“So how’d you do it?” I ask easily, not missing a beat and giving nothing away. I feel shifts in the air, sense coming storms before she does. Banner is smarter than I am, but my gut is better. The game we’re playing just changed, and she doesn’t even know it. The revelation rattles around inside me, but my face, my surface remains smooth. When day and night are absolutely equal, it’s equinox. Sometimes when I don’t have to be, but just want to be. And I can be dark, bad when I have to be. Her anger, her indignation hit me with a blast of heat that burns through all my reasons and rationale and excuses to cover up what I have known deep down. Remember this moment when I handed you your ass, Foster.” “Or assuming I got where I am any way other than hard work. “Remember this bitch next time you and your pride of lions think about insulting me,” she spits, lightning in her eyes, thunder in her voice. Her smile holds, but her eyes narrow and frost over.
“Apparently, she’s not the only one,” I reply admiringly. “Karma’s a bitch, huh?” she asks, satisfaction stretching her mouth into a wide smile. I knew what it meant seeing her leave Lamont’s room, but it’s only when she voices it that I truly appreciate what a masterful move this is. Oh, I didn’t say the struggle wasn’t real.īut I’ve got that one dollar, and Jared won’t have me.Ī few quick steps bring Banner back immediately in front of me and she pokes her sharp little nail into my chest.
I’ll just be over here ignoring the man carved from my fantasies with a lust-tipped chisel. They can keep the field while I call the shots, blocking them when I have to.Īnd Jared has the nerve to think he gets a second chance?īoy, please. I’ve found success in a field ruled by men.Īnything they can do, I have done better. If I had a dollar for every time Jared Foster broke my heart, I’d have exactly one dollar. She assumes she’s winning, but this game? They say even rich men don’t always get what they want,īut those men don’t know how to play the game. I’m sure what you meant to say is “Coming right up.” I’m a successful sports agent because I assume “no” means you’ll think about it. If I had a dollar for every time she’s put me in my place, I’d be an even richer man. The heart everyone assumes is frozen over.Įvery glare from those fire-spitting eyes, every time she grits her teeth, If I had a dollar for every time Banner Morales made my heart skip a beat…
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