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He just nods and follows me up to the second floor.
“These are the bedrooms,” I say as I step into the first one. It looks like a twelve-year-old boy’s room with all of the hockey crap all over the place. Every inch of the walls are plastered with Hyenas posters.
“Obviously you can rip all of these ugly posters off,” I say with a chuckle.
He laughs to himself. “Are you a hockey fan?”
“Oh, god no,” I say with a laugh. “Sometimes we have it on the TV at the bar where I work—I mean, where I frequent with a… clients. But no, I don’t watch it. It’s not my thing.”
Austin walks into the room and looks around at the posters. He points to a big one and smiles. “He’s kind of good-looking.”
My body slumps with a disappointed sigh. Damn it. He’s gay.
I should have known that perfect, available men like him don’t exist without a catch.
He’s still smiling as he walks back into the hallway.
I have a sad smile on my face that I’m trying to make happy as he walks past me.
Might as well see what kind of guy he’s into.
I step up to the wall and look at the poster.
Holy. Shit.
It’s him.
Those piercing brown eyes are staring back at me.
His name is even written on top.
Austin Gambill #9.
It finally clicks. I thought that name sounded familiar. I must have overheard some people at the bar mention it while the hockey game was on.
He’s the rookie!
Now my heart is really pounding as I plaster on a smile, head for the hallway, and get back to work.
CHAPTER FIVE
Austin
“Did I say I’m not a hockey fan?” Norah says as she walks out of the bedroom with her adorable cheeks burning a crimson red. “I love hockey.”
I give her a look and she starts laughing. I do too.
“Oh really? Since when?”
“Since I found out my best client is the star player of the San Antonio Hyenas.”
“I’m hardly the star player.”
“You’re good enough to be on a poster in some random kid’s room,” she says. “I’d say that’s pretty good.”
I smile. “Thank you.”
“It’s pretty cool,” she says. “A professional hockey player. Congratulations.”
