Always Only You by Chloe Liese (z-lib.org).epub

We’re naked, front to front. Ren opens his mouth, as if to say something, when a
low whistle interrupts him.
“Man, brother,” Viggo says around a bite of apple. “I need whatever workout
you’re doing. Those. Glutes.”
Ren’s eyes drift shut. I’ve seen that look only after Maddox does something
particularly asinine. That’s Ren’s Give-me-grace-Jesus-I’m-trying-not-to beatthe-shit-out-of-somebody
face. “Get. Out. Viggo.”
Peering past Ren’s shoulder, I see Viggo smirk. “I kinda want to stick around
and see how this plays out.”
“Frankie,” Ren says, deathly quiet.
“Hm?”
“I’m going to pick you up, but hold you close so he can’t see you. I’ll keep
my eyes straight ahead and then set you in your room.”
I nod. “Okay. Good plan.”
“And then once I set you down, I’m going to murder my brother.”
I USUALLY HOVER IN THE CORNER WITH THE OTHER IN-HOUSE PR AND MEDIA
folks during press conferences. Press conferences aren’t my responsibility, but
they affect my work. To do my job well, I need to keep track of everything that’s
going on with the team, so watching press conferences unfold live is imperative.
Rob, Ren, Tyler, and Coach sit up at the table, cameras flashing on them.
They’re all in their suits, but unlike Rob and Tyler, Ren’s hair isn’t wet and
curled up at the edge of his collar like normal. His cheeks aren’t flushed from the
cold air and sixty minutes of hockey. He wasn’t allowed the play again with his
concussion and his healing shoulder which doesn’t seem to bother him much
now, but Amy said shouldn’t weather contact sports yet.
“Why is Ren up there?” I ask out of the side of my mouth to Nicole, our
press coordinator.
She glances over at me, arms folded across her chest. “Why wouldn’t he be?
He’s alternate captain. He’s also a media darling. They love him.”
“He didn’t play.”
“And he’ll be explaining how soon that’s going to change.”
Rob finishes answering a question when one of the guys in the bullpen calls
out, “Ren, there are multiple photos circulating from yesterday and today
showing you alone with the team’s social media coordinator, Frankie Zeferino.
Can you speak to the rumors that you two are together?”