Chapter Twenty-One
Alex
We had a game that night. It was pure luck I didn’t hand our team a loss. After the opposing team made one goal, Coach called me over.
“You with us tonight?” he asked, his perceptive gaze scanning my face.
“Absolutely.”
He arched a brow. I gave myself a shake. Without a word, he communicated what I knew to be true. My mind was only half here. My heart was tugging it elsewhere. I wanted to see Harper. Now. Yet, I was also a little pissed with her. She’d put up her damn walls and then expected me to magically know when it was okay to try to push past them. f**k it. Not a damn thing I could do right now unless I wanted to let my team down and leave. I didn’t think that was the best choice given that I didn’t even know how or when it was best to try to talk to Harp
