I wipe my mouth and smile at him.
“Touchy,” I say. My voice is low and satisfied. “Didn’t realize that I was important to you.”
Ash lunges again, but Danny flies out of the booth and helps Hendrix get ahold of him, dragging him back. He’s breathing hard and his eyes are locked on me like he’d happily go another round.
“You keep pushing me and you’ll find out exactly how important you are not,” Ash growls at me.
I step out of the booth. “I’m happy to test that theory anytime you are ready.” I throw some cash on the table. “I’m heading out for the night.”
I turn and leave.
Behind me I hear Ash say, “Worth it.”
“You just hit my fucking boss!” I hear Hendrix cry.
I shake my head. I have no intention of ever punishing her for something that her dumbass brother did. She should know that by now.
Chapter Fifteen
~HENDRIX~
“You just hit my fucking boss!” I cry out as August storms out of the bar.
“What the fuck, man!” Dex yells out. He’s certainly pissed that his friend got punched by my brother. I don’t necessarily blame him.
Ash looks at me, shocked. “Are you seriously surprised that I punched him? He’s fucking lucky that I didn’t do it sooner.”
I stare at him, my mouth gaping. “That is all you have to say for yourself?”
“He’s not going to fire you or take this out on you. I can promise you that,” Dex says, placing a comforting hand on my shoulder.
I look over at him. “Are you sure?” Panic rises deep in my chest; first I underperform at the game and now my brother basically assaults him. We have two other goalies on the roster, goalies whose family membersdidn’tassault the owner.
“You and I bothknowthat is the least of his worries.” Dex’s eyes are wide; he’s studying me carefully like he can’t believe that I haven’t picked up on it yet.
And then it hits me.
He knows.
August must have told Dex that we slept together. A small blush creeps up my cheeks and suddenly I feel hot with embarrassment.
“Hen, it’s okay. Maybe it’s just time to call it a night,” Mac says, coming up beside me.
“Yeah, we can all hang out another time,” Cassie chimes in.
“Sorry, guys, I didn’t mean to put a damper on the night. I just...” The words die on Ash’s tongue. He shrugs and crosses his arms over his chest. “The guy just bugs me.”
“Noticed that,” Jase replies. “I think it’ll be fine. It’s been a weird couple of days. We should probably call it a night because the girls have practice in the morning.”
“We sure do,” Mac says, reaching over and grabbing Danny’s hand. “Are you ready?”
“Yes, darling,” Danny says, leaning in and kissing her on the top of the head. “It was good to hang out with you, Ash. Hopefully we’ll get to do it again sometime.”
Ash nods. “Yeah, that would be great.” He breathes out a long breath and looks over at me, at least having the decency to look ashamed. “I’ll behave next time.”
“You bet you will,” I grit out.
That earns me a laugh from Amelia. “It’ll be alright, you’ve cursed August out worse and he hasn’t kicked you off yet. Tomorrow, it’ll be like it never happened.”
