Chapter 14 - Fred Ashford

Fred POV

“I will call you with the plan of action. Now if you don’t mind, I am in the middle of something,” Tatum says and I smirk. She is jealous. Good. That’s how I want her, bothered.

“Sorry, it was a pleasure meeting you, Mara. Tatum will get you some tickets to come and watch us this weekend,” I say, and Mara smiles as she looks at me. I can see in her eyes, it’s all about me. She’s tangled in my web, but I don’t want anything to do with her. I want her friend, the woman that looks at me like a piece of meat. The woman who kicked me out of her bed. The woman that I want in my bed day and night.

I leave the room with a smile on my face. I walk down the corridor and the c coach stops me. “Fred, a minute please,” he says.

“Sure,” I say as I watch some of my teammates walking past us to go home.

“You did great today. Could you take the newbie under your wing?” he says and I take a deep breath as I nod.

“I don’t know if it’s the best decision, coach. I am getting back on track and I d