Page 53 of On Her Team

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I want to jump into his arms before letting him remove the rest of my clothes. Before he traces the rest of my skin with those large hands. I shiver again.

“Are you cold?” He frowns before picking me up. “Girls, get your sister’s clothes.”

“What are you doing?”

“Carrying you to the changing booths so you can get into some dry clothes. You’re not catching a cold on my watch.”

“It’s eighty-five degrees out. I’m not cold.”

“But you’re shivering.”

I don’t respond. I let the blush blossoming on my cheeks and spreading down my neck to my chest answer for me.

“Oh.” His brown eyes darken until the green flecks are visible. How would those eyes look when he—

I shut those thoughts down. “It doesn’t mean anything. We’re just friends.”

No matter how much I want more. No matter how much my body yearns for more. It’s not to be.

Chapter 16

Friends. Just friends. Probably.

Addy

My brow wrinkles when Gage pulls a large cooler out of his vehicle. “I thought we were going grocery shopping for the barbecue.”

“We are.” He lifts up the cooler. “This is for the meat.”

My eyes widen. “How many people are you planning to feed?”

He chuckles and nudges me toward the front door ofMariner’s Market.“Football players eat a lot.”

“I don’t know ifMariner’s Marketcarries enough meat.”

“I ordered ahead.”

I grab a cart. “You can put the cooler in here.”

“I’m good.”

“If you’re trying to impress me, it’s not working.”

He lifts the cooler over his head. His biceps flex and his t-shirt strains over his chest. “What about now?”

“I’m impressed with your t-shirt’s ability to stretch.”

He laughs as he drops the cooler back down. “My little songbird isn’t easily impressed.”

“Grow a mermaid tail and swim across a lagoon, then we’ll talk.”

“It was pretty impressive how fast you swam.”

I bow. “Thank you.”

He leads me to the meat counter. When it’s his turn, the butcher wheels a cart forward. My eyes widen at how much meat is piled up on it. Gage quickly places all the meat into the cooler.

When he lifts the cooler this time, I am impressed. It must weigh fifty pounds.

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