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She waved a dismissive hand. “Don’t fuss.” She shook her head. “I can’t believe Megan would have the audacity to show her face here after how she treated you.”
“How do you know it’s Megan?” The words were directed at Miri, but Gabe didn’t take his eyes from the sleeping newborn in his arms. “He could have met someone else.”
Miri frowned. “It’s not one of the girls from the team, is it?”
Unease raced the length of my spine. “The team?”
“No. Sorry. Of course it isn’t. It’s just… I overheard something weird the other day, and I didn’t know whether to mention it or not…”
“Oh?”
She blew out a breath and lowered her voice. “It’s silly, but the girls have some kind of bet.”
“Bet?”
“Don’t take it to heart. It’s stupid. It’s about who gets to… you know… first…”
My brow furrowed in confusion. “Gets to…?”
Miri shifted her weight. “The winner is the first one to…” She cleared her throat and shot an appealing look at Gabe.
Gabe covered his newborn baby’s tiny ears with his fingers. “The winner is the first one to do the horizontal tango with you.”
My confusion must have showed on my face because Gabe flashed an amused smile full of white teeth. “They all want to butter your crumpet. The winner is the first one who gets to play doctors and nurses with you.”
I turned back to Miri. That was as clear as mud. “What is he talking about?”
“It’s a bet to see who can have sex with you first.” Miri shook her head. “It’s disgusting. Completely unprofessional. Claire is going to discipline them. Don’t you worry. Heads will roll, but we want to wait until after the final match.”
Gabe pressed his lips flat, but I couldn’t miss the trace of humor in his emerald eyes. “That’s right, mate. It’s disgusting. Completely unprofessional. All these women desperate to shag you. It’s terrible. Heads will roll.”
Miri shot him a poisonous look. “I thought you were taking this seriously. This is sexual harassment. Imagine if it was the other way round.”
Gabe smothered his smile and lowered his gaze. “I know. It’s terrible. Reece must be mortified that one minute he is so un-shaggable his sister had to create a dating profile for him, and now all these professional athletes are scrambling over each other to get in his pants.”
My stomach dropped. Could that be true? A bet? Was Skylar in on it? She couldn’t be. Was everybody laughing about me behind my back?
Gabe cooed at his baby and bobbed from foot to foot. He flashed me a sly grin. “Are you going to be less uptight now you’re getting some?”
Miri angled Gabe away and steered him down the corridor. She called over her shoulders. “Come for some cuddles when you’re ready, Uncle Reece.”
Gabe chuckled darkly. “When you’ve stopped boning, obviously.”
Chapter 33
Reece
“Is it true? The team has a bet about me?”
Skylar stumbled out of the wardrobe, gasping and clutching her throat.
“What?” Skylar’s wide eyes met mine. “What the hell was that, Reece? I couldn’t breathe. It was too hot. That was overboard.”
An intense sickness swept through me. A chill, brittle silence enveloped us. Disappointment flickered in Skylar’s expression and she folded her arms across her chest.
Irritation scraped all over my skin. “I need to know about the bet.”
Her eyes flashed angrily. “It’s nothing to do with me. Just some stupid thing Lana cooked up.”
