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“I have no idea,” he says as he gazes into my eyes with a sincere look. “I’ve never said it before.”

“Well, I bet it would,” I say with a grin.

We wander over to the section with all of the art up for auction. There are beautiful paintings and weird sculptures that people are assessing. I’m trying to keep my eyes on the artwork and not on him, but it’s so hard. He’s so cute.

“Where did you grow up?” I ask him as we stop in front of a weird sculpture that kind of looks like a flower that was melted in the microwave.

“Minnesota,” he says. “A small town you’ve never heard of.”

“Was it nice growing up there?”

He gives me a nostalgic smile. “It had a hockey team and a small frozen lake in the winter. That’s about all I needed.”

I can picture him out on the frozen lake as a boy, glued to the net and stopping every shot, even from the older teenagers. I can’t help but smile.

“Where did you grow up?” he asks. “Did the coach keep you locked away in a secluded ivory tower?”

“No, it wasn’t that bad,” I say with a chuckle. “He let me step outside for twenty minutes every day.”

People start rushing out of the room and crowding onto the main deck. I turn to look at what the commotion is.

“No way,” I say when I see her on the stage. “Gemini-X is starting!”

She’s a huge pop star. I love her new album.

“Let’s go!”

I grab Nolan’s hand and pull him outside as the excitement builds.

There are so many excited people crowding around that I’m forced to let go of Nolan’s hand. I head deeper into the crowd with my eyes on the stage as Gemini-X starts playing.

“Can you believe this?!” Jane shouts as she grabs my hand and pulls me over to where the girlfriends and wives of the team are dancing in front.

“This is amazing!” I shout back.

It would be even more amazing with Nolan here. I look back and search for him.

He’s standing with the team off to the side, but his eyes aren’t on the stage.

They’re on me.

I shiver from the intensity of them. I can feel all that desire and heat wrapping around me as I start to move.

It’s time to give this gorgeous man a show.

I grin as I start to move my body, trying to tease him and drive him wild.

He’s going to fall for me by the end of the night.

Let’s see Mr. Hot Goalie try and stop that.

CHAPTER FIVE

Nolan

Goddamn.

I’m trying not to get hard.

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