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NICE RIDE
BRIDGET
I have an eight o’clock class,but I’m dragging my feet to leave Ash’s house. I’m sitting on the bed while he’s packing his bag. The team flies to Toronto tonight for a game tomorrow afternoon. Two days apart shouldn’t seem so long, but I’m already dreading it.
“Are you working tonight?” he asks.
“Yep.”
He goes over to his dresser and pulls out a book and tosses it to me. “Can you give that to Liza for me?”
I stare down at the Sudoku puzzle book. “How did you know she’s back at the hospital?”
“She started following me on Instagram.”
Laughing, I nod. “I’ll give it to her. It’s sweet of you.”
He lifts his brows and gives me a sexy smirk. “You’re off Thursday night when I get back though, right?”
He zips up the bag and tosses it by the door.
“Mhmmm.” I move to my knees and grab the front of his shirt.
“Good. That means you can be waiting right here when I get back.”
“I’ll see what I can do.”
He lunges for me, kissing me hard and taking us back down on the bed. His phone vibrates in his front pocket.
“Do you need to get that?”
He shakes his head and keeps kissing me, but when his phone doesn’t stop, he finally pulls back.
“What’s up?” he answers, not moving off me.
He kisses me while he listens to whoever is on the other line, pulling back to say, “Shit, man. I’m sorry. I need to drop Bridget off at her car. I don’t think I have time. Did you try Jack?”
“I can call Everly or grab an Uber,” I whisper.
He shakes his head at me. “All right. Yeah. Sounds good.”
When he hangs up, I ask, “Who was that?”
“Maverick. He was hoping to catch a ride. His father-in-law is in town and borrowed his SUV. I didn’t catch all the details. He’s calling Jack.”
I glance at the time. “If you go now, you can pick him up.”
“I’m not leaving and making you catch an Uber.”
“I will be fine. Go. Seriously.” I wiggle out from underneath him and stand.
He gets to his feet slowly. “Okay, but under one condition.”
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“No. Absolutely not.” I start to walk away but Ash grabs my hand and keeps me from fleeing.
