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Yes, but I don’t want half of America to know I’m fucking one of them. Plus, I’m obsessed with Richard. Message me when you get home.

I smile, then close my eyes.

I really do need a few more hours sleep. Next week is going to be challenging. Levi has an injury and given it’s a low level one, I know Natalie will insist I’m the one giving him treatment.

One of our wide receivers ended up unconscious two games ago and she’s treating him for a neck injury, so Natalie’s time is focused on him.

There might be someone else, but it would appear suspicious if I don’t want to be near Levi. As well as unprofessional.

Tell me you’re okay with us doing this. I mean tonight. When we get back to Philly, we have to go back to being just colleagues.

Sure. Yes.

Was I okay with it? I would have agreed to walk on hot coals, I was so horny and ready to be fucked last night.

Today?

Today I feel...used. Even if I was a willing participant.

The best thing I can do is accept Levi Montgomery is never going to want me the way I do him. He never has. Yes, he’s extremely attracted to me, but nothing more.

There has never been more for him.

I hurt his pride by letting Colby kiss me and he’s made me the evil ex in his mind, but I’m starting to see I wasn’t.

I’m not big enough or strong enough to have stopped Colby. Levi never gave me the opportunity to explain.

He just ghosted me.

That’s not exactly love.

He won’t forgive me, but it doesn’t matter. There was never a future for either of us, and it’s time to face those facts.

I curl up in my seat, roll to the side, and shove my Hawkes sweater under my head. Then drift off.

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LEVI

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Pretty sure if Kaylee had sat next to Jimmy Gage... who I often see checking her out, I would be in handcuffs right now.

She belongs to me.

This is not over.

I’m just not sure how it ever fucking will be.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

LEVI

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“Kaylee, get in the damn car!” I demand while she stands a couple of yards away, glancing around the airport parking lot.

I’m losing my patience, as she’s refused twice.

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