Page 39 of Puck Me Secretly

“Rory?” my dad eyeballed me.

“Right now, Max's focus is on his game. Why bring the media into his life when they only want a scandal?”

“You don’t know that,” Katrina cut me off.

“Yes, I do.”

“Ladies.” Dad had a bored expression on his face.

“You told me Logan was my player to protect and work with. Don’t take this decision away from me.”

“I’m the media specialist here,” Katrina reminded.

I turned to her. “Max has one shot here. If this goes sideways, it’s his career that gets hurt, not yours. When this blows up in his face are you going to take responsibility for this?”

“It will not blow up,” her voice was stubborn.

My dad stood up. “Let him talk to the media.”

I wanted to tip my head back and howl.

“Thank-you,” Katrina stood up. “I knew you’d see my side.”

This was the wrong move for Max. I knew it in my bones. It frustrated me so much I couldn’t even handle it. I started towards the door.

“Rory, a moment, please,” Dad commanded.

I turned around. I wanted to wipe that self-satisfied smile off Katrina’s face with a slap.

My father waited until we were alone. “Want to tell me what’s going on?”

“What do you mean?”

“Katrina barged into my office, all hot and bothered.”

“If I ran to you with my problems behind the backs of others, people would accuse me of abusing our relationship.”

“Trust me, she won’t make it a habit.”

We stared at each other.

“After the game, Katrina talked about setting Max free with the media. I was adamant that this was the wrong decision.”

“Is Katrina sleeping with Logan?”

His words felt like a shiv between my ribs. “Excuse me?”

“Are they a couple?”

I worked to keep all emotion off my face. “I have no idea.”

“I want you to get close to that situation and find out.”

I sputtered, “How do you expect me to do that?”

“I have confidence in you that you'll figure it out.”

If this situation wasn’t such a mess, and if I wasn’t the one who kept messing around with Max, I’d find this conversation amusing, but it terrified me that Dad was turning his focus onto Max’s sex life.

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