Chapter 17. Noelle

2015

In truth, hate was far from Noelle’s actual feelings for Shane.  Mostly she hated that she couldn’t stop thinking about him. Sure, he was a self-centered, egotistical asshole who seemed to think he was God’s gift to women, but in all honesty, he’d never actually treated her badly on purpose. He had misread the situation at the hotel, but clearly, so had she. Like a naïve idiot, she had expected a guy who wrote his number on a bar napkin and invited her to his suite to be super romantic, willing to woo her and shower her with compliments and promises. Meanwhile, he had just expected to get laid. Like your normal everyday guy.

His texts had stopped after their disastrous meeting at training camp, and she couldn’t help but miss their back and forth bantering. He was smart and had a sense of humor. He was ridiculously attractive, and she had a feeling he was just as good in bed as he himself seemed to think. Not that she had anything to compare it to, but that ego