Hat Trick

Hat Trick

Author: Cassie Cole Listening Length: 7h 4m

I’m the new physical trainer for the Atlanta Reapers hockey team. Which means I’m around shirtless, sweaty, shredded athletes every day. I know I need to keep my personal and professional lives separate. But these three players make that awfully hard. Rhett Lawson, the young right wing, has his eye on me. And with hi...

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June

It’s good to see you there when I skate back to the bench. You’re a comforting presence.

Cole’s comment stuck with me for the rest of the day, even after I went home. As a woman, I received compliments all the time. At the coffee shop, or the gym, or at work. Over time, like most women, I developed a callus. I learned to let them roll off my back without affecting me.

But his comment instantly brightened my mood. Maybe it was because it felt so genuine coming from him, rather than someone like Rhett who seemed like he was a natural flirt. Cole was the kind of man who didn’t offer compliments flippantly. If he said something, he meant it.