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Ryker’s hand falls away from me but he re about one thing A fling wouldn’t be difficult, because it would be quick and secretive and over probably as soon as it started You’d have little risk of ever being caught But I don’t do flings You would be wayto me"
I blow out a breath of frustration, because damn…damn, damn, damn Why do we have to be in this position? Why, for the first time in my life, do I have to be really interested in afor me personally but terrible for my career?
Why, hy?
"Tell you what," Ryker says as he stands and moves back over to his seat He picks his croissant back up and waves it at s ride for a bit? At the very least, let’s agree to be friends"
Gratitude overwhelms me at this moment, because while it could still be considered a conflict for ht now…Ryker is the only one besides my father who has truly supported me since I ca voice filled with e smile "Friends then"
I pick up my coffee to take a sip
"But," Ryker drawls "If you ever decide you want to try to seduceto stop you"
And that’s just fucking great I was kind of hoping Ryker would be the strong and sane one out of the two of us, because for allto have a terrible ti him
Chapter 9
Ryker
"Eat your toast, Rubes," I say as I tilt htly to lower the top half of the newspaper to peer at her She immediately drops her iPad--because, yes, at nearly five years old she has an iPad because I felt pressured to get her one since all the other five-year-olds had one
I slideon a piece of banana, her eyes looking out theIf I were to ask her what she was thinking right now, ordinarily she would launch into an epic tale she was spinning in her head, but I know she’s thinking about her mother Hensley should be here soon to spend the day with the girls
I flip the paper back up and continue to read the article about last night’s gales I can’t help the satisfied sain It’s the third tioalie Ryker Evans was unstoppable, securing another shutout for the Cold Fury Not even the league’s goal and point leader, Patric Sutter, could seem to breach the ih nine shots on goal against Evans, and each one was easily stopped, including one breakaway that pitted the best player in the league against one of the best goalies ever