The Secret Hook-Up (The Copper Valley Thrusters, #6)

by Pippa Grant

But it comes with the rest of him, including his brain and his protector streak and his heart and our history, and that means his penis is off-limits.

I blow out a breath. Fuck it. I do want to talk about this.

“What does it mean when a guy you had a casual thing with a long time ago shows back up in your life doing nice things for you but not hitting on you after you drunk-text him that if he hadn’t caught feelings, y...

“It means I’m getting on a plane this afternoon because there is no way that’s the whole story and I am getti...

“That’s it. That’s the wh...

“All three of your other brothers told me some variation of that it’s nothing, it doesn’t mean anything story within months of proposing to their it’s nothing flings,”

Some days I hate having older brothers who are all too similar to me in certain ways. “I’m too busy to have a relationship.”

“Mm-...

Francie has been in the family since I was in high school. She’s seen things. She’s listened to me cry over shitty situations at work. She’s listened to me fume about the males of the species that I mistakenly let myself believe in. She’s listened to me rave about how much I like working for the Fireballs.

And I do.

But just because things have been good this far doesn’t mean I’ll ever let my guard down. I’ve been screwed too many times in the past to trust that good ever l...

I grew up watching my mom fade into a shell of herself for all that she g...

My first high school boyfriend dated me on a dare and told me he didn’t really like me when we broke up.

Asshole

My most serious relationship ended because he didn’t like how much time I spent with male athletes.

I lost my virginity to a guy who was seeing two of my college softball teammates at the same time. That was bad on him—he didn’t expect us to stick together and confront him. Hope he learned his lesson.

Ate

And then there was the guy who almost ruined my life for the pure joy of being able to do it.

Date pls

But he’s still here. Implying that he wants to be part of my life.

Bc he loves u

After I told him I would’ve stayed with him forever if he’d just kept it casual.

I’m ten minutes late when I finally get to the executive floor. Denise, the executive assistant, sees me straight into Tripp’s office, then settles onto the couch off to the side with a notebook in hand.

“Morning, boss,” I chirp with a desperate cheerfulness that’s absolutely not me.

“Morning, Addie. You okay?”

“Peachy.”

“You left early last night.”

“Shou...

“That’s...

“...

He stares at me like he knows I don’t clearly remember much of last night after the third shot I took with Wave...

Which is something else Duncan and I didn’t discu...

I only know Waverly and Cooper took me home last night because it was in a text from Waverly this morning. You said to text you that you got home safe since you’ve only been this drunk one other time in your life and you need assurances that you didn’t do anything stup...

Did I do something stupid in fron...

“You sure you’re okay?” he says. “You seem more stressed than normal.”

“I’m good.”

“The guys are saying you’re not as easy to be around th...

I know what he’s talking about. I know exactly what h...

The minute I heard Santiago was retiring, I knew I wanted his job. And the minute I knew getting his job was a possibility, I also knew it was a possibility that some...

Why?

Because that was my first six years in baseball. Didn’t matter if it was farm teams or the highest level in the minors. I got stepped on and overlooked. And if I wasn’t cheated out of a position, I was accused of having inappro...

But I’ve loved my time with th...