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"You’re not going to bury yourself in this bed for days, Jules You’re stronger than that"

"No I’h my head I don’t need to cry anyet up Shower, get soy the shit out of so out to erly out of the bed "I’ll be down in fifteen"

Chapter Thirty One

"So let s next to me on a treadmill "They pulled you into the roo around with your boss thing, you got the axe, and Nate didn’t say one word in your defense the entire ti center near Seattle for the Seahawks to come and train It’s the off season, so many of his teammates have left Seattle for their ho out in the state-of-the-art facility

"That’s pretty much the way it went" I confirm and boost up the speed on "

"What did he say then?"

"He told me to calm down and he’d tell me what happened before they pulledof his water

"And nothing, I didn’t let hiaze his eyebrows are raised "What?"

"Why didn’t you let him talk?"

"Because I didn’t want to hear it, Will It doesn’t change that he sat in that chair and let the one word to me He had no eer as being fired for sexual harassment"

"Has he tried to call?" Will asks

"I don’t know, I haven’t turned my phone on since I left the house yesterday"

"Maybe you should hear him out"

"Maybe not" I shake ain "I don’t want to be with someone who doesn’t have lare at him, done with the conversation and he rolls his eyes at me

"Fine, brat You’re a complete pain in the ass But if you want me to have hirins atback

"I’ll keep it in mind For the rest of today, I just want to put it out of my head"

"Okay How about if I kick your ass in the pool, and then I’ll take you to dinner and a movie"

"That’s the best offer I’ve had all day"

We slow the treading into sear, alk out to the pool area to swim laps

"Hey, Williams, who’s the honey?" A very tall, veryblack dreadlocks approaches us, looking me up and down in my bikini

"This is my sister, dude" Will frowns at him and stands in front of me and I snicker

"I’m Jules"

"Terrence Miller" I shake his hand and smile kindly Any other day I would have been flattered by the attention and definitely would have flirted with the handsome football star, but I can’t help but think about how pissed Nate would be if he saw led by these men, and it makes me somber

Damn Nate