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fool of herself in front of a bunch of strangers, she brightened her smile. Have a great game!
She leaned over to give him a quick peck and he said in a low voice against her lips,
We re newlyweds, remember, then slid his hands into her hair and kissed her.
Any embarrassment she might have felt at his very public display of affection was
quickly lost in the pent-up desire from the previous afternoon in his kitchen. Without realizing it,
her hands went around his neck, her pelvis pushed against his, and she whimpered softly into his
mouth.
Finally, he pulled back enough to gaze down at her. She tried to catch her breath, but she
was a long way from being able to control her response to his kisses. After he d pressed one
more sweet kiss against her lips, she gratefully sank into the chair behind her and stared out at
the football field.
* * *
Honestly, I didn t expect this from you, Cole.
Out in the hall, Cole nearly walked into his agent, Melissa, who was holding her phone
up and shaking it in his face.
Not only married, but your phone is clearly broken too, huh?
Okay, so he d ignored the half-dozen messages she d left him since the news broke
yesterday. Sue him. He d been busy.
With his sweet wife.
You were on my list.
Sure I was. She rolled her eyes. You should have given me a heads-up on this, Cole.
How is my marriage any of my agent s business? He crossed his arms over his chest.
Last I saw you, I thought we were friends, too. I would have liked to meet the woman
you re planning on spending the rest of your life with for that reason alone. I would have liked to
have a chance to congratulate you rather than ream you for keeping secrets. Her expression
hardened. But if you just want to talk business, fine. As your agent, we both know that
everything you do is my business.
As if on cue, Julie appeared in the corridor. Unlike Melissa, she hugged him.
Congratulations, stud. A bemused grin on her lips, she added, Got quite a situation with the
press going on outside there. All over little ol you. She pulled a handful of clippings from her
shoulder bag, a dozen different pictures of him and Anna. She d different from your previous
girlfriends. Really cute. She raised an eyebrow, still smiling. How d you two meet, anyway?
Cole looked over the two women s heads for their husbands, Dominic and Ty, but the hall
was empty except for the three of them.
Fuck.
I ve got to get down to the field.
Melissa s eyes narrowed as Julie said, Just be sure to come right back here after the
game, Cole, so that we can work out our PR plan on this.
He stared at his team s PR rep and one-time friend with a look that would have had
most people running. She s my wife. I m her husband. Our relationship is private. We don t
need a plan.
Instead of looking scared, Julie simply shot one of her sassy little looks at Melissa, who
suddenly looked less pissed off and more intrigued.
Have a great game, they said in unison as they walked away, their heads tucked
together as they conferred with one another.
Well, he d fucked that one up royally. He wanted to follow them back into the VIP box
and protect Anna. He wanted to make sure they didn t completely freak her out. But he was
pushing it with his team as it was, should have been down on the field thirty minutes ago.
Dread drove every footstep he took away from his new wife.
* * *
Congrats, buddy.
A hard slap sounded across his shoulders from yet another teammate. Only Ty and
Dominic had kept silent, the two newly married guys who just shook their heads as they looked
at him.
He d never been happier to hear the whistle blow. After the past twenty-four hours, he
needed these three hours playing a game that was so natural to him. It was as close as he was
going to get to decompressing. He wouldn t give up a second he d spent with Anna, but her
family, the press, and all of the crap swirling around them was another matter entirely.
Football. That s all he was going to think about.
But even as he took his spot in the defensive lineup, he found his attention wasn t entirely
on the game. He d never paid much attention to who was up in the VIP box watching him. But
today, Anna was there. What was she thinking? Feeling?
And was she okay without him there to protect her?
* * *
Hi there. Are you Anna?
Anna looked up to see two very pretty women standing in front of her. Getting to her feet,
she hoped her legs weren t nearly as shaky from Cole s kiss as they had been a minute ago.
She smiled nervously. Yes, that s me.
She was surprised when the slim blonde hugged her. Wonderful. It s so nice to meet you.
And such a surprise, too. Such a good surprise.
Completely off balance from the warm greeting, she was glad when the curvy woman
with the curly hair simply held out her hand. I m Melissa, Cole s agent. And this is Julie. She
does PR for the Outlaws. We re also both good friends of Cole s.
Or at least we thought we were. Julie smiled as she sat down next to Anna, more put
together and polished than Anna could ever dream of being.
Melissa grabbed a seat on her other side, her business suit not nearly stark enough to hide
her soft, sexy curves. And then he goes and gets married to a woman we ve never heard word
one about.
Feeling neither as put together nor as sexy as either of Cole s female friends, Anna was
trying to figure out how to respond when Julie said, Honestly, getting hitched in Vegas is
something I would have expected my husband to do. At Anna s shocked expression, Julie
added, Before we got serious, Ty used to be a bit of a player.
Melissa laughed at that, her initial businesslike demeanor quickly giving way to
friendliness. She leaned over to Anna as if she were sharing a secret. Actually, the truth is that
the team had to hire Julie as Ty's personal PR rep.
Julie shrugged. He s a bad boy. But he s my bad boy. Besides, you should know that
Melissa met her husband, Dominic, when he hired her to be his agent. She waggled her
eyebrows. I ve never seen an agent that interested in her client.
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