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"Well, it's over now," Brady hissed. "Get the fuck out of here and cool off. We have a game on Monday. So get it together by then, both of you."
I jerked out of his grasp, grabbed my things, and stormed out of the locker room, still dressed in my practice gear.
Addison was right; I'd made everyone think she was some team whore.
"Omigod," Addison screeched as I brushed past her. "What happened?"
"Nothing." I pushed through the exit.
"You're bleeding from your face. It's obviously not nothing."
I stopped twisting to face her. "I'm sorry." Her brows knitted. "I don't want this," I gestured between us, "to be some dirty little secret."
"Maddox, what happened?"
"I want the world to know that you are mine."
She blew out a heavy sigh. "You're going to have to explain where this is coming from."
"You were right. I made you into some team whore. I made everyone watching think you were easy."
She smiled. "I don't care what other people think."
"No, Addison, you're not understanding me." I shoved my hand through my wet hair. "No, I don't want anyone to think like that about you, but that's not why. I want to make this official. I want the world to know you are mine."
"There are still so many things up in the air right now." She raised her shoulders. "I think it could complicate things."
"Complicate things?" My brows raised. "You mean if we end this again?" She nodded, and I shook my head. Ending things again wasn't an option. My heart couldn't take her leaving again.
"Maddox."
"No, Addison, are you in this, or do you still have reservations about us?"
"I don't have reservations about us. I have reservations about how this will work. You live here, and I live in New York. We both have our own separate lives. Right now, it's easy because you are my job, but after that." She shrugged. "I don't know how it will work."
"We will make it work." I'd thought a lot about this since she came back into my life. "I will sell my house here, and we can buy something in New York. I'll buy a small condo here in Florida to stay in during the season, and I can travel back and forth during breaks, or you can visit me during the season. Wecanmake this work."
"You've thought about this." Her voice cracked. I nodded. "So, we're really doing this?" I nodded again. She raised her shoulders. "Okay, let's make it official. We can do a live tonight."
A wave of relief washed over me. Addison was mine, and I was never letting her go again.
EIGHTY
MADDOX
My gaze flicked over my shoulder, expecting to see Addison, when the sound of the sliding glass door shoved open and slammed shut, but it wasn't Addison. It was Casey.
"We need to talk, Maddox. Is Addison here?"
"No, she's at the store," I said, redirecting my gaze to the Sailboat out in the bay. "You're going to have to start knocking before you come in. Actually, you should call before you come over."
"I've never knocked."
"Now that Addison is living here, things need to change a little bit."
"She's living here? Like permanently."
"Cas, you know what happened with us was casual, right? You do remember why it happened in the first place, right?"
