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“I work here,” I tell her with a laugh “Sort of I’eance”

“With the Vengeance?” she gasps “What do you mean?”

“I rin at her as I realize she’s the first woman I’ve fucked in my adult life that didn’t knoas a professional hockey player before we got carnal with each other

Brooke’s face pales and she groans, but this time it doesn’t sound sexy at all Her forehead drops to ers flex into my shirt for a moment before they relax

“What’s wrong?” I ask her as I bring ht squeeze of reassurance, although I have no clue what I’ her of

She shakes her head, refusing to look at me “I had no idea”

“Why would you?” I ask her gently “Unless you were really, really into hockey, I guess”

Her head pops up and I really don’t like the look on her face Her hands flatten on my chest and she tries to pushmistake”

“Whoa, what the fuck?” I growl at her, coht was a mistake when it was beyond incredible, and I’d just found her again and realized the realher phone number

Or even her last name for that matter

My hand slides to her lower back, and I pull her intoon my chest relaxes a bit, but I sense she’s conflicted

Before she can decide what she really wants, the door to her office opens Both our heads snap that way and Brooke gives a tiny gasp of distress

My jaw tightens over the intrusion, butthere

The new head coach for the Vengeance

“Daddy,” Brooke says hat sounds like panic in her voice as she scrambles out of my embrace

I gape as my head snaps Brooke’s way, but I don’t even have ti back to her father, who has entered the office, sla of hter?”