Page 118 of Lucky Shot
“Loud and clear, Red, but uh—” He gives me a bashful smile that doesn’t register until a soft laugh sounds behind us.
“Iloveher,” a woman I did not notice says with a smirk. A guy steps up beside her with a shake of his head.
“Sorry. Inside thought.” I pull away from Nick and then pray the ground swallows me up.
My attempts to hide behind him are thwarted when he pulls me into his side with an arm around my hip. “Ruby this is Jack Wyld, an old teammate, and his wife, Ev?—”
“Everly Wyld,” I say, piecing it together. “I know who you are. You work with my brother-in-law, Flynn Holland. He says so many great things about you.”
She’s his agent. His very fierce, beautiful, downright terrifying sports agent.
“Right.” Nick laughs. “I forgot about that. Have you two met?”
“No, but I’m gagging,” Everly says, smiling so big at me. “You’re Olivia’s sister, the romance novelist.” She turns her gaze to Nick and hisses, “How could you not tell me that you were dating Ruby Madison?!”
“My apologies,” Nick says dryly. “I didn’t realize I needed to run these things by you.”
“Yeah, well, now you know.” She looks back to me. I can’t tell if she’s serious or not.
“I have heard so much about you,” she says. “I thought you lived in Arizona.”
“I do.”
“How did you end up here?” Her brows pull together as she glances between me and Nick.
“It’s a long story,” I say.
“Well, I have to hear it. Are you coming to dinner with us?” she asks.
“I didn’t know you were back. We were planning to go to MVP and watch the baseball game,” Nick explains.
Embarrassment heats my cheeks.
“No, you guys go. I’ll see you later tonight.”
“You should come,” Jack says. And he is…wow. Tall, hair so dark it’s nearly black, and a face that’s handsome and friendly yet reserved. His wife is terrifying, but he’s pretty intimidating too.
“Sports ball isn’t really my thing.” Unless Greer is playing. Or Flynn. Or Nick. Hmm. The list is getting longer. Maybe I’m a sports fan after all.
Everly nods. “I’m meeting up with a client that just moved here. You can hang with us.”
“Oh, I don’t want to intrude while you’re working.”
“It’s not even like that. She’s become a friend and when I told her I was going to be in town, she insisted we have a girls’ night. Besides, I am obsessed with you and need to know everything. Starting with how you ended up here with Galaxy.” She leans in and does a bad job of whispering, “I also need to hear more about his glorious dick.”
“Ev,” Jack says with a sigh that turns to a chuckle.
“You can’t tell me you aren’t curious now,” she says to her husband.
“The only glorious dick you’re allowed to talk about is mine.”
“In that case we can share our stories,” Ev says to me with a wink.
I decide I absolutely must go to dinner with her and maybe befriend her forever.
At MVP, the four of us prepare to go our separate ways.
“You good?” Nick asks. He and Jack are heading to the bar while I’m going to the restaurant side with Everly.
