I hadn’t known Nikki was dating one of the guys from the Bulldogs at the time. Didn’t need that, among other things, coming back around on me. Plus, Nikki went to Callingwood, so the odds of this getting back to Bailey were that much higher.

“Relax.” Kristen glanced down, adjusting her cleavage. “There’s nothing to get out.”

“There better not be.”

She gave me a bored look. “You wanna frisk me, officer?”

Like this was some kind of game? I’d never been so mad at a chick.

“That doesn’t prove dick. It could be in the fucking cloud somewhere.”

“It’s not.” Kristen rolled her eyes. “Calm down. You don’t have anything to worry about.”

I stole a glance at my friends again, but they were laughing about something Ty said. Penner was nowhere to be found, either, which, in this case, was a good thing.

“How can I know that for sure?” I stepped closer, pinning her with a searing glare. She stared back at me, dark blue eyes wide in feigned innocence. I didn’t buy it.

“Guess you’ll just have to trust me.”

Right. Trusting her was what got me into this mess in the first place. Then she’d pulled out a phone and recorded without my permission.

I shook my head, my teeth set on edge. “You’d better be telling the truth.”

“If you’re so worried,” Kristen said, “maybe you should be nicer to me.”

“Don’t threaten me.”

Spinning on my heel, I stormed over to my friends. I was so fucked. If this got out, it would be like throwing napalm on my life. No contract, no girlfriend, nothing.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

Shiv turned to face me with a frown. Her hands were pulled into the sleeves of her oversized white Falcons hoodie.

Fear and anger mingled, turning into rocket fuel via chemical reaction. The arena lobby was frigid, as always, but I was literally sweating where I stood.

“Everything okay?” She looked up, blue-green eyes studying me.

“Yep. Just fine,” I gritted out. The rage was impossible to hide.

Her voice turned hushed. “Are you sure?”

“Kristen wasn’t taking no for an answer, that’s all.” I tugged at my tie. Its hold on me felt like a noose.

Shiv huffed a sigh of disgust. “Ah. She’s a persistent one.”

“Yeah,” I said. “I’ll tell the guys she’s not allowed to come by our house. This has gotten way out of hand.”

Though I risked poking the bear if I did that. Did Kristen really have a copy? If so, I didn’t want to piss her off. I needed to get a hold of it somehow and destroy it.

“Fine by me.” She nodded. “Never liked her. Do you want to come with us to O’Connor’s for a drink?”