Page 43 of Against The Boards

“You don’t have to answer that.”

“It’s okay. I don’t think so. I haven’t been in Philly long, but I was broken before I came here. She broke me. She’s trying to get me to come back to her, and I’m half wondering if this is a ploy, so I don’t know what we’re gonna walk into today. But I’m ready to move on.”

“Maybe this will give you closure.”

She sighed again and looked out the window. “I hope you’re right.”

I was glad at least I could get her to stop looking so sad. Honestly, I preferred her scowls and glares over that disheartened look.

“I’m sorry,” she said after a few moments of silence.

“I don’t mind driving.”

“No, I snapped at you for no reason yesterday. She started pestering me last night. I was in a bad mood, and I took it out on you.”

I reached out a hand and squeezed her thigh. “Rox, it’s okay. You had a point.”

“I did?”

“I can’t make comments like that in front of my teammates if it’s supposed to be a secret.”

She nodded. “Right. Yeah.”

“I don’t regret what we did. We both had a good time, and it’s nobody’s business.”

“I appreciate your discretion. I had a good time too.”

“I’m kind of mad that everyone was right.”

“What do you mean?” she asked as she fiddled with her phone and changed the music to some indie rock band I’d never heard of.

“Noah and my sister-in-law both said we needed to bang it out.”

She tipped back her head and laughed. I pulled my hand away from her thigh and focused on the road.

“Noah Kennedy said that?” she asked.

“Yup.”

“We talking about the same guy?”

“Dude, you all think he’s like the nicest guy you know, but he has a dirty side.”

“I think that’s Dinah’s influence.”

“Christ, I don’t want to know about that.”

“You know she’s the one in charge in that relationship.”

“I don’t want to know that!”

“She likes to be on top,” she teased.

“I don’t want to know that about my teammates!”

“Too late.”

I shook my head and drove while she laughed to herself. I didn’t want to admit it, but she was probably right. Dinah was a cute little thing, but she also was pretty blunt, and Noah was a lovesick puppy around her. I didn’t want to know about their sex life, though. I already knew enough about Riley and Fi’s sex life from when I lived with them before our season ended. I would rather be blissfully ignorant.