Page 169 of Through the Water

“Oh, I didn’t know we got to pick our role! I’ll obviously be filling in as the flower girl, then.”

“Georgia, you old so-and-so,” Bailey teased, clapping my shoulder roughly as he stalked over to her. “Finally decided to take me up on that date?”

After lowering Ari to the field, we walked over to hug my parents and inexplicably watch my teammate woo a woman who was fifty years his senior.

“You’re going to want to see this,” Ari said, wearing the smile of someone who was up to no good.

“Mr. Bailey, I do not accept your offer,” Georgia exclaimed in a performance worthy of an Oscar, before nudging Morgan forward. “But perhaps she will.”

The smirk on his face faded and his body went still. “Morgan?”

She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, before lifting her eyes to meet his. “Hey, Conor.”

“Where in the hell have you been, girl?” He said gruffly, before lifting her up and over the barrier.

I cut my eyes over to Ari with a frown, trying to recall if I’d ever introduced Bailey to Morgan. I was almost positive I hadn’t, which left no reasonable explanation as to how the hell they knew each other. “Did I miss something?”

“I’ll explain it later.” She chuckled and pressed her lips to the corner of my mouth before lowering her voice. “How fast can you knock the rest of these interviews out?”

“Why?” I knew but wanted to hear her say it anyway.

“Because I have a surprise for you too.”

I lifted a brow. “Oh, yeah?”

Ari’s gaze heated, and she nodded. “Whatever you want, for as long as you want.”

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