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ChapterThirty-Two
Tatum
When I returned to the field, I quickly grabbed my things and left for the office. There was no way I could sit there knowing my body was still pulsing from Tripp's idea of halftime. In fact, I didn't even dare look out to the field, just kept my head down and mumbled a few goodbyes.
Looking at the clock in my car, I saw that Colton should have been getting out of classes, so I called him, warning him I wouldn't be home again. He would want to come and keep an eye on me, but there was no point because I planned to pack some things to take with me and stay with Tripp all night.
We needed to spend an entire night in each other's arms. Maybe it would help ease those insecurities.
"Hey," Colton answered on the first ring.
"You still upset?"
"No," he snorted. "Are you?"
"Of course not."
"Look, I'm sorry about last night. I got there and the note, and everything else. Mom has been in my head, wanting me to make sure you don't throw your life away."
"She wants me to be with Hunter, but he's already out of my head, Colton." Unless Tripp made up stories about him. Stories that turned me on and teased me about him watching me. Getting jealous and wishing he could do what Tripp did.
My very own cuckold.
"I get it," he sighed, pouring proverbial ice water on my head, remembering who I was talking to and that I wasn't in my own porn fantasy with Tripp. "You know how she is though. So persistent that I'll do anything to get her off my back."
"You didn't tell her about the note, did you?"
"God no," he laughed. "She'd think that was romantic."
"Exactly."
"You want me to come stay over tonight?"
"No. I'm okay. Hunter didn't pay me any attention today. He's probably figuring out I'm okay without him."
"I'm only a phone call away. But I bet that Inferno midfielder is on stand-by as well."
My cheeks pinked, and I swooned a little, thinking of how Tripp would come to me in a heartbeat if he thought I needed him. It may have been silly to expect so much so soon, but Tripp was just itching for a reason to kick Hunter's ass. One call, one text, and he'd be at my front door.
After hanging up with Colton, I entered the office and headed to my desk. The pictures I had taken needed to be sorted into ones I could let Sophia see and ones I took for myself. The ones for myself were mostly Tripp and Hunter.
It was so obvious that they played together before. They fed off one another, and I couldn't help but think that if I hadn't been between them, they'd make a good duo on the pitch. The front three would be unstoppable with those two vibing and Rhys Peyton being Rhys Peyton.
The coach and whoever made the decisions probably thought the same thing. It had been since college that I'd seen Hunter play, but clearly, he still had it. And with Tripp being his midfielder in League One, how did he not get signed?
"Hey, you're here," Tina smiled as she walked past my desk. It was the first time I'd seen her in the office since I stole her job, and I was worried her visit wasn't going to be full of pleasantries.
"Hey!" My voice was as high and perky as I could get it, hoping that if she was pissed at me, she'd have a harder time saying it to my happy face.
"Congrats on taking over the Inferno contract. They've been a tough one to land."
"Yeah." I shrugged. "No big deal. Just pushing my foot into the door."
"It had to have been more than that. I'd been trying for a month to squeeze them."
That was true. But I must have had a unique charm because even without them knowing about the pending Tripp Maddux scandal, they welcomed me right into the mix. They agreed to sign with IMG in no time and immediately put me on their kids' camp initiative.
