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Luc: I like cupcakes.
I like cupcakes? Who says that? But as she responded to his ridiculous text, he felt his cheeks warm and his lips curl up into a smile. She was sitting there carrying on the worst conversation with him of small talk in the history of small talk. Yet she was still responding.
Kassie: I do too.
Kassie: So no bunnies. Shouldn’t you be out with the guys, then? I know there’s post-game drinking.
Luc: I was. Got bored.
Kassie: You’re bored so you’re texting me?
Luc: Appears that way. Seriously though, I wanted intelligent conversation and you can’t find that in a bar.
Kassie: Guess not.
Kassie: As thrilling as this conversation is, I need to go. Some of us have to go to work in the morning.
Luc: Right. Tomorrow is Monday. Okay, good night. Sweet dreams.
Luc: Maybe I’ll see you soon?
Kassie: Don’t hold your breath.
Luc: That wasn’t a NO. Which is positive. I’ll take it.
Kassie: Good night.
He was no longer questioning if she was worth the trouble. Luc was positive she was. Once Kaden found out Luc was hot for his sister… Well, Luc was going to be in a shitload of trouble, and yes, even knowing that, she was definitely worth it.
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CHAPTER TEN
Kassie
Most of Saturday night was still a blur. Kassie remembered meeting Quinn at Mario’s, really looking forward to a night out. They had a few drinks and danced. The club was packed, the music fierce, and the dancing hot and sweaty.
After Luc showed up, things started to get hazy. She danced, and there was something about him not liking her dancing with a random guy. Kassie didn’t mind Luc pulling her away from Mr. Preppy, who had turned into Mr. Handsy. Dancing was one thing, but when a guy started to get grabby, the fun was over.
This whole dominant, protective side of Luc was new to her, and not such a bad thing. She secretly thought it was kind of sexy. He might’ve thought he was protecting her, but she was well aware what was going on, and she let it happen.
Kassie was on her own a lot, and for once it was nice that a guy had stood up for her. Well, a guy besides her brother. And when the alcohol started to set in, she was grateful for his being there. Quinn was too preoccupied with her puppies, JJ and Travis. Lucky for Kassie, Quinn never kissed and told, so she would never know details as to what went on behind closed doors with the rookies.
The only part that seemed to escape Kassie was some dirty dancing that went on between her and Luc—she couldn’t decide if it had really happened or if it was a dream—and how she got home. Quinn told her that Luc drove her home. She assumed he refused to let her take an Uber. She was confident the ride-share service was safe, but he wasn’t convinced. At least he saved her the Uber fare. She couldn’t complain about that.
Asking him if she’d said anything embarrassing was useless. He had avoided the question, and she was pretty sure he wouldn’t tell her even if she had. This should teach her not to drink when Luc was around.
If her brother found out what she really thought of Luc, she’d never hear the end of it, and Luc would surely be traded. And if Luc knew that she was interested in him, even though she consistently said she didn’t date athletes, that cocky smile would be unbearable.
She slid onto a stool at the kitchen island and picked at a doughnut while she dialed Quinn’s number.
“Please tell me again that I didn’t make a complete fool out of myself last night.”
“Hello Kassie, I’m fine thank you, how are you?”
“Shut up. Don’t be that girl,” Kassie retorted.
“Girl, am I on speaker phone?”
