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Men.
I shake my head. “So you lost a bet and had to get a hand tattoo?”
Luke nods. “Yep. Couldn’t see it until it was done, but I wasn’t expecting a fucking flower.”
That makes my eyes widen. “That’s pretty trusting.”
“Well, we had a few rules.” He lifts a hand and ticks off the list on his fingers. “Couldn’t be something that would be in violation with the league, couldn’t be someone’s name, and couldn’t be something considered offensive.”
“Still leaves an awful lot of choices.”
He holds his palm down over thewater, the pretty black flower sparkling in the sunshine. “Mine is still better than his.”
“I’m not sure I should ask.”
Luke’s smile is full of self-satisfaction. “Ash had to getLive, Laugh, Loatheacross his lower back.”
“Loathe?”
Luke cracks up. “That’s right.”
I hate to admit that it’s clever, so I don’t.
“How does his wife feel about that?” I ask, genuinely curious.
Luke snorts. “Meghan’s a freak. She probably outlines it with body glitter while he’s sleeping.”
That’s a visual.
“But he got me back with this.” Luke tips his head back, exposing his neck tattoo.
My mouth drops open. “You tattooed your neck on a bet?”
Luke lowers his head. “Joke’s on Ash though. It looks awesome. And to piss him off more”—Luke lifts the arm without the hand tattoo, showing me his full sleeve—“I got this.”
I will never understand men.
“How would that piss him off?”
“Because he’s always been the most tatted-up dude on the team. And it was going to his head.”
I shake mine. “This whole story is ridiculous.”
“I have no idea what you mean.” He can’t say the whole sentence with a straight face.
“So it ended there?”
“No.”
“Course not. Who lost next?”
“Ash.”
I shift my toes in the sand. “And what did you make him get?”
Luke scratches the side of his beard, trying hard not to smile. “His nipples pierced.”
My hands automatically move to grab my breasts, but I manage to stop them a few inches before they make contact. “Wouldn’t that hurt when he gets checked in a game?”
