and all I did was turn his life upside down.
I wanted to be a massage therapist to help people, and instead, I’ve…
No, I don’t want to think about it.
I force my gaze to study my future appointments, but the black-and-white words turn to some type of blurry gray, and nothing gets back to normal, no matter how much lemon-and-cucumber water I drink.
Maybe Florian is telling everybody what I did now. Maybe Coach and Daniela will appear somber faced and tell me thatI’ve been an abomination as a Blizzards staff member and to pack my things and leave.
A knock sounds on the door, and I jump.
I swallow in the eucalyptus-scented air and stride to the door. This is my fault. Whatever happens, I will be calm. I will not cry.
I open the door.
Troy grins. “Hi, loverboy!”
He saunters inside and hops on the massage table and starts stripping.
I’m pretty sure I’m staring at him in confusion. He draws his eyebrows together. “Because of?—”
“Uh, right.”
Does that mean that Florian hasn’t told everyone? Or that he hasn’t told Troy? Is he meeting with Coach now?
Should I tell Troy? No. No, I can’t.
I need to speak to Florian again, I realize.
The team all think we’re together. Which we’re not. Obviously.
Does he want me to tell them? Resign perhaps? Find a hotel who needs a massage therapist where the guests change regularly, and am unlikely to mislead anyone into thinking I am their boyfriend?
I will do whatever he wants.
“Where’s Florian?” I ask.
Troy laughs. “Aw. You miss him already? He was watching practice. He’s probably in the gym now. Or speaking with Coach, maybe?”
I swallow hard. “Sorry. Roll over.”
Troy does so happily. The man loves massages.
All I need to do is remember to give one to him and not to spend my time staring off into the middle distance and asking about Florian.
Once I finish the massage, I hurry to find Florian.
CHAPTER
TWENTY-TWO
Mateo
