Cross-Checked (Boston Rebels #3)

Cross-Checked (Boston Rebels #3)

Author: Julia Connors Listening Length: 11h 40m

Some people might call it a grudge, but in reality, hating Alessandra Jones is more like an obsession. AJ is the league’s first female general manager, and my boss. As the team captain, I have to play nice with her—in public, at least. But in private, the gloves come off. And then one time, our clothes do too. We vow...

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I show up at AJ’s office the next morning with my metaphorical tail between my legs. I had a good amount of time last night—while Abby was up and fussing because her top front teeth are coming in—to think about my interaction with AJ in the hallway.

Once the infant acetaminophen kicked in, and I’d fed her a bottle and rocked her long enough, Abby fell back asleep. I wish I had as well, but my mind was spinning, wondering why I escalate every conversation with AJ into a fight. Especially after she’d done me such a big favor, and then acted so graciously about it in front of the press. She could have easily turned it back on me, about how I’d been unprepared to play or didn’t do a good enough job lining up childcare for my daughter. But she didn’t.