I felt like I was part of something illegal.
Like some kind of shady alleyway drug deal.
I heard the voices of the guys as they went back to the locker room.
Then it got really quiet.
Way too quiet.
And I kept waiting.
Finally, I rolled my eyes.
Screw this.
I took two steps and turned the corner to see Maverick lumbering toward me.
I opened my mouth to scream and he lunged at me, covering my mouth.
“No screaming, sweetie,” he said.
I backed up with him almost right on top of me.
He took his hand from my mouth.
Sweat dripped off his face.
So sexy.
He smelled like rubber and man sweat.
Again…sexy.
“I have to tell you something,” he said. “No freaking out though. Okay?”
“Tell me what?” I asked.
Maverick stepped to his right and here came someone else.
Someone even bigger than Maverick.
“Hey, Madison,” Remi said in his thundering deep voice.
My back stiffened. “What is this?”
“Remi knows too.”
“What?” I asked. “How? What did you say? Wait a minute. Was it Lay? I told you he was going to screw us over. I’ll kill him. I will cut his dick off with an ice skate!”
“Hold on a second,” Remi said. “As much as I’d like to see Lay silenced in that way, he didn’t say a thing. I’m not blind. I can sense whatever this is between you two. I’ve never seen Maverick act like this before.”
“Don’t talk about me,” Maverick said.
“What is the point of this then?” I asked.
“Just giving you a heads up that things are more obvious than you think,” Remi said. “I’ve got your back on this. I won’t say a word. If anything goes down, I’ll stick up for you both. But this connection between you two… it’s damn clear something is there.”
“How?” I asked.