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Her hands were trembling with nervous excitement, and she wasn’t sure what her face was doing. She wanted to touch him and make sure he was real.
“And I hear you’re Lily Udy,” Hyde said, extending his hand to shake hers.
“The one and only.” Lily gave him a firm handshake, liking the size of his hands. Of course they had to be big to snatch the ball out of the air like he did. Oh my goodness, he was real and he was standing right in front of her. She wanted to jump up and down, take a selfie with him, and call her brothers to tell them how amazing this was—she was meeting Hyde Metcalf and he knewhername. Her youngest brother, Josh, would go completely berserk.
“Malee is telling me you’re the best sports-specific trainer in Golden,” he said.
Lily cocked her head and tried to appear confident, though he could probably see the pulse in her neck jumping. “Maybe in the state of Colorado.”
He chuckled. “Oh, I like confidence. This is the girl I need.”
Need for what? Because she was totally up for whatever he needed.Lily!Her mother’s voice in her head told her not to be infatuated with him just because the guy was a big-time football star. But come on, she loved him. Well, notloved him,loved him, but he was the best wide receiver to play the game. He had 1871 receiving yards last year. Plus, he was always just doing cool things. He’d coordinated an event to raise money for juvenile diabetes research and—from the video footage she’d seen—spent time with many of the children one on one. He’d helped a single mom with the medical bills for her daughter’s cancer. He’d brought a young boy with spina bifida down on the field and had him throw in the game ball. The media captured all of it, and she knew famous people had a hard time hiding nowadays.
Okay, so maybe she Googled Hyde more often than once a week and knew a few things about his personal life. Not only was he unreal cool; he’d also grown up right here in Golden, only twenty minutes from her own hometown of Georgetown. It wasn’t unusual that she felt such a connection to him.
“Hyde wanted to meet you before we signed the contract,” Malee said.
“Contract?”Oh my, calm down, heart. Hyde Metcalf is looking at me and smiling!
“You probably heard about the pneumonia?” Hyde asked.
“Follow you on Twitter,” she admitted.
“Nice. I like a girl who’s informed.” He folded those beautiful arms across his chest. Yum, what she wouldn’t do to work with biceps like that, or touch them. Touching them would be a little creepy, though, right?
“I’ve recently been cleared to return to physical activity,” Hyde was saying, and she tried to keep up as her head swam with visions of touching his biceps, “and I’ve got two months until practice starts full bore for the season. I’d like you to train me.”
Lily had to grab on to a nearby chair.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Cami is a part-time author, part-time exercise consultant, part-time housekeeper, full-time wife, and overtime mother of four adorable boys. Sleep and relaxation are fond memories. She’s never been happier.
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