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She wasn't suspicious of Tyler at all anymore. And neither was I.

"You two are back already?” she teased. “After what these two told me, I was thinking you might have thrown her over your shoulder and kidnapped her."

"Crossed my mind," Tyler said seriously, pressing his fingers deeper into the small of my back, and holy shit, this time, the energy crawling through me went right between my thighs.

Ha! That was why he was checking out the area.

"What exactly did you tell her?" Tyler asked.

"Well, you said we should keep quiet around Kendra, but you didn't warn us specifically about her sister," Reese said, "so obviously we told her you’re a decent guy.”

“That you don't double-dip your dick," Travis added.

Tyler burst out laughing. I felt my cheeks heat up.

“This one’s very outspoken,” Reese explained, pointing her thumb at Travis.

“Duly noted,” I murmured.

Emma zeroed in on Tyler. "You're looking a bit too territorial, Tyler."

"Emma," I admonished. Like Travis, she was very outspoken too.

"And like you might not let her get to her dinner at all."

Tyler looked at me. "Is your sister a mind reader or something?"

"You were thinking about interfering with myworkdinner?" I asked.

He flashed me a cocky smile. "It crossed my mind."

"Yeah, we should warn you,” Travis cut in. “Sometimes he sort of runs his own show."

"Most of the time, actually," Reese said, "with complete disregard for manners."

"Good to know," I whispered.

Tyler's hand moved to my waist, pulling me close to him. "You'll have plenty of opportunities to witness that, Kendra. What’s your schedule like for the rest of the week?”

“Work and… that’s it. Why?”

He didn’t reply, just looked at me intently—like he hadplans.

My pulse sped up as he pinned me with those determined eyes, and I just knew this sexy hockey player was going to turn my life upside down.

Excitement bubbled up inside me, even though I wasn’t 100 percent sure I was ready for what was to come.

CHAPTER 16

KENDRA

I leftfor my dinner a few minutes later, ordering an Uber even though it wasn’t too far away. I didn’t want to be late.

As soon as I got in the car, my phone lit up with a message from Tyler.

Tyler: I can't wait to see you again, sexy girl.

Kendra: Hey, don't make me blush. I'm in a car, I’ll be at the restaurant in seven minutes, and I don't want to be red in the face.