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But from the looks on their faces—they were definitely confused.
Join the fuckin’ club.
“Now that we’re all—fine—is it okay if we start?” Gigi asked in her strict, teacherly voice.
“Ah, yeah, sorry about that,” I grumbled at the same time Jillian issued her own apology.
After that, Lexi stood up and started the meeting. She was great. You could tell how seriously these women took reading. Trey was in there like a dirty shirt, too.
And the way Lexi looked at him with adoring eyes whenever he talked—well, it was pretty fuckin’ cute.
I added my two cents in here and there.
The only person who hadn’t shared anything yet was—Beau.
Gigi finally called on him, “How did you feel about that part of the book?”
Beau’s eyes shot from his fiancée to me. The look of supreme terror in his eyes nearly made me laugh. “Yeah, Beau,” I raised my eyebrows and asked, “tell us how you felt about that storyline?”
How I managed not to laugh—I’d never know.
Beau cleared his throat and used his TV interview voice and persona. “I felt like the handoffs were perfect. And the way the characters positioned themselves to make their plays successful was—extraordinary. The talking lions were a surprise—obviously. But I understood why the author used that particular device in this story. It all came together nicely in the end with the Christmas scene. Although I felt like the snowball scene was more violent than it had to be.”
The silence in the room was deafening. Beau looked around nervously, and holy fuck—I couldn’t hold it in anymore.
I finally burst out laughing.
And the entire room followed.
I laughed so hard that tears started falling down my cheeks. I wiped at them so many times but I just couldn’t stop laughing.
Jillian was having the same problem.
Fuck.
I loved it when she laughed.
Beau just sat there.
Confused.
Once we quieted down, Gigi shook her head. “So, you didn’t actually read the book?”
He opened his mouth and looked from her to me—and then I could see realization set in. “I take it the book isn’t really a hockey romance?”
That set everyone off again. This fit of laughter didn’t last as long as the first, though.
“I can’t believe you fucked me over.” Beau stared at me, and he might have shown me a middle finger.
Or two.
“Sorry, man. You should have done the work.” I shrugged and shook my head at him.
“We’ll talk about this later.” Gigi gave Beau a tone and a glance that all men feared.
She turned to me next. “And, Cash, since you actually read the book,” she gave her fiancé another scowl, “how did you like the book as a whole? Have you ever read a romance before?”
I grinned at her. “I really liked it. But fuck if I’m sharing my woman with five guys. No way.”
