Love in Game (De La Fuente Family 6)

I groan. “I know him…I’m Kasey De La Fuente of the New York Mavericks.”

She gasps and covers her mouth with her hands, her face falling. “Oh crap! He’s mentioned you as Fuente before. He hates playing when you’re on the ice. He says you’re unstoppable…When he finds out about us, he’ll go nuts.”

“Look”—I tug her into my arms before she can bolt—“I know where you’re coming from, okay? Your brother and I have never seen eye-to-eye on the ice, but you aren’t your brother, and I’ll be damned if I let the best thing to ever happen to me walk away. Are you hearing me, Felicity? I finally have you back, I’m not losing you again.”

Felicity looks to the ground for a moment before nodding to herself, as her determined eyes meet mine, I sigh in relief.

“You’re right. It was just a shock realizing that my brother knows you. We’re good, Kasey. I promise. But it means that you’ll be on set tomorrow as well.”

“Yeah,” I admit, wishing that I could just run away with her some place so that we can be ourselves.

“Come to my room later. I’ll head there now and message my brother that I’m going to bed. He’ll believe me because I was grumbling about being tired before he dragged me down here. He won’t come checking on me then.” She fumbles with her cell and then mine beeps with her room number.

I’m seriously going to hate sneaking around, but I didn’t lie when I said I’d do anything for her. “I’ll be there as soon as I can. Keep your cell close and I’ll message you when I’m outside your room so you don’t give yourself away to him.”

She nods, but looks about as happy as I am.

“Kasey, he’s coming. Please tell him to stay away from me and I’ll look after Felicity.” Andie looks away and then back to me. “Tell him that I have genital herpes or something,” she mutters.

Within seconds I’m shoved out of the door, and it slams closed with Andie and Felicity still inside.

“Where’s that gorgeous babe disappeared to?” Xavier asks, trying to look over my shoulder.

I roll my eyes and wrapping an arm around his shoulders repeat in a loud voice, “She’s probably gone getting that genital herpes seen to.”

He pales and moves with me back into the room, while I can’t wipe the smile from my face.

Not only will that teach Andie not to say shit like that to me again, but I’ll be seeing Felicity soon.

6

Felicity

“I’m going to kill him,” Andie growls at the closed door while I attempt to hide my amusement behind my hand.

“You did tell him to say that.” I chuckle.

Grumbling, she then grins and changes the subject. “So, Felicity, Kasey will kill me for telling you this, but he’s been a moody asshole since he woke up to find you gone.”

My mood sours at her words, and I quickly dash from the room before she can see my tears. But she quickly catches up to me in the elevator. “I didn’t mean to hurt him,” I mutter, sadly.

“Shit. That isn’t why I told you. I told you so that you’d know he’s serious about you. Kasey is a good guy, and in my own stupid way I was trying to tell you that. He won’t ever hurt you, at least not intentionally.” Andie gently turns me to face her. “I know you only spent one night together talking.” She rolls her eyes. “But he’s been missing you.”

“I—”

“Please let me finish. That last thing I’ll say before going back down to the lobby is, he’s one of the good guys, so please don’t ever leave him again without a word or a note, okay?”

“That I can promise you,” I say in assurance because it’s true. I don’t plan on going anywhere.

“Good.” She nods her head and when I exit the elevator, I turn around, and watch as she disappears behind the closing doors.

My heart beats faster with excitement from seeing Kasey, and him giving me my first real kiss. I twirl around and grinning like an idiot, head down the hallway. Entering my room in a dream, I quickly put the lock on the door before I lean back against it. I close my eyes, tracing my fingers across my lips in delight.

His touch made me want so much more with him. Back in Vegas, he’d said that he’d be the one deflowering me, but then I thought I’d screwed that up in my panic. Now he’s back in my life and I’m all tangled up with what to do. I want him permanently in my life, but my brother isn’t going to like where my affection lies. Not one bit.

I chew on my lip as I potter about my room, making sure none of my stuff is lying around. I’m not the tidiest person, which is why I end up picking up today’s clothes from over the back of the chair that I’d tossed them on in my dash to get changed earlier. I sigh audibly as I toe my death trap shoes from my aching feet and cringe when one crashes against the side of the oak vanity with a loud thud. I curse my own clumsiness and collapse into the cushy armchair that was previously doubling as a clothes rack.

My eyes glance over to the clock and I sigh that only ten minutes have passed since I left Kasey downstairs. Time is really going to drag until he’s here with me, and I can only hope that my brother will leave me alone for tonight.