Center Stage: A Hot Baseball Romance (Diamond Brides Book 8) (21 page)
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Authors: Mindy Klasky
Tags: #baseball romance, #reunion romance, #sports romance, #sports hero, #secret baby, #instant family, #alpha male hero
“What is this?” she asked, slipping three pieces of paper out of the envelope.
“The check is for your glasses of course. I trust it’s enough?”
She licked her lips, the first sign of uncertainty he’d seen from her since she’d stepped off the elevator. At three hundred dollars, he was damn sure it was enough. But it was bait for the rest of the package. And while she might not have understood what he was hunting, she was wary.
“And the ticket?” she asked, holding up the red and blue pass.
“It’s for next Saturday’s game. We’re playing Washington.”
She pushed the ticket back across the table. “Thank you, Mr. Norton. But that’s really not necessary.”
He shook his head. “Actually, it is. Please, you made a huge difference to me.”
“Me? What did I do?”
“You gave me your glasses, of course. And I broke a twenty-game slump wearing them.”
“Your luck had to change at some point.”
He nodded. “It did. You made it change. And I want to express my appreciation.”
She set her jaw, looking more like the picture on the law firm’s website than ever. “Mr. Norton, I’m afraid I don’t have time to attend baseball games.”
He was ready for that one. He said, “If you—”
But before he could complete his argument, she held up a hand to stop him. “And you don’t want me to watch you playing ball. At least you won’t after we finish this conversation. After you tell me about Spring Valley Renewal Center.”
Kyle was grateful he was already sitting. Because if he hadn’t been surrounded by the huge leather chair, blocked in by the massive wooden table, the weakness in his knees might have dropped him to the floor.
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Mindy Klasky learned to read when her parents shoved a book in her hands and told her she could travel anywhere in the world through stories. She never forgot that advice.
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