Page 30 of Goaltender Interference

“Got it.” Tyson looked sympathetic. “Not a problem. Are you good with us filming that? Your warmup?”

“Sure,” Jesse said, winking. “The more content the better, right?”

Tyson blinked. “Yes. Absolutely.”

They got through the arrival and intro shots okay, though Tyson kept having to remind Connor to smile.

Jesse tried not to snicker. His former captain, Dustin, had been great in front of the camera. Though according to everyone on the team, that had mostly been thanks to Charlie.

Thankfully, Jesse didn’t have to fake being impressed by the practice facility.

Toronto had been great too, but he liked the layout of the Harriers Community Ice Arena. Somehow, he wasn’t surprised to see Gavin’s office overlooking one of the practice rinks. The dude did seem like a little bit of a control freak. He and Connor were pretty much made for each other.

Wait …

Jesse froze, glancing between them as they walked toward the gym they’d already toured, cameras temporarily turned off.

Gavin and Connor weren’t …

Jesse squinted, watching their body language while they talked about the tweaks Gavin wanted to make to the PK unit this season.

Gavin was openly gay and Connor was … well, Connor sure hadn’t acted like he knew his way around a man’s body when they’d hooked up. But was Connorinterestedin Gavin? They had been working out together, which wasn’t exactly normal GM behavior.

Jesse laughed, trying to imagine Pat Fleming in the gym with the team. Yeah, that never would have happened with his former GM.

Connor shot Jesse a quizzical look over his shoulder. “Something funny about a diamond formation on a PK there, Webber?”

“Nope,” Jesse said with a wave of his hand. “Just goalie stuff. Carry on.”

Connor squinted suspiciously but nodded, turning back to resume his conversation with Gavin. Jesse grinned at their backs.

He could get away with almost anything by calling it goalie stuff.

Hmm. So the working out thing could probably go either way. Either it was Gavin being super involved with the team—which seemed to fit his brand—or they were flirting. But if that was the case, Gavin probably wouldn’t be trying so hard to make sure Connor and Jesse were inseparable this season.

Perfect. Jesse would just have to be on his best behavior and take advantage of allll of that GM-ordered closeness.

Connor might be hesitant to hook up with Jesse now that they were on a team together, but Jesse had a feeling that wouldn’t last for long.

Really, who could resist him when he put his mind to something?

Connor tried not to stare while Jesse used a foam roller and lacrosse ball on his muscles, then shifted to some active isolated stretches. But it wasn’t as easy as Connor would’ve liked.

There was something about the way Jesse moved, the intense concentration on his face …

Connor resumed cycling, aware,painfully awarethat there were cameras all around him. They were focused on Jesse, yes, since he was the exciting new addition to the team, but that didn’t mean they wouldn’t catch him staring at Jesse in the background.

And Connor didn’t want to make any bets that his expression was professionally assessing, the way Gavin’s was. As pissed off as Connor had been this morning, the sight of Jesse stretched out naked in a bed and squirming under his hands had been tempting.

Dangerously tempting.

But Connor had to keep his distance. He’d already screwed up by letting Jesse’s charm lull him into a false sense of security about him arriving on time this morning, and look how that had worked out.

No, it had to be all business, no pleasure.

After the active isolated stretches, Jesse moved on to ankle mobility, which, thankfully, wasn’t that exciting. But Connor’s resolve wavered when Jesse got down on his hands and knees. When he widened his stance, Connor had a sudden flash of memory of Jesse on his hands and knees on the hotel bed, Connor’s dick disappearing into the tight clench of his ass.

Connor went hot all over, sweating and breathless in a way that had nothing to do with the stationary bike he rode.

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