Dangerous Rescue - Linzi Baxter Page 0,54
if you ever call me babe again, I’ll slice your balls off in your sleep.”
Damn, I seriously didn’t know what I was missing. It was crazy how one person could change her life so much. Siena loved every second of it. And Hudson had already stolen her heart again.
“Dude, there are a million moms here checking you out. Why are you hitting on the one person who could kill you in your sleep?” Richy asked.
“Because I think deep down, Angel knows I’m the one for her. It will just take time for me to melt the ice around her heart,” Casanova said.
“I’m never going to date a boy in the military again.”
“That’s where you went wrong. You dated a boy, and I’m all man.”
During the last month, Angel and Siena had sat down over a glass of wine and talked. Angel told her about the man she’d once loved, who’d betrayed her. He was the reason she wasn’t in the CIA any more. Also, he was the reason she worked for Xavier—her boss had promised Angel vengeance. Siena worried that the vengeance wouldn’t give her friend the healing she needed, but Angel wasn’t open to listening.
“You two need to—” Richy grunted as Hudson hit him in the stomach.
“We’re at a school event,” Hudson grumbled.
“I was going to say, you need to go have ice cream.” Richy’s lips quirked.
Siena rolled her eyes and turned back to the game. “Kaiden’s back on the field.”
The score was still zero. Siena felt nervous whenever Kaiden had the ball. The center snapped the ball to Kaiden, and he took a couple of steps back, dodging a defender, before he lobbed the ball up in the air for a deep pass. A few seconds later, it landed perfectly in the receiver's hand for a sixty-yard touchdown. Everyone in the crowd cheered. Even the scouts clapped.
The first half of the game went by in a breeze. Kaiden hit his targets each time. A few of the receivers dropped the balls, but his team was up twenty-four to seven. A scout a couple of rows down walked up and sat next to Hudson.
“Hi, I’m Coach Harold with Harvard,” the older man said. “Your son isn’t only good at football. It’s not often we see the grades he has. I would love for you and your family to come to visit our campus.”
This was something they knew would happen. Harvard was a great school. Siena knew Kaiden needed to follow his dreams, and she hadn’t once pushed him. Modeling had been thrust on Siena from an early age. Her mother had put her in every casting call for modeling before she could even walk. She had a fat bank account to show for it, along with an eating disorder. Her own dream had never been to be a model.
“We’re leaving the choice of college up to Kaiden.”
“Are you sure that’s a good idea? He hasn’t met with any of the schools yet. That boy is going to be a pro baller one day. I’m offering him a degree from Harvard. Nowadays, you can’t do anything in life without getting a degree.”
The air grew thick around them. It wasn’t only Hudson who tensed but the whole SEAL team. Siena hoped they wouldn’t kill the coach in the middle of the stadium. She pressed her hand to Hudson’s arm. “May I?”
She didn’t want to overstep her boundaries, especially since she and Hudson hadn’t officially sat down and named what they were or talked about the future. But one thing she could do was politely talk to another academic person.
“Yes, I agree college is important, but a degree isn’t needed for all fields,” she said. “And we encourage Kaiden to pursue what he wants to do.” When the coach opened his mouth, she held up her hand. “I wasn’t done. I’m William Davenport’s daughter, so you know by that name that I know the college world. But I also didn’t go to college after high school, and I can guarantee you I have more money in my bank account than you will ever see in a lifetime.”
Angel chuckled behind her, and Hudson shook his head.
“I didn’t mean to put you down for not going to college,” Coach Harold said. “And I had the utmost respect for your father. He was a fine man and must have left you a nice living.”
Siena closed her eyes and counted to ten. “First off, the millions my parents made are locked in a trust fund for