looked up at him, her eyes filled with sadness as she said, “You’ve walked away twice before, why wouldn’t you once again? The only good thing is that at least we had this time together.”
His heart stopped as he held her gaze. “Don’t say that Ayns, I’m not going anywhere yet.”
He closed his eyes wishing that things could be different for them. He wanted to get lost in her kisses, take her to bed and never leave in a perfect he world would be with her and they would both have awesome careers. That’s what he wanted but it seemed impossible.
As he ran his nose along hers, she whispered, “Yeah, not yet.”
Chapter 9
“How about the Predators, do they need a goalie?”
Jordan stood outside of a little pub in the heart of Buffalo on the phone with his dad. The Assassins were playing the Sabras the next afternoon for an early Sunday game and it seemed like everything in Buffalo reminded him of Aynslee. She had told him so many stories about growing up in the charming city that it felt like he had lived there with her. Thinking of her prompted the usual smile but it also brought on a little heartache. After skipping the Erik’s charity event, he laid in bed with Aynslee, holding her and then made love to her all night long. He was such an idiot. He knew this was going to happen and he still fell in love. Now he was scrambling, trying to figure out a way to keep them together. Bill cleared his throat and Jordan could hear his father’s fingers typing on the computer. After finding the answer he needed, Bill finally said, “Maybe. I could reach out to them.”
“Yes, please do,” Jordan said, feeling a glimpse of hope. It would piss some of his teammates off if he went to the Assassins’ most hated rival but if it allowed him to stay in Nashville, he’d do it.
“Why? I thought you wanted to play for the IceCats?”
“I don’t want to leave Nashville,” he admitted, pinching the bridge of his nose bracing for a fight, Jordan knew his father. Bill loved his wife more than anything and if bringing her son back home to play would make her happy, he’d do it, no matter how Jordan felt about it. He wanted to be close to his parents but Aynslee was becoming the most important thing in his world.
“Why?”
“I met someone.”
Bill paused and Jordan took the opportunity to hold the phone out from his ear before the screaming started.
“Are you fucking kidding me? You knew you were leaving at the end of the season. You wanted this! I’ve worked my ass off to get you the best deal with the IceCats and you want to stay in Nashville? For some woman?”
“Not just for some woman, dad, she’s the one. I love her.”
“Oh for fuck sakes son. Really? This is the first I’ve heard of her and you love her? What the hell?”
“Dad she’s different. I met her when I was flying back from that meeting with the Sabras, and I instantly knew that there was something really special about her.I tried to stay away but I couldn’t, dad. I can’t. I have to do everything I can to stay here, or I’ll lose her,” he said his voice breaking at the end.
Closing his eyes to keep the tears at bay, Jordan took in another breath as his father said, “Are you crying?”
“No, I’m not crying!” Jordan snapped as Bill’s chuckles came over the line.
“She can’t come here?”
He shook his head even though his father couldn’t see him.
“No, she has a really great job in Nashville not to mention friends and a life. I can’t ask her to leave it all for me.”
“Do you think she would?”
“Yeah, I do, but I’m afraid she’ll resent me in the end.”
“I understand that. Okay,” Bill said, tapping away on the computer again, “I’ll contact the Predators, maybe even Columbus since that’s close. You could always commute.”
Jordan grinned broadly, “Thank you so much dad. I love you.”
Bill chuckled as he said, “It may not work son, but we’ll try.
His heart stopped as he held her gaze. “Don’t say that Ayns, I’m not going anywhere yet.”
He closed his eyes wishing that things could be different for them. He wanted to get lost in her kisses, take her to bed and never leave in a perfect he world would be with her and they would both have awesome careers. That’s what he wanted but it seemed impossible.
As he ran his nose along hers, she whispered, “Yeah, not yet.”
Chapter 9
“How about the Predators, do they need a goalie?”
Jordan stood outside of a little pub in the heart of Buffalo on the phone with his dad. The Assassins were playing the Sabras the next afternoon for an early Sunday game and it seemed like everything in Buffalo reminded him of Aynslee. She had told him so many stories about growing up in the charming city that it felt like he had lived there with her. Thinking of her prompted the usual smile but it also brought on a little heartache. After skipping the Erik’s charity event, he laid in bed with Aynslee, holding her and then made love to her all night long. He was such an idiot. He knew this was going to happen and he still fell in love. Now he was scrambling, trying to figure out a way to keep them together. Bill cleared his throat and Jordan could hear his father’s fingers typing on the computer. After finding the answer he needed, Bill finally said, “Maybe. I could reach out to them.”
“Yes, please do,” Jordan said, feeling a glimpse of hope. It would piss some of his teammates off if he went to the Assassins’ most hated rival but if it allowed him to stay in Nashville, he’d do it.
“Why? I thought you wanted to play for the IceCats?”
“I don’t want to leave Nashville,” he admitted, pinching the bridge of his nose bracing for a fight, Jordan knew his father. Bill loved his wife more than anything and if bringing her son back home to play would make her happy, he’d do it, no matter how Jordan felt about it. He wanted to be close to his parents but Aynslee was becoming the most important thing in his world.
“Why?”
“I met someone.”
Bill paused and Jordan took the opportunity to hold the phone out from his ear before the screaming started.
“Are you fucking kidding me? You knew you were leaving at the end of the season. You wanted this! I’ve worked my ass off to get you the best deal with the IceCats and you want to stay in Nashville? For some woman?”
“Not just for some woman, dad, she’s the one. I love her.”
“Oh for fuck sakes son. Really? This is the first I’ve heard of her and you love her? What the hell?”
“Dad she’s different. I met her when I was flying back from that meeting with the Sabras, and I instantly knew that there was something really special about her.I tried to stay away but I couldn’t, dad. I can’t. I have to do everything I can to stay here, or I’ll lose her,” he said his voice breaking at the end.
Closing his eyes to keep the tears at bay, Jordan took in another breath as his father said, “Are you crying?”
“No, I’m not crying!” Jordan snapped as Bill’s chuckles came over the line.
“She can’t come here?”
He shook his head even though his father couldn’t see him.
“No, she has a really great job in Nashville not to mention friends and a life. I can’t ask her to leave it all for me.”
“Do you think she would?”
“Yeah, I do, but I’m afraid she’ll resent me in the end.”
“I understand that. Okay,” Bill said, tapping away on the computer again, “I’ll contact the Predators, maybe even Columbus since that’s close. You could always commute.”
Jordan grinned broadly, “Thank you so much dad. I love you.”
Bill chuckled as he said, “It may not work son, but we’ll try.
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