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We shared a look. “Aela,” I told her, a warning in my voice.
“Just saying. It’s all in the minutiae.”
“Life often is,” was Finn’s retort, but his smile had died.
I heaved a sigh. “It is what it is.”
“You say that like it’s afait accomplithat our dudes have to do this shit for a living.” Aela sniffed. “You never heard of mature students? Career changes?”
Finn surprised me by laughing. “Aela, can you imagine Conor in school again?”
Her eyes twinkled, and that reminded me that she’d been in high school with Declan.
“You saw him?” I questioned.
Aela shrugged. “I missed out on catching Brennan in a letterman jacket, but Conor, I saw.”
“He was a letterman?”
Finn snorted. “No. He couldn’t run with a ball if his life depended on it.”
I twisted to peer up at him. “Did you play football?”
He winked. “Maybe.”
“I can’t believe you’ve never told me that,” I complained. “What position?”
“Running back.”
“Lena must have pictures of him somewhere on those damn walls of shame of hers,” Aela muttered, her focus split now between us, the TV, and the brownies.
“I haven’t seen any, and I helped her put most of those up.” I pouted. “I need to see you in compression shorts and shoulder pads.”
“I won’t kink shame, but really, Eef?” Aela scoffed. “Shoulder pads do it for you?”
“They do when my husband’s wearing them.” I grinned up at him. “You need to find me some pictures.”
He rolled his eyes. “You see me work out every day.”
Aela whistled under her breath. “This conversation is getting personal. I don’t think I’m old enough to listen in.”
“You’re older than me,” I derided, but my lips curved wider as I placed my hand on Finn’s abs and moved into him.
As the reporter went into details of how the hockey star had been kidnapped, I tuned out when Finn’s hand went down to my ass.
While he copped a feel, Aela sniffed. “What kind of mega star like that doesn’t have guards?”
“Hockey players don’t have guards,” Finn retorted. “Anyway, he’s an infamous hermit. Hates his privacy being invaded.”
“Yeah, well, because of that his home got invaded. In this day and age, everyone needs guards.” Aela grumbled under her breath, “Amateur.”
“You’re in a particularly gnarly mood, Aela. If a pound of brownies doesn’t do the trick, I’ll have to remind Declan that he needs to keep you sweeter,” Finn retorted.
“I’m sweet enough, and I’ll remember that when I’m immortalizing you for life, Finn O’Grady. Beware of the woman holding the paintbrush.”
Smiling, I patted his stomach again. “Give me fifteen minutes. I’ll get showered and changed.” Before I left, I asked, “Aela, you sure you can manage?”
“Betting Shay was more of a nightmare than Jake. Right, little dude?” she called out at Jake who was busy trying to build a skyscraper with blocks.
