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“That’s what a coach does.”
I nod. “That’s been my experience, yes.”
“You played hockey?” Brady asks, sounding excited.
But he also eyes me skeptically, which is fair. I’m five foot nothing. “God, no. I just spent half my life at my brother’s hockey practices, games, tournaments.” Way more than I ever cared to.
I can’t get away from hockey. It’s my lodestone.
“I can’t believe Crew McNeill is your brother. That’s so cool.”
“Yeah. So cool.” If you love playing second fiddle to your sibling your whole life. I glance at my phone. “Well, anyway, you probably need to get to school and I need to get back to the kitchen. Can you start tomorrow?”
“Yes!” Lydia says with enough animation for the both of us.
I’m suddenly aware how tired I am. It’s hard to get quality sleep when an eight-inch cock keeps nudging you awake. I’ve been running on adrenaline since my eyes popped open this morning. Good thing my two employees, Elise and Austin, both come in today.
“Brady, you can literally just show up whenever your schedule allows, and I will find something for you to do,” I tell him. “Just text me whenever you’re free to come in.”
I usher them off and head back to the kitchen right as my phone buzzes with a text. For a heart-stopping second, I think it’s Alexsei, wanting me back in his bed. The next heart-stopping second, I wonder if I’m actually going to be able to tell him no. Because I really liked being in bed with him. The next second, I realize I never gave him my number, and the text is from Dani.
Did you really just let Alexsei walk you to your car?
Good morning to you, too. Yes, he walked me out.
And then to his car and his apartment and then the bed. Well, he carried me to the bed…
But I can’t tell Dani that, which feels a little gross. I don’t keep secrets from my best friend. But if I tell her, two things will happen. One, she’ll tell my brother and he’ll have opinions I’m not interested in hearing. Two, she’ll want me all cozied up in a real relationship with Alexsei like she is with Crew, Michael, and Nathan.
I’m not interested.
I have too much to do right now, as is evidenced by the state of this kitchen. I sigh and pull out my piping bag. These macarons aren’t going to pipe themselves.
But the minute I do, I’m reminded of Cameron.
Macarons is your safe word.
I can’t believe I let him boss me around like that.
I also can’t believe I didn’t realize sooner what is now totally obvious to me—Cameron wasn’t that into me. The asshole didn’t even kiss me. Not even when I begged.
Because he was into Alexsei.
Literally.
And Alexsei didn’t seem to notice Cameron wouldn’t kiss me. He kept saying Cameron was a guy who likes to watch, but that didn’t stop Cameron from touching Alexsei. In the moment, I was aware of it on a certain level, but it didn’t totally click because I was drowning in orgasms.
Now it’s glaringly obvious to me. Cameron wants Alexsei.
Though he did seem to really enjoy spanking me…
My inner thighs clench.
One more reason to stay the hell away from both of them.
Relationships are complicated.
Elise walks into the kitchen via the backdoor with the key I gave her. “Oh, my God, what happened here?” she asks in shock, reaching for an apron.
