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Finally steeling myself to look away, I pick up my beer and take a hefty swig. “Ugh, I can’t get her out of my fucking mind.”

“Good.” Oliver nods. “You’ve got your plan, right?”

I nod. “Yeah. I’m going to try something tonight and see if I can gauge her reaction.”

“Perfect.”

I take another sip of my beer and allow my eyes to wander back to Ella and Scarlett only this time, rage fuels in the pit of my stomach. “What the fuck?”

The guys all follow my gaze to see a couple of guys talking to the ladies. Ella touches the arm of one of the guys who hands her a napkin. She looks at it and smiles before folding it up and pushing it into her pocket.

“What the hell was that?” I ask, feeling a bit of panic shoot through me. “What did he just hand her?”

“Don’t know man,” Oliver says with a shake of his head, but when the song ends and the girls rejoin us at the table, Ella is squealing with excitement.

“Why so starry eyed, Miss Lumin?” Ledger asks so I don’t have to.

She pulls the napkin from her pocket and I swear all the blood leaves my face as she unfolds it and announces to the group, “That hot guy over there gave me his number!”

CHAPTER TWELVE

ELLA

My first official two weeks of the hockey season are complete and they have been so much fun! I wasn’t sure what to think of how the Anaheim crowds might take to a new team mascot after well over thirty years of having Astro on board, but these last couple of weeks have been a dream come true! I literally have the world’s coolest job.

After tonight’s win in Vancouver Oliver invited everyone to their suite for a more relaxed hangout rather than the hotel bar where there are never-ending fans.

And a plethora of puck bunnies.

I like to think he made that decision for me because if all the guys were to grab a fuckbuddy for the night, I would be left all alone. Or maybe he doesn’t want August hooking up with one to spare my feelings. Either way, I’m silently grateful. I mean, August is free to sleep with whomever he wants and though I’m fairly certain he hasn’t been with anyone since before I moved here, I certainly wouldn’t blame him if he needed the release.

It would hurt somewhere in my heart, but we’re not a couple so I have no right to cock block him.

“You all have your drink of choice?” Scarlett asks everyone seated in the suite.

The guys all nod and wrap their hands around either their beer bottles or glasses filled with their liquor of choice. Tequila has always been my liquor of choice so that’s what August and I are using.

“Alright here, goes.” Scarlett pulls the top card from the deck and reads it aloud. “Never have I ever hooked up with a boss or supervisor.” Everyone glances around the room waiting for someone to drink.

Just when I think the first question might be a dud, Ledger picks up his glass and shoots back the amber liquid inside. When he brings his glass back to the table, he smiles and says, “They don’t call it fast food for nothing. Plus, I was nineteen.” He shrugs. “I had no self-control at the time.”

The group chuckles at Ledger’s expense as the deck moves to Harrison who picks up the next card and reads it aloud. “Never have I ever had sex in a car.”

I don’t even have to glance around the room to see every single player pick up their glass and take a drink. My jaw drops and I shake my head with a laugh. “Wow guys. Way to keep it classy.”

“You telling me you’ve never had sex in a car, Montgomery?” Harrison asks me, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.

“For your information, no. I have not.” I glance at August and curl my lips. “And that’s why I didn’t want to drive your car to my interview.”

“Wait.” He laughs. “What?”

“Yeah. I sat down and then immediately thought ew, what if he’s had loads of sex in this car and now I’m driving it?” I shake my head. “Everything was immediately sticky so I couldn’t do it.”

“Sticky!” Griffin belly laughs. “She said sticky!”

“My car isn’t sticky, El,” August says to me, but I turn toward him with a raised brow. “Have you had sex in that car?”

He bites his bottom lip and doesn’t want to answer.

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