The Baller
by
Vi Keeland
Genre: Contemporary Romance,
Standalone
Release Date: January 18, 2016
~ Synopsis
~
The first
time I met Brody Easton was in the men’s locker room.
It was my
first interview as a professional sportscaster.
The famed
quarterback decided to bare all.
And by
all, I don’t mean he told me any of his secrets.
No. The arrogant ass decided to drop his towel,
just as I asked the first question. On camera.
The Super
Bowl MVP quickly adopted a new hobby—screwing with me.
When I
pushed back, he shifted from wanting to screw with me, to wanting to screw
me.
But I
don’t date players.
And it’s
not because I’m one of the few women working in the world of professional
football.
I’d date
an athlete.
It’s the other kind of player I don’t date.
You know
the type. Good looking, strong, cocky,
always looking to get laid.
Brody
Easton was the ultimate player.
Every
woman wanted to be the one to change him.
But the
truth was, all he needed was a girl worth changing for.
Turned
out, I was that girl.
Simple
right?
Let’s
face it. It never is.
There’s a
story between once upon a time and happily ever after…
And this one is ours.
|
“You ready?” Nick slung his
bag over his shoulder and lifted his camera. The reporter in front of us
wrapped up his interview and shook hands with Easton.
As I’ll ever be. “Sure.”
I stepped forward and
extended my hand. “I’m Delilah Maddox with WMBC Sports News.”
A slow grin spread across
Easton’s face. He surprised me by leaning in and kissing me on the cheek.
“Pleasure to meet you.”
I wasn’t sure if he was
baiting me into an argument—expecting me to lash out at him for kissing me when
he’d just shaken the last male reporter’s hand—or if he was trying to use his
blatant sexuality to throw me off. Either way, I wasn’t playing his game. I
cleared my throat and stood straighter, even though my knees felt a little
wobbly.
“Do you mind if I ask you
some questions?”
“Why else would you be in
here?”
I ignored his sarcasm. He
was still smiling at me. Actually, it was more like a smirk, and it made me
feel like a toy he was about to play with. “You ready, Nick?” My cameraman
finished setting up the lighting, then lifted the camera into position and gave
me a hand signal.
“Congratulations on the win
today, Brody. How is your knee feeling after your first game back?” I lifted my
microphone high, knowing Nick was filming in close.
“I feel . . . ” He
nonchalantly reached to the towel wrapped around his waist and tugged at the
corner. The towel fell to the ground. “Great. I feel great. And how about you?
It’s your first trip into the locker room, isn’t it? Do you like what you see
so far?” His lips curled up into a full-blown wicked smile.
Before I could catch
myself, my eyes dropped to his naked lower half. Shit. He was dangling in the
wind. I totally got distracted by just how low the thing dangled. It was
probably a full minute before I responded to his question. A full minute of
dead air time. Great. “Yes. Umm . . . the locker room
is . . . ummm . . . nice.”
I sounded like a total
ditz. On air.
The jackass continued
interviewing me. “Is it as big as you thought it would be?”
“Ummm . . . it’s much
bigger than I imagined.”
His smile grew even
wider.
Ugh.
I needed to get back on
track or my first locker room interview would become a laughingstock blooper.
Viewers had no idea he was naked from the waist down. “Do you think you were at
one hundred percent today?”
His eyebrows jumped. “If
you’re referring to today’s game, definitely. I had one hundred percent out
there on the field. There’re some other areas where I have a lot of growth
potential, but my knee felt one hundred percent today.”
His pale green eyes
darkened, and I watched his long lashes lower. I followed his line of sight,
and suddenly I was staring at his naked package. Again. Damn it. My eyes darted
back up, but I felt my cheeks heating. I had to end this, or I was going to be
beet red on air.
“Well, welcome back. And
congratulations on today’s win.”
I waited until Nick lowered
his camera and turned off the light. Then I looked right at Brody Easton’s smug
face. “You’re an asshole, you know that?”
His eyes sparkled. “I do.”
I heard the chuckles and
high fives at my back as I stormed out of the locker room.
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