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Chase ignores me and tips the hairdresser.
Trish winks a thank you then looks at me. “Did you say your name was Pepper?”
“Yeah.”
She pats my shoulder. “It’ll come to ya.”
I’m racing to keep up with Chase as he strides down the long hallway toward the locker rooms.
“Umm…where exactly am I supposed to go after you go in there? Oooh, can I come in?” I tease.
He stops and turns, a “nice try” smirk on his face. “No.”
“Why not?”
“Because you’re mine.”
My stomach flips.
“And we need to make everyone here believe it.”
“Thought I heard voices.” The familiar female voice comes from behind us. Lonnie pokes her head from out of her office.
“Lon. You remember Pepper.”
“New look. I like it.” She looks at Chase. “Is she ready?”
Chase turns to me. “I didn’t have a chance to fill her in on the details. Could you give us a sec?”
She nods and puts her hand on the door to her office. “The other girls are in here, so make it fast.”
I wait until Lonnie leaves us and turn back to Chase in a panic. “How am I supposed to convince a professional choreographer that I’m a figure skater?”
“You’re not. Lonnie’s got a plan.”
“A plan? She knows?”
“I can’t think of everything, Pepper. I just knew I needed to keep you close in case…someone shows up. And it goes with your history as a cheerleader.”
“She knows…about everything?”
“I didn’t have a choice. When I called her, she said I better have a good reason for bringing an amateur on the team.”
“Chase!”
“Look, Lonnie comes from her own drama. She of all people will get it. You can trust her.”
My hands shake but I nod. “I don’t know how to skate.”
“Sure you can. Hideaway Lake.”
I frown up at him. “You remember that?”
His eyes roam over my features like he’s studying me. “I looked forward to it.”
There’s a beat before I blink away from his gaze. “It’s not the same thing.”
“Ice Girls aren’t figure skaters. They do exactly what you did on that lake with your friends. Skate around and have fun.”
