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He beareed…Coach J”

I chuckled “I suppose that makes you Coach F?”

“Oh, no, no I don’t like the letter F”

“What? Who says that? The letter F brings you all the best things in life French fries, Fridays, fishing, frogs, flaet the best F word of all…”

“Shh!” He set his finger to his lips and furrowed his brow “My aversion to the letter has nothing to do with any of the things you’ve mentioned”

I listened to his long-winded explanation about sound and intensity with a ridiculous grin This dude eird as fuck, but I liked him

A lot

Yep, this was going to work out just fine

The baseball ga erator door witha beer to Ezra before co the remote

“For fuck’s sake, you scared the crap out of ?”

Ezra tipped his bottle toward the TV and inched closer to the edge of the sofa “Bases are loaded, two outs, and Taylor is up to bat I feel a grand sla on When are we supposed to meet everyone?”

“M”

He shot an annoyed sideways glanceon the action “Yeah, you are You cannot stay hoht”

“Sure, I can”

Strike one

Ezra let out an annoyed growl as he leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees I stoically resisted the urge to pull my cell out and continue my earlier text thread with Asher Ezra didn’t do boundaries well He wouldn’t think twice about peeking overmy phone out of my hands to knoho had uys who’d never caught on that he was stronger than he realized

Ezra was six four, with short dark-blond hair, brown eyes, and sun-kissed skin covered with colorful tattoos He outweighed me by at least twenty pounds…and he was pure muscle His thick quads, broad shoulders, and beefy biceps would have served him well in football or hockey, but Ez loved baseball Thankfully, he also loved lacrosse

He’d been one of the best defenders in college and was easily the best all-around player on our club teast out on the field and I believed him I’d never seen anyone who could turn hiazelle the next Ez was graceful yet tough Which was funny, ’cause in real life, he was a bit of a bull in a china shop A good-natured badass with no filter and no patience for mysteries of any kind

We’d been friends since ere paired as rooe I wasn’t sure I’d like him at first Ez could be a cocky bastard and a bit of a slob, but he was also s, he h truthfully, I’d probably been drawn to his big personality and brash honesty