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Speechless for a moment by the sudden turn of events, Nellie stared at him as their drinks arrived "U her drink from the waitress Just then, she sao of the band meing areas "I wasn’t planning on staying too late, but it’s not often I get to hang out in a VIP lounge like this"

"Good," he grinned, those blue eyes sparkling and looking very pleased "If I’d known tonight was going to turn out this way, I would’ve gotten here earlier" He held his glass out to her She reached out and tapped it with hers "To chance s," he said with a s over those crystal blue eyes dra off the sliver of guilt she began to feel again

Co rohtht out with a lea hts of Abel bagging Rachel just this past week ca about Sa out a little later than she’d originally planned didn’t sound so bad after all

Chapter 10

The h Abel had hardly been able to concentrateabout Nellie’s date, and he had no intention of asking anyone about it, not Nellie, not Noah, no one The only thing he could hope for was that he’d worn her out enough Thursday night so that the last thing she’d be thinking about on her date was ending it literally with a bang

He slammed the locker closed much harder than he intended, especially after he re hi off his iPad "So I need to go over a few things with you I know you don’t follow the tabloids, but I just need to keep you up on the big stuff This way, no reporters catch you off guard"

Abel sat back into the huge full bodythe re position, and closed his eyes as the e started It was just one of the perks fro a thirty-second commercial for one of these, and they threw in a couple of these chairs for his own personal use The other one was at his hoe was supposed to be state of the art and it had all kinds of gadgets so you could hook it up to your tablet, phone, or iPod, nothing relieved his tense ht

Once again, he’d barely heard anything of what Andy was saying His s he’d done to Nellie and everything he still wanted to do

"You need to remember that McKinley’s caet in your head through the press They’ve already started"

Abel opened one eye Andy had his attention but just vaguely Abel still didn’t give a shit about the tabloid stories He heard Hector and Gio’s voices co toward them

"That story about your dad and the Mexican o anywhere, but McKinley and his ca about it every chance they get"

"Oh, I heard about this," Hector said Both he and Gio were sitting on stools between Andy and Abel "McKinley was on Howard Stern the otherabout how itcould afford to own and run a gym of this caliber"

Admittedly that pissed Abel off Obviously the assle hadn’t done his homework or he’d knoas possible But he refused to let this guy get to hi his eyes again

"His brothers re who has actually ’s coattails, doing reality shows and interviews all over, when no one really gives a shit about the"

"This is what I’ all out to get in their opponent’s head" He chuckled "I think it’s killing theet a peep outta Aweless Ayala"

"And they’re not going to," Abel rean inclining upward Noah walked in the rooht?" he said, taking the wrap off his hands

"Oh, shit," Gio stood up "That rerab some stuff fro chili"

Hector stood up too "I was gonna pick up Charlee and go grab so out at your place instead Her friend Drew’s been out of town for weeks now, and shehis phone and wallet off the desk "You better check your phone, dude Bianca alreadyher chicken pasta salad"

Hector’s jaw dropped and he hurried away Noah sht?" Abel read the apprehension in his face right away "The featherweight chaht It’s why I decided to throw a barbeque together Andy says they’ll be airing ured we could all take a s"