Page 37 of Enticing

“Pump and dump.” She stares back as if to sayduh, isn’t it obvious. “She’s breastfeeding so she obviously can’t nurse Lennox after she’s been drinking.”

When I continue to stare wordlessly, she reaches up, squeezes her boobs, and gives me ahey, dummylook. “Pump. And. Dump. She pumps the breast milk, and instead of freezing it to give Lennox later, she dumps it out. Pump. And. Dump.”

“Oh...” Okay, yeah. Maybe I’m a little slow to this shit, but in my defense, whenever my sisters whipped their boobs out to nurse their kids, I fucking ran away.

Some things a brother just doesn’t need to see.

“You think she’s on the couch?” I ask, wanting to get the hell out of this room and find the woman I came here for before this one squeezes her tits again.

Coraline picks up a chocolate chip cookie and points it at me. “Are you going to hurt my sister?”

I open my mouth to answer, but she stuffs the fucking cookie in it like I’m a damn dog.

“What the fuck?” I mumble around the cookie before I spit it out.

“If I wanted you to answer, I wouldn’t have filled your mouth,” she tells me like it makes all the sense in the world.

“You’re a little crazy, aren’t you?”

Coraline thinks about that for a hot fucking second, then shrugs one shoulder. “I’ve been called worse. Now listen up, number ten...”

“How do you know my hockey number?”Fuck. Is she a crazy stalker or a puck bunny?

Crazy girl picks up another cookie, and I step back before she can attack again. “Has Addie not told you anything?”

“How about you just fill me in.” I reach out and snatch the chocolate chip goodness I’m betting either came from Caitlin or Sweet Temptations. Like mother, like daughter, and these ladiesmake the best in town. As long as they’re not being shoved down your throat, that is.

“Nope. That’s for Addie to tell you, but let’s just say I know who you are, Sinclair. I’m a hockey fan. And before you think it, I’m not a puck bunny?—”

“Too late,” I warn, and she glares.

With a roll of her eyes, she grins. “Whatever. I love the sport, and you have impressive speed and had an incredible season last year.” Her gaze travels over me a little too slowly for my liking. “Although this season seems to be off to a bit of a rough start.”

“How about I come to your office and tell you you’re doing a shitty job?” I fire back, not sure I like her snotty little tone, even if this is the kind of verbal sparring I thrive on.

“Chill out, speedy.” She leans across the counter and narrows her eyes. “I don’t have an office. I have a semester left in law school, and then I hope to have an office in a sports agency. Feel free to put in a good word with your agent for me if you want to. Maybe I could start a branch in Kroydon Hills.”

“Are you going to kick me out or are you going to let me go find Addie?” She’s like Izzy negotiating her bath time but with higher stakes.

Coraline studies me for a long minute before finally breaking. “Here’s the thing. I think you could be good for my sister. And she could really use some good in her life. But I swear to God, Sinclair... if you hurt her, I will hunt you down, and I will scoop your balls out of their sacs with a dull teaspoon.”

I wince, and she smiles.

“I don’t want to hurt her,” I try to reassure her, but she shakes her head and moves around me.

“Yeah . . . they never do.”

She doesn’t stop me when I move around her in search of Addie. It only takes a minute before I find her exactly where her sister said she’d be, curled in a ball on the couch. Her blondehair spread out like a halo around her head. She looks peaceful as she sleeps, and I’m not sure that’s something I’ve seen from this woman.

I’m pretty sure my new goal in life might be to put that look permanently on her face.

I squat down next to her and tuck her hair behind her ear as her eyes crack open. “Leo?”

“Yeah, sweetheart. I’m here.” And I’m not going anywhere.Fuck, I’m a goner.

“I don’t feel so good,” she murmurs, and any remaining peace vanishes. “Why did I drink so much?”

“You need me to get you something?” I ask as I slide my hand over her head and rest it on her back.

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