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“Of course. I’m sure he’d love to spend some extra time with you before you go, right, buddy?”
“Yeah!” Theo squeezes her tighter and Hannah laughs.
“All right then. I’ll stick around here until you get back though, in case Violet has any questions,” Hannah says.
I force myself not to turn and look at the woman in question. “That works. I’ll see you guys in a bit then.”
I leave the room as if a murderer is chasing me down, snag my car keys off the table in the foyer, and drive away from the house as fast as is safe, needing to put some distance between me and the only woman I’ve never been able to forget after our night together.
My parents only live a couple of minutes from me, so when I let myself inside, my head is still spinning. In fact, I think maybe I’m about to reach blaring red light panic mode.
I hear some noise from the back of the house, so I follow the noise, hoping to find my dad. It’s not that I don’t want to speak to my mom, but her advice will probably be to bang it out. I mean that literally. That’s probably the exact phrasing she’d use too. And though I love the thought of sleeping with Violet again, I’m looking more for my dad’s practical wisdom at the moment.
When I enter the room, my brother, Evan, is spread out on the couch, playing video games. He looks at me, nodding toward the television. “Hey, man, you want in?”
I shake my head. “I’m looking for Dad. Know where he is?”
“Think I heard Mom say he’s in his office.”
I leave the room without saying another word.
“Who pissed in your protein shake this morning?” Evan calls after me.
I walk upstairs and down the hall to my dad’s office. I open the door, too preoccupied with everything in my head to knock. “Dad, I have a problem.”
Three sets of eyes turn to me. Shit. Lee Burrows, the quarterback for the Kingsmen, and his girlfriend, Shayna, are sitting across from my dad.
“Oh shit, sorry. I didn’t know you were in a meeting. Hey, guys.” I raise my hand in hello and they return the gesture.
I know why they’re here. After the deal for my parents to buy the Kingsmen went through, I talked to my dad about the situation with Lee’s girlfriend. She used to be on the Kingsmen staff as an athletic trainer but was let go last year after her relationship with Lee came out in the press. I told my dad how good she was at her job and that she’s the one who nursed Lee back to health after his injury last season, and he said he was going to offer her old job back to her. I assume that’s why they’re here.
I turn my attention to Lee. “Looks like I managed the grand gesture, Burrows. Getting your girl her job back and all.” I wink.
Lee shakes his head, and I’m pretty sure if my dad wasn’t here, he’d tackle me to the floor right now.
“Go ahead, Lee, kick his ass,” my dad says.
“I’ll be in the kitchen.” I go to shut the door.
My dad stands. “Everything okay, Brady?”
I look between him, Shayna, and Lee and blow out a breath. “You guys might as well hear it too.” I step in and shut the door. After transferring last year, Lee’s been one of my best buddies on the team, and Shayna and I formed a quick friendship when she’d taped me up last season. “The new nanny Hannah hired? It’s the woman from that one-night stand who wouldn’t give me her number.”
“The gymnast?” Lee asks, eyes wide.
I laugh and bite my inner cheek. “Can you fucking believe it?”
“No,” he says.
“Me either. It’s like a romance novel.” I shake my head.
“What am I missing?” Shayna asks.
Lee looks at me with a serious expression. “You can’t kiss the nanny, Brady Banks.”
I point at him. “And that’s the problem.”
“Will someone please explain what the hell is going on?” My dad’s voice is stern. He doesn’t like being one of the few people in the room who doesn’t know what’s going on. It’s his control issues.
