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“Oh, I know the team.”

“Do you work for them?”

“No, and my brother isn’t connected to the team either. My dad is a friend of the owner, which is how this would have been connected.”

“So you have nothing to do with the Aces.”

“Nope. My ex, however, is their new goalie coach.”

His eyes opened wide. “Otts?”

“Oliver Trent.”

He grimaced.

I nodded. “Are you playing on the team?”

“Yeah. Sorry, I never introduced myself. I’m Daniel Rempel, a goalie.”

What the hell?Ollie’s nemesis? Staying here? My jaw dropped. His head cocked and one eyebrow lifted.

I swallowed. “I’m Sophie Williams. Formerly Trent.”

He looked like he’d been hit on the back of his head with a hammer. “Fuck.”

The fuckest of fucks.

Chapter 7

Didn’t people well

Remy

Was this some kind of joke? The team was putting me up with Otts’s ex? The guy had it in for me already, and this could only make it worse. How long had they been together and how long since they broke up?

“So, you and Otts?”

Her eyes narrowed. “Is that so hard to believe?”

Shit.Everything I said was wrong. “No, I don’t mean that. I don’t know his personal life, just hadn’t heard about him getting married.”

“Am I supposed to apologize for that?”

Shit. Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit.“How long were you married?” Otts was going to be on my ass as it was. How upset would he be to know that I was living near his ex-wife? Could I keep it secret from him?

“Three years,” she answered.

I tried to do the math in my head. Would he have been playing when they got married? When did Otts have to quit playing? “Did you break up after he got injured?” As soon as thewords slipped out, I realized they could sound pretty bad. My ex had split after I was injured and we found living together 24/7 when I wasn’t playing didn’t work, but I didn’t mean to imply this woman had only been with Otts because of him being a top goalie.

Her face went rigid, and before I could apologize, again, she spoke in icy words. “We marriedafterhis injury. I didn’t dump him because he was hurt.”

Fuck.That would mean they hadn’t been divorced for long. I needed to smooth things over before she told Otts. Damn it, I didn’t people well after a summer on my own at the cottage. “Sorry, that wasn’t what I meant. I was just trying to work out how pissed he’s going to be when he finds out I’m your neighbor. Or maybe he already knows?”

She stared at me, like she wasn’t sure if I either wasn’t smart enough to play hockey, or was just a shithead. Probably both, though in this case it was the idiot part that was coming out. Something about her threw me off-balance. Not that I was in any condition to walk a tightrope anyway, after these past couple of days. Dealing with Otts was going to be a high-wire act for sure.

“I have no idea. This happened so quickly, I don’t think even my brother knows who he’s letting stay in the place. He and Ollie— Oliver are good friends, so if he doesn’t already, he will soon.”

I really should have asked more questions of Benny. If Otts didn’t know, he was going to flip. This was a disaster in the making and I had no one to blame but me. And Benny. And maybe Oliver Trent.

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