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Lauren is tall and willowy. She’s wearing a blue silk dress that our star goalie actually picked out for her in a boutique when they were together. She looks like a goddamn movie star.
Lauren glides up in a sleek blue dress. “You look stunning,” I tell her, hoping my goalie will notice. Those two need to work out their differences before the conclusion of the playoffs separates them again.
“I couldn’t stand it, Bec. I wanted you to have someone and be happy. But I didn’t want to watch.”
“Bec, listen—I will apologize again and get the fuck out of your room. But for the love of god, help me understand—are you pissed off about the kiss? Or are you pissed that I stopped?” “That’s not an easy question!” Obviously. His handsome forehead wrinkles with confusion. “But it’s multiple choice!”
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“Nate,” I whisper. “Tell me what would’ve happened if you weren’t my boss for seven years. Or even—what if I didn’t say no to breakfast that morning. What would you have said to me over hotel coffee?” “Something awkward probably.” He clears his throat. “Look, there are no hypotheticals. You were never just some girl I met at a party. So don’t ask me to tell you what I think. Not if a little awkwardness sends you into a tailspin. Because I don’t think you’re ready for what I’d have to say.”
How did we get so complicated?” “Everything worthwhile is complicated.”
“Is it true that you have a personal grudge against the Dallas team?”
“Did you buy a hockey team to get revenge on the Dallas player who stole your fiancée?”
“Didn’t you walk in on Dallas captain Bart Palacio and—” “Excuse me,” Georgia says, stepping in front of Nate and the podium. “You will hold your questions until after coach’s comments!” Her face is red and splotchy.
The captain of the Dallas team is the same guy with whom Juliet cheated?
“Did you bring me empanadas and tequila?” “Yeah,” she says softly. “It’s nothing, really, but…” I interrupt her. “Do you know I love you?” Her mouth slams shut and her eyes get damp. “No. I didn’t.” “It’s true, Bec. I’ve got it bad. And that shitty little story about Juliet and me is a bummer, but it’s really no big deal.”
But right there under the street lamp he kisses me very thoroughly
“I bought a hockey team because I wanted to watch you guys kill it out there tonight. And—contrary to the news reports—I would like to personally thank Bart and Juliet Palacio for their intervention in my personal life. Because if they hadn’t found each other, then I wouldn’t have this fine woman right here in my life.”
was briefly dating Jonah after we…” She clears her throat. “But I need to ask you a favor. I need to rule you out before I approach him.”
Paternity test. “I need you to take this, even though the chances are slim.” My brain comes back online while she’s opening one end of the box. “You need to ask me, because you can’t ask him?” Her fingers pause on the cellophane wrapper. “I don’t want to discuss it with him unless I’m positive I have to. He’s not a good man.”
I can’t have a child with a man who hit me.”
father.” “Oh shit,” I say again. Alex’s father is a famous venture capitalist.
New York Wire Sports Story of the Week June 13, 2020 Team Owner Gets First Stanley Cup, First Child in Three-Hour Window
Ultimately the team and the labor process both got their respective jobs done. Brooklyn broke a 2-2 tie with an early third period goal (Trevi, assisted by Castro) and followed it with another goal just ninety seconds later (Bayer, assisted by Drake). At the buzzer, they were the official champions.
