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Miles stands in the archway but doesn’t come in. “Hey, Adeline.” He lifts his hand and says in a baby voice, “Hi, Clover.”
“Hey, Miles.”
“Bryce has your ticket. See you there.”
“Have a great game, guys. Tell Cooper for me too.”
“Thanks,” they say in unison.
As soon as the door shuts behind them, I lift Clover into the air. “Oh, Mommy is a goner for your daddy.”
She smiles and makes a noise that sounds suspiciously like, “Duh.”
Chapter24
Damon
“You fucked her!” Cooper says a little too loudly for my liking.
I’m not a kiss-and-tell kind of guy, but Miles kept going on and on about how flushed Adeline’s cheeks were this morning. He said he knew something happened and would not let it go. When he asked if we had sex, I felt like I couldn’t lie. He’s my best friend, and I trust him.
“We’re in a mutually beneficial situation, which leaves you, Cooper, on an island by yourself.” I clap him on the back.
“Your island is going to implode and sink into the ocean.” He closes his eyes, stretching since we’re about to be called out to start the game.
“You have no idea what you’re talking about. I have the best of both worlds.”
Cooper and Miles exchange a look as if I’m some dumbass, but they don’t know Adeline and me. How good we are together. This co-parenting thing would have been a nightmare with anyone else.
Cooper pats me on the back and lowers his voice. “You’re fucking your daughter’s mother, and you’re not even in a relationship. Give me one way where this turns out for the better?”
I crack my neck and jump up and down. Maybe he’s got a point.
No, we know what we’re doing.
They tell us it’s time to charge out to the field. I run, and when I get to the sidelines, I search out Adeline. Sure enough, she’s there with Bryce and Ellery. She’s got my number, twenty-three, written on her cheek, and she’s wearing a Grizzlies sweatshirt. She smiles and gives me a small wave.
Yeah, Cooper and Miles don’t know what the hell they’re talking about. We can so handle this.
“Siska!” Coach calls, and I run over. “Get your eyes off the damn stands and on this game.”
“Yes, sir.” I nod.
By the half, we’re up on the Vipers by one touchdown. Of course, I haven’t gotten a touchdown myself because the assholes are double-teaming me on purpose. I’m going to make a touchdown this game, no matter what.
Coop is drinking water on the bench when I sit down next to him. Bryce is screaming for Miles since he’s on the field.
“Seriously, she doesn’t even need a microphone,” I say.
Cooper laughs. “She loves her man.”
Those two got engaged so quickly, I don’t understand it. I push that thought aside. “I need a touchdown.”
Cooper looks over his shoulder and waves to Ellery. “For Adeline?”
“No.”
He cocks an eyebrow.
