"Morning, Care Bear. Sleep well?"

Scott sidles up next to me inside the coffee shop at the Tocumen International Airport, knowing full well that I didn’t get a wink of sleep last night thanks to him.

"Pass me the sugar, would ya?" I ask, pretending like we didn’t just shower together a little over an hour ago.

"So, we're back to this again?" he sighs.

"No. It's just that I don't know how I'm supposed to act around you now.” I take a step away from him, aware of what we must look like as his arm brushes up against mine. “Just so you know, my boss is sitting over there by the window. Not to mention there are New York Kings milling around everywhere. It was drilled into my head when I got hired that sleeping with the players is off-limits. So we gotta keep our distance from each other."

"But don’t you know how hard it is for me to stay away from you?” he says, bumping his crotch against the side of my hip.

I bite down on my lip, and he leans in to grab a napkin, giving me an enticing hint of my mango-scented body wash on his skin. My cheeks start to burn when I picture everything he did to me when his body was covered in suds.

Somehow, I find my voice. "Well, you're gonna have to. I'm not losing my job over you by having anyone find out that I’ve joined your long list of conquests. C’mon Scott, it's embarrassing."

His eyes darken when I tell him exactly what he doesn’t want to hear.

"Fine. I was really enjoying getting to know you, but if you want me to stay away, I'll stay away,” he huffs, pushing off the counter with his hands.

"C’mon, Scott. Don’t be like that. Yeah, I want to see where this is going too, but you have to knock it off with all the sexy talk. It's inappropriate."

"But I like making you blush, and I like kissing you even more." He steps toward me again before freezing mid stride.

"Sorry to be reachin' over you two. I just need to grab a stirrer." Jake intrudes, sticking his body between us.

"How are you doing this morning, Jake?" I try not to appear as flustered as I am.

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