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It wasn’t to be though. Not if I wanted to live.
But maybe…just maybe, I could spend a bit more time living out my dream. Not all the way. Just a little bit of heaven to tide me over. Because there was no way I wanted to go out with another woman when I was so in love with the one standing in front of me fidgeting as we tried to push through the long line.
“Hey, you’re Steele Reynolds, aren’t you? You’re amazing, man! That last game when you slammed that guy who dicked with your teammate? You made him wish he was never born!” I smile grimly at the man gushing like a teenage girl. It’s one of the things that they never warn you about fame. You don’t have a personal life anymore. You’re always on, performing for the fans.
“Thanks, man. Glad you enjoyed it!” I reached back in the line and shook his hand and my arm brushed up against a woman’s breasts in between us. I recoiled but she smiled and leaned into me.
“How about you show me how well you can handle that…stick?” She licks her slick, red lips and I feel my stomach turn. I don’t want to hurt her feelings though.
“Naw. I’m good. But thanks for the offer.” I turn back around, holding my breath when I realize that Chastity is staring at me, wide-eyed.
“Do you want to go with her? I can see myself home, Steele.”
Anger at her rises up in me. I’m with her. Why does she want me to ditch her for another woman? One that I have no interest in because I’m in love with her.
I shoot her a huffy look. “I’m good, Chas. I don’t need you to fix me up with puck bunnies, firefly.”
She nods her head but her glorious green eyes won’t meet mine. She shrugs her shoulders. “I just don’t want you to feel like you have to keep me company if you have a better offer.”
“There’s no better offer, firefly. Drop it.”
She nods her head but I can see the wheels turning in her pretty head and it mades me want to paddle her ass. How dare she think that I’d just ditch her for a quick roll in the hay?”
I glare at her and then when we reach the top of the stairs, I push lightly between her shoulder blades, leading her towards the door.
“Let’s go, firefly.”
She nods and follows my lead but I see her little white teeth sink into her full lower lip and I want to pull it free and bite it myself.
I need help.I am so fucked.
In my head, I’ve defiled my best friend in so many ways but in real life I just can’t. It’s not in the cards.
CHAPTER4
Chastity
Steele leads me out the door and we head for his sleek car in the parking lot.
He settles me in the low-slung seat and I lean backwards as he leans over me and carefully buckles the belt. I drag in a breath and his scent hits my nose. Spice and the sexy, outdoorsy smell that is all man and all him.
He glances up at me from where he’s leaning into the car and it feels like my heart stops. I can see something strange and dark in his silvery gaze and it makes an answering clench hit my belly.
“Steele?” I whisper, confused.
This is the guy who took me to see my favorite singer in concert and got us backstage passes. The guy who took up residence in the hospital when I broke my arm and had to stay and have surgery. He brought me my favorite chocolates, played board games with me and brought me the biggest basket of flowers that I’d ever seen. Flowers that I found out he personally went through the florist’s inventory and picked out. I’d never even heard of that and my mouth dropped open when my brother told me the team was harassing him big time for that one.
This is also the guy who makes me grilled cheese when I want a snack (his grilled cheese are the best…bar none). He spoils me rotten with all his attention and has never asked me for a damn thing in return. He just keeps giving.
“I need to ask you for a favor, Chastity.”
I nod my head, still reeling from what I thought I saw in his quicksilver eyes.
“Just name it and it’s yours. You’re my best friend. I’ll always have your back.”
He flinches back and then slams the door shut. He rounds the car and I can see that his hands are clenched by his side and it looks like he’s talking to himself.
“You okay?” I ask when he gets in the car.
