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“Does Maddox know yet?” Noelle grabs my hand again.
“No. I haven’t spoken to him since Monday. The first week of training camp is no-contact, and it’s killing me. Especially the lack of contact with his dick.”
Noelle rolls her eyes. “God, I miss penis. The further I get into this pregnancy, the more I realize that these hormones are going to be the death of me. I might need to find a friend with benefits just to appease that need, you know?”
Jeffrey walks into our conversation at that very moment. “Uh, I can help with that, Noelle.” He bounces his eyebrows.
“Thanks, Jeffrey, but no offense, you’re just not my type.”
“How do you know? I could be packing heat down here,” he says, gesturing to his crotch.
“Are you?” she challenges.
“Guess you’ll just have to give me a chance and find out.”
Noelle shakes her head. “Never gonna happen.”
“Never say never,” Charlotte retorts with a wink, making us all laugh.
“Ugh, fine. But just know the offer stands,” Jeffrey says before he walks down the hall to the bathroom.
“Men,” Noelle mutters.
“Yeah, they can be annoying, but God, we sure do love them, huh?” Amelia says wistfully.
And for the first time, I can agree. “Yes, we do. And I can’t wait to see mine and put this whole mess behind us.”
Chapter24
Maddox
“You sure about this?” Hayden whispers in my ear as we wait offstage for the press conference to start.
“I have to, Hayden. I hate the shit that people are saying about her, and both my agent and the Bolts agreed that it needs to be done.”
“I mean, I’m on your side. Seriously, Penelope is the type of woman you fight for. At this moment, I’m mad that you pursued her first.” He nudges me playfully. “But I always kind of suspected there was something there.”
“Yeah, they weren’t very subtle about it, were they?” Vince says, slinging his arm around my shoulder.
“It’s hard to be when every time I’m around her, I just want everyone to know she’s mine.”
“Spoken like a man in love,” Vince agrees, releasing me from his hold.
“It’s been killing me this week not being able to respond. But now I have the green light, so I’m going for it.”
It’s the Friday of our first week of training camp, which means I could finally have contact with the outside world. But on Monday, after I showed up, I immediately spoke to my coaches and the owners and told them what I wanted to do. They agreed but told me I had to wait until Friday, and let me tell you, this has been the longest five days of my life.
Hayden slaps me on the back. “This is kind of fucking exciting, though, right? I mean, I feel like there’s nothing better than a love story to gain people’s attention. Now everyone is watching what’s going to happen with the Bolts.”
“Hopefully once they know the entire story, they’ll love it even more.”
Coach walks up and stares down at me over his clipboard. “You’re sure about this, Taylor?”
“She’s everything to me, and it’s time that everyone knows the real story.”
Hayden slaps my ass this time, making me jump. “Go get ‘em, man. The team and I are behind you.”
“Good to know.” Shaking him off, I take a deep breath and then head out across the room to a cacophony of whispers, questions being shouted, and flashing lights.
