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Not that Charlie was paying any real attention to any of that. The only thing Charlie could concentrate on right now was Maggie.
The server for his suite brought in tonight's dessert selection right before this period started and Charlie could only stare at the tray of cute little cookies and fresh donuts rolled in cinnamon and sugar.
There was no way he could eat any of that because it would just remind him of Maggie, which would just remind him that he was an asshole.
There was just no other way to describe it.
He had sex with Maggie on her desk in her office at the factory. And of course, being Charlie, he smashed her cupcake in the middle of doing other things to her. But this time, she seemed to like it and holy hell, did her tongue licking that icing off his fingers do things to him.
But then...
He was riding high on that moment for a whole twelve hours until he got into the office with the contract in his pocket for the team's new dessert factory.
That's when he ran into Noah and the lawyers in his office.
Since then, Charlie had spent the last ten days talking to the team lawyers about his stupid cousins and their stupid decision to try and sue him. There was some documentation here and conversations there. It didn't help that it was during a long road trip for the team.
Between the road and the lawyers and the stress and the....
Charlie really needed to stop the excuses because that's all they were. Excuse after excuse to cover up for the fact that he was an asshole and he should've texted Maggie.
Who has his way with a beautiful woman with a tongue that can drive him wild and then never contacts her again?
And oh yeah, Charlie gave that signed contract to Noah the day after he picked it up. It was official. She worked for the team now. She was an employee that he already had sex with and then completely ghosted her.
The cheers from the crowd broke him out of his thoughts, which was probably a good thing. He was spending way too much time wallowing in his current stupidity. And right now, he needed to focus on the end of this game. Only one more minute on the clock before the game was over and he could start thinking about Maggie again.
But as the second ticked down, he started to wonder just what he was going to say to her. He needed to start with an apology, right? But then what?
The crowd was cheering another Otters win, pushing them closer to a playoff spot for the end of the season and Charlie was on his feet clapping his hands with a smile on his face. He had learned after an earlier game that the cameras would like to focus on the owner's box and see his reaction after a win or a loss. So he always had to be smiling or have a brave face.
The team skated off the ice and the fans started filtering out so he took it as his cue to head back to the confines of the suite.
He still liked watching the games alone in the owner's box. It didn't feel right to have someone else in there with him if his Uncle Tony couldn't be there to share the game with him.
He wondered what Uncle Tony would think of him sleeping with the talent and then never calling them back. He also wondered what his uncle would think of the new dessert contract. But Charlie and his uncle were usually too busy talking to care about the catering.
That's probably why Charlie never realized just how boring the desserts were before Maggie came alone -- or how boring his entire life was without her.
Tonight, the suite was packed with little cookies and these s'mores sandwich things and cupcakes. The cupcakes were making Charlie think about things he shouldn't be thinking about in his suite at the hockey game.
So of course that's when he heard to door behind him open and voices in the space.
"Please don't ever make those double chocolate chip cookies again," he heard Noah say.
"That bad?"
Maggie's voice felt like a punch to his gut that was only relieved by Noah's laugh breaking the tension.
"That good!" he said. "Seriously, I ate half the tray in the staff suite."
Charlie took a deep breath and turned with a smile to face the two guests in his space. "So you're enjoying our new dessert contract, Noah?"
Noah gave him a sarcastic smile. "Not at all. Here are the numbers for tonight." He handed a folder over to Charlie in what had become a routine each night with attendance numbers and revenue for a game. "Plus, I ran into our favorite dessert maker and thought I would bring her in and let you give her some feedback on everything."
Maggie gave Charlie a tight smile. He was sure that Noah meant well and didn't think anything of bringing Maggie with him, but Charlie and Maggie had a secret that Noah didn't know. It made everything more awkward with a third wheel in the room.
"Thanks, Noah. I'll look these over soon." He dropped the folder on the counter next to those stupid cupcakes that were driving him wilder than they should. "Anything else?"
