Page 138 of Hard to Get

“True.” Cam shrugs, then looks at me. “Ignore me, I’m just an asshole.”

I shake my head, not sure what to make of this guy.

Our food arrives and the guys are distracted from insulting each other by eating.

“This is a good burger!” I say moments later.

“Uh oh.”

We all look at Laurent.

“We’ve been spotted.” He moves his eyes sideways.

I glance over and see a group of guys looking over here. They don’t look like friendly fans.

“You guys gonna start winning any games?” one of the guys calls over.

Jayden, Cam, and Laurent all frown.

“We’re trying, bud,” Jayden says.

“Doesn’t look like it,” another guy wearing a blue hat says.

My stomach tightens.

“Fire your coach,” another says.

The guys look at each other.

“Uh, we just did,” Laurent says.

“Fire the new one. It’s not making a difference. You guys don’t know what you’re doing.”

I feel Jayden taking a deep, slow breath. “Look, we just wanna have our dinner, okay?”

“Sure, sure. Have fun while you don’t bother even trying,” Blue Hat says.

Cam stands. “Fuck. Come over here and say that.”

My eyes widen.

Laurent reaches out and grabs Cam’s shirt. “Don’t do it.”

Cam shakes him off. “You think I like being here?” he snarls to the man who said that.

Cam is six feet four inches and 206 pounds. According to the team roster. Most of the other men back off. Except the dude with the blue hat.

“We thought you’d make a difference,” Blue Hat says with disgust. “What a waste of a trade that was.”

Cam starts toward him. “You ass⁠—”

Jayden and Laurent both jump up and stop him. “Okay, okay. Let’s get out of here.”

I scramble out of the booth and scurry after them, Laurent and Jayden frog marching their teammate to the coat check.

“Well, that was fun,” Jayden says when we’re all outside on the street. He looks at me. “Sorry.”

I slide my hand into his. “It’s okay. This really sucks.”