Page 190 of Sin Bin

He sighed deeply before answering. “The guys and I are getting in some extra ice time. With playoffs starting on Friday, we’re kicking into high gear with more practices and workouts.”

“Gotcha.” Meadow smiled.

“Why don’t you meet me at the practice arena after work?” Logan suggested. “By the time you get there, we should be finishing up. Then you and I can go to dinner before heading back to my place.”

“Dinner sounds good,” she hedged. “Not sure about the sleepover.”

He groaned. “C’mon, baby. It’s bad enough I didn’t get to see you yesterday when we got back from Vegas—”

“I know,” she said with a guilty sigh. “I wanted to see you, but Cameron missed me while I was gone, and he asked me to stay home for dinner and watch a movie with him. You know I couldn’t disappoint my Bear. He’s hardly seen me since I moved to Denver.”

Logan chuckled. “I’m definitely not trying to get on the little guy’s bad side. But I really want you to stay over tonight, Jupe. I wanna be with you.”

“I wanna be with you, too,” she almost whimpered.

“Then spend the night. In fact, spend the week with me—”

“The whole week?”

“At least until playoffs start.” His voice became soft and cajoling. “C’mon, baby. Tell the little guy I need to borrow you for a while.”

She laughed. “Borrow me? What am I, a library card?”

He chuckled softly. “Just say yes.”

She stared out the window, chewing her bottom lip.

“Say yes,” Logan cajoled.

She sighed helplessly. “Okay. I’ll stay over.”

“Awesome.” She could hear the satisfied grin in his voice. “Tell Cam I’ll make it up to him.”

She smiled. “Let him beat you at the hockey game and he’ll call it even.”

Logan laughed. “Deal.”

Later that morning, cassidy showed up at Meadow’s office with a beautiful twentysomething Indian woman named Priya, who worked as a lead software engineer.

“We’re taking a coffee break,” Priya said after she and Meadow exchanged warm pleasantries. “Wanna join us?”

“Sure,” Meadow agreed.

They headed to the coffee bar, ordered lattes and sat at a small table with a bright orange top. It didn’t take long for the conversation to turn to Meadow’s love life.

“You’re so lucky to be dating a hot guy like Logan Brassard,” Priya said enviously.

“Totally lucky.” Cassidy stared at Meadow, looking awed. “What’s he like?”

Meadow tucked her hair behind her ear. “Well, um—”

“We’re not asking about his bedroom skills.” Priya winked. “We’ll save that for our next coffee break.”

Cassidy laughed as Meadow blushed.

“Is he a good kisser? I bet he’s an amazing kisser,” Priya gushed.

“Totally,” Cassidy agreed with a dreamy sigh. “His lips look so soft and sexy.”

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