I stare at the door she walked out of. “I don’t mind it.”
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Chapter Two
Toni Amato
My phone buzzes while I wait for the elevator.
Talia: Surviving?
Toni: Define surviving.
Talia: Did hockey Ken doll commit violence yet?
Toni: Multiple penalties.
Talia: HOT.
Toni: You are part of the problem.
Talia: I’m actually several problems.
I stare at the text shaking my head. I don’t breathe properly again until I’m in my car.
Max Stevens.
Of all the players, he had to be the name my boss put on my clipboard as my assignment this morning. New hires get the problem players. That’s just how it works. It could have been anyone else.
My hands tighten on the steering wheel as I merge into traffic, the city blurring past in streaks of light and steel.
“Of course,” I whisper under my breath. “Of course it’s him.”
My apartment is quiet when I walk in. Too quiet. Everything sits exactly where it should. Nothing like the version of me that existed two years ago.
I slip off my heels and drop my bag on the counter, pressing my back against it.
This is the career I built from scratch, on my father’s terms, and then on mine.
As if I conjured it by my thoughts, text from Dad.
“Proud of you, kid. First NHL assignment’s a big deal. Remember: perception matters.”
