Page 105 of Sweetheart

I spun around to see my sister and her boyfriend, Bo, walking this way.

"You said you couldn't make it," I said.

"I thought we couldn't," she replied, gesturing to the tall, scowling guy at her side."But Bo heard the word soccer, and here we are."

"Scarlett invited me," Bo said with a nod in my direction. I didn't take the scowl personally. That was just Bo's go-to expression. "I couldn't let her and the kids down."

Charlotte elbowed him in the ribs. "Be honest, flower boy, you came to play ball."

Bo stared down at her, and something in his face shifted. I'd seen this before, but it never got old. The guy hardly ever smiled—which was literally the opposite of Charlotte, who was smiling brightly up at him even now. But I swear, whenever he looked at my sister, you could practically hear his grumpy façade crumble.A moment later, his lips twitched slightly at thecorners.

"Perhaps," he said.

Charlotte rolled her eyes, still smiling, then turned to me again. "He heard Dare was coming and refused to miss it."

Just then a car door slammed, and I saw my cousin, Viola, and Dare Frost, approaching us from the parking lot.

"Hey Scar," she said, "I hope we're not too late."

"You're not," I said in surprise. "Thanks for coming. Ithought you had to work."

Viola sent me grin. "We went to the shelter earlier. Dare couldn't miss the chance to see his best soccer frenemy."

"Hilarious," Dare said.

"Thanks, I try," she said back.

He laughed then turned to Bo. "Stryker."

"Frost," Bo said back.

"Ready to get beat?"

"Are you?"

I gave them a frown. "Don't you guys play on the same team in college?"

"We do," Dare said.

"But we still like to face-off against each other every now and then," Bo finished.

As Sam came over, he dropped an arm around my shoulders, then gave the groupa nod. "Looked like a party over here, so I decided to join the fun."

"Are the kids okay?" I asked.

"Yeah, I left them with Mrs. Primm working on dribbling drills.They'll be busy for a while.What's up?"

I narrowed my gaze at Bo and Dare. "These two were supposed to help with mentoring, but apparently they're planning to disrupt everything with their dumb feud."

"Hey!" Dare and Bo spoke together.

"Lotte, Viola, I love you, but if your boyfriendsruin my program, I will end them. Swiftly. With no remorse."

Both guys winced, but Sam just laughed.

"You're terrifying," he said.

"Thank you," I said back.

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