“Mm.” She scrolls her phone. “Oh, I’ve heard.”
I still. “What does that mean? Heard what exactly?”
“About your reputation.”
Dammit, of course she has, and now she has that idea of me. “You of all people should know that not everything you read online is real.”
“There was a lot.”
“So, you looked me up, did you? Needed to know more about me.”
She rolls her eyes. “It’s my job to know about the team.”
“I’m an open book. Anything you need to know about me, just come straight to the source if you have questions,” I tell her.
“Noted.”
“So …”
“So … what?” she fires back.
“Do you have questions?”
“No.”
Bullshit. “Isn’t that your job to ask me questions?”
She lets out a sigh. “Not those kinds of questions.”
“Oh, what kind of questions do you want to ask but can’t?” I push.
She gives me her full attention as she crosses her arms. The action pushes her tits up, and I can see the swell of them poking out the top of her collared shirt. “Is the blackmailing puck bunny story true?”
I take a sip of my water. “Yes.” Her brows raise, surprised that I answered. “She tried to blackmail me for a hundred grand.”
“Shit.”
“Yeah. Wasn’t my finest moment,” I confess. Talking about that time makes my stomach turn.
“You must have known she would leak your picture.”
“I didn’t know she took the photo.”
“Wait, you didn’t know?” She seems genuinely surprised.
I nod. “She took it while I was asleep. Wasn’t the most flattering,” I joke.
Her brows pull together. “That’s messed up.” I wasn’t expecting her to say that. “It’s stupid for sleeping with bunnies, but I get it, the temptation is hard to resist sometimes, and many are beautiful.”
Her comments surprise me. “I’m only human,” I tell her.
“No, you’re a male.” She chuckles.
“If the roles were reversed and you were a revered sports star, and you had all these handsome men begging you to fuck them, are you telling me you wouldn’t?” I ask her.
She looks surprised at my question but gives it some thought. “It would be hard to say no.” I wasn’t expecting an honest answer out of her. “But that would never happen to me.”
“What, men begging to fuck you?” The words are out of my mouth before I realize what I’ve said.