Page 56 of Teasing the Winger

Evangeline eyes me for a moment but eventually shrugs. “I’ll talk with the coach and the management teams, but I can’t see where you’re wrong. In the meantime, try to be sneakier,” she tells me, and I laugh.

“You’ve got it,” I reply with a salute. We say our goodbyes, and I leave her office with the promise that we’ll hopefully have new room assignments for our next away game on Sunday.

“How did your chat with Evangeline go?” Rio asks when I arrive at his apartment.

The day flew by crazy fast, and I can’t believe it’s already time for our date. We’ve been dating for a little over five weeks now and have only gone out together without friends once. I decided that wasn’t good enough, so last night, I started coming up with a plan for us to do something fun.

“Really good. She told me she has my back, and she’s even going to try to get our room assignments changed. But we are all going to have to sign agreements that say we won’t allow this to affect anyone’s performance on the pitch,” I inform him with a bright smile.

He pulls me into his arms and plants a perfect kiss on my lips. “Have I told you how amazing you are recently?”

“Yes, but I won’t turn down hearing it more often,” I reply with a smirk.

He chuckles and then kisses me again.

“Aww, you two are too cute,” Monster says, coming out of his room.

“We are, aren’t we,” I reply with a wink.

“Are you guys sticking around, or are you heading out on another date?” he checks.

“Another date. It was my turn to plan something awesome.”

“Does that mean you have no idea what you’re going to do?” Monster asks Rio, who nods.

“Yup, but I don’t mind. I’m just happy to be spending time with the man I love.”

Is he trying to turn me into a puddle of goo? Because if he is, it’s mission accomplished.

“Well, you two have fun, and don’t be too loud when you get back,” Monster says, making Rio blush.

“We could always go back to my place,” I whisper to Rio, who shrugs.

“You have roommates too,” he reminds me.

“Yeah, but you don’t have to see them every day, and I could give two shits if they hear us enjoying ourselves.”

He shakes his head at my antics, then gives me another quick kiss.

“How did I fall in love with someone like you?”

I shove his shoulder gently. “I’m amazing, and you know it. Now come on, we don’t want to be late,” I say, grabbing his hand and dragging him out the door.

He snatches his jacket quickly and puts it on as we make our way to the elevator.

When we get to Rio’s car, I pull up the address to our destination on my phone and begin to give him directions.

“You’re really holding on to the whole surprise thing,” Rio notes as he drives.

“It’s more fun this way,” I reply before telling him to make a left.

It doesn’t take us long to arrive at our destination but the smile that’s on my man’s lips lets me know I made the right call.

“A comedy club?” he questions.

“Laughter is the best medicine, and I think after what we’ve been through this weekend, we deserve all the laughter in the world.”

“Can’t argue with that kind of logic,” he says as we get out of the car.

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