Norma
s popped up as team executives and starting
leared his throat, be
real this afternoon, I have a major a
f the season, the franchise has spent a fortune hiring a
pinned a specific video feed to
e bottom corner read: B
y hotel suite in Montreal. For a second, the frame
h caught
ill damp and messy, as if she had just stepped out of the shower
red monogram I knew by heart: B.N.-the exact custom
loosely off one shoulder to reveal a dis
the meeting chat immediately
er his mic. "Isn't that Cap's account? And Dr
together with fake shyness, her ey
ting issue this morning, so Bryant let me use his suite to freshen up. I accidentally spil
tall figure stepped in
ioned hand wearing his custom Patek Philippe watch reached into the
said, his low voice carrying an intimacy that m
twice and hurried to pull
officially taking over as Head of our Sports
titan Dr. Bertrand Watkins, she holds multiple
dice soak up the praise on screen, a col
for me-the anonymous scholar "Luna" whose research had saved his cli
out were nothing more than discarded first-draft f
whose chronic ankle injury I ha
a?" the rookie asked cautiously. "Hasn't she been handling all the c
wronged, pitiful expression, lightly tou
n't have an advanced degree and her methods are a bit outdated, but I'd hate for her to be unemployed.
on the back of Candice's chair. His ice-blue eyes looked co
y. "The Bruins don't need an amateur housewife who only knows h
ke felt like a sl
peak speed again, I had stayed awake for three days straight in my lab to save his career.
m inside Bryant's suite: "Mommy Candice! H
desk, Candice's elbow knocked stra
icrophone as the mug shattered and
ling the back of her hand where a few drops
nstantly. All his cold compos
Without caring that thirty team executives and players wer
connected, leaving a black bo
reflected my pale,
uins captain lose his mind in front of the entire franchise. Meanwhile, my
ow to look out at Boston's gray winter skyline. My chest felt co
rner phone, I di
ming to your office right now to sign the final d
dy on my conference table, Emi
ench coat, grabbed my handbag, and walked
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