“Not gonna happen. Between me, Pearce, and Milo as the dream coaches, there’s zero chance your guys are gonna bring it.” I grabbed the shower gel and took delight in rubbing it on his chest while he scowled at me.
Jayden wasn’t handling the bonding Milo and I had done over the past six weeks well.
“Hey, don’t forget he’s invited us for a stay at his cabin when we get the time.”
He seemed less pissed off when I mentioned that. “True.” Tipping his face under the spray, he washed himself down. I admired the rivulets of waters as they darted a path down his skin. Jayden was too tempting for his own damn good.
I leaned against him, silently telling him as much. His grin was immediate.
“See something you like?”
I grunted and pressed my mouth against his before saying, “See something I love more like it,” then went in for another kiss.
Smiling against my mouth, Jayden tugged me closer. “We so don’t have time for this.”
“Since when do you give a shit about such things?”
He angled away, a sparkle of mischief in his eyes. “True that.”
Our mouths connected, and a bang on our room’s door, barely muffled by the shower, pierced the bathroom. We both groaned and freed ourselves.
The hammering sounded again.
With a sigh, I stepped out of the shower, grabbed a towel, and opened the bathroom door, hollering out “What?” in the general direction of the banging.
“Coach wants to see you. Stat.” It was Pearce.
“Tell him we’re busy.”
“Ha. No chance. Get your asses moving. Both of you.” He pounded the door once more for good measure.
“You hear that?” I angled around to Jayden, who’d turned off the shower and was already toweling dry.
“Pretty hard not to with the way he was shouting.” He smirked a little, I expected thinking about Pearce.
The man still reminded us a little of Jayden, but he'd seemed calmer and more collected since coming out and going public a few weeks back. Sure, he could still be overenthusiastic and was a heap of fun. But he was less… wired, maybe.
“Wonder why Jenkins wants to see us.”
I shrugged and dried off. “No idea, but it’s a bit early for it. We haven’t had coffee yet.”
“Never fear. I’ll make sure you get your caffeine fix this morning.”
I smiled and leaned toward him for a kiss as he walked by to grab his clothes. A quick kiss was all he offered before he was tugging on his boxer briefs and shorts, pulling a T-shirt on afterward. Today’s readSugarplum.
Of course Jayden had gone around the guys and nabbed every single tee Max and I had organized. He took great delight in switching them out daily.
“Is that your favorite? It’s done the rounds.”
“It’s the addition of the fairy Pearce added.” We both glanced at the hand-drawn illustration of the “sugarplum fairy,” which was actually an impressive piece of artwork considering he’d been armed with a Sharpie. It was a dude wearing a basketball jersey, complete with a tutu and fairy wings. “I even hand washed it.”
My eyes softened at his sweetness. “Why don’t you take a photo and get it made up properly so it’s not going to run or fade or something?”
“Hell yes. Quick, do it now.”
I chuckled at his enthusiasm, loving that he got excited and carried away about the weirdest things. After taking a quick photograph, or maybe two as he looked extra handsome with his bright smile, I dressed, we brushed our teeth, and made our way to see Jenkins, assuming he was in his office.
When we arrived, the door was open, and voices filtered through the doorway. I frowned at the voice, struggling to marry the accent with the location. My brows shot up when my gaze landed on Nate and Ryan.
