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a deep indigo fringed by thick black lashes, stared back at him.
    Those same eyes had looked at him with wonder last night seconds before just one of many explosive orgasms had hit her hard. He swallowed a curse and shifted in his seat, but his discomfort remained. “Meeting’s at three in the locker room,” he told Olivia.
    She nodded. “I’ll join you there. Big needs to know we mean business.”
    The next thirty minutes continued with the PR people laying out the plans for next week and their proposed spin on Big’s latest antics. Finally, the long meeting ended.
    “Everyone set?” Ian asked, glancing around the table.
    Murmurs of assent arose, and everyone grabbed their folders and things and filed out, heading to their offices to work.
    Dylan waited, knowing Olivia had to walk past him to exit. As she approached, he caught a whiff of her perfume, a scent now permanently emblazoned on his brain.
    “Liv—”
    “Dylan.” She strode up to him, her folders pressed against her chest, pushing up those fabulous breasts he’d felt intimately against his bare chest. “What can I do for you?” she asked.
    “Aah, that’s a loaded question, Ms. Dare.”
    A lovely flush stained her cheeks, but a knowing smirk pulled at her lips because they shared a secret. An intimacy no one knew about. And he had to admit it was a rush. He had to shove his hands into his front pants pockets in order to keep them off her.
    “I guess you’re going to spend the weekend getting ready and packed?”
    She nodded. “Good thing we live in Florida. I already have the type of clothing I’ll need.”
    He leaned in close. “I was hoping there’d be plenty of times you wouldn’t need much in the way of clothing.”
    She sucked in a shallow breath. “You’re bad, Mr. Rhodes.”
    “I can’t wait to show you just how bad I can be.”
    *     *     *
    At eight a.m. the morning of their departure for Arizona, Olivia dragged her suitcase behind her through the terminal in Miami Airport. She wore a light blue pantsuit, knowing that as soon as she hit the hotel in Phoenix, she would change into more casual clothing; but for now, she represented the team. She made it through check-in and security, then stopped to buy herself a bottle of water before heading to the gate and settling in. Typical, she was punctual to a fault, early when she flew, and she was the only person from the team at the gate, so she settled in with her iPad and headphones.
    She wasn’t sure how much time had passed when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She glanced up to see Marcus Bigsby standing over her. If she’d been outdoors, he’d be blocking her sunlight completely. He was that large.
    She pulled her earphones from her ears and glanced up at him. “Hey, Marcus. Fancy meeting you here.”
    “Good morning, Miss Olivia.”
    She smiled at his formality. He could be so proper sometimes, so troublesome others. “It’s bright and early, that’s for sure. You all set for Phoenix?”
    He settled his large frame into an empty seat across from her. “I guess.”
    She frowned. “It’s your third Pro Bowl. Aren’t you excited?”
    “Yeah. But my mama’s mad at me for sending Wendell home. She thinks I need family by my side.”
    “You don’t need a keeper. You just need to trust yourself a little more.” And Wendell a little less, but she didn’t say that out loud.
    “You believe that?”
    She nodded. “I do.” For all the self-confidence he had on the field, he was sadly lacking in it in other areas. But his teammates liked him and had taken him under their wing, and things could only get better from him from here on in.
    “Big, my man!” Glenn Sanders, the Thunder’s running back, made his arrival. At five feet ten inches, small by football standards, the blond-haired player strode over, and the two men exchanged handshakes. “It’s a good morning to fly!” Glenn said with a grin before turning to her. “Hey there, Ms. Dare.”
    She smiled