All Chapters of The Jock - The Ashford Brothers Series - Book Four: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Fred POVI open my eyes and blink several times before I decide to move. I look around and I don’t recognize the room I am in. Shit. I cover my eyes with my arm as the light is bothering me and the headache is excruciating. As I allow my body to relax again, I feel the bed move and open my eyes on high alert. What the fuck? I remove my arm from my eyes and look around to find Caroline asleep next to me. Shit, shit.I immediately stiffen and stand up from the bed in one movement. I look around and down at my legs that are only covered by my boxer shorts. I rub my eyes with my hands, taking a deep breath as I look around once more and realize we’re in a hotel room. The decoration screams hotel, the pale wooden furniture, and the spent and used carpet on the floor. The white covers on the bed and a very naked Caroline.Shit, shit, shit. What the fuck have I done? I move fast in the room, grabbing my pants from the floor and I notice all the clothes scat

Fred POVI have been calling Tatum nonstop and her phone keeps going straight to voice mail. I don’t know what else to do. I am so desperate that I consider just going to that fucking asshole’s house, but I would make everything a lot harder for Tatum. Julien warned me this was going to happen. I know I am supposed to stay away from her so the press doesn’t create stories about us.The press keeps writing shit about me and Caroline and it’s been days since we were seen together. I have been meaning to call her. I kept track of what they were saying about her relationship and apparently, the guy broke up their engagement. Caroline must be destroyed, but she did this. It wasn’t just me. It was the two of us, together.The press keeps trying to find her, but they have no clue where to look for her; she hasn’t been seen in public since she was spotted leaving the hotel with me. I am glad she is hidden away. She is licking her wounds and making herself better. That’s what I should be doing

Tatum POVI finally could come home after staying in the hospital for several days. I had a serious concussion that needed hospital treatment. Thatcher has been very patient, and he has been spending more time with Grace, taking and picking her up from school, taking her home to sleep, and giving her every meal and breakfast. He bought her some game system I know nothing about and he took it to the hospital where they spent hours playing. It’s nice to watch them actually bonding, creating the father-and-daughter relationship I always wanted Grace to have.He is making an effort and even though it doesn’t erase everything he’s ever done to me; it helps the fact that Grace is a lot more comfortable with him. Even Mara seems to be accepting him a little more. She still hates him, she still keeps her distance, and makes me feel guilty when I tell her Grace will spend time with her father. But at the end of the day, he is here, and there’s progress between them and I am actually believing

Tatum POV Julien sent me the address to Fred’s mother’s house. That’s where I am supposed to meet him. The coast is clear there because she is with him and the press won’t be around the house, not when they are not there. His family has been through the scrutiny eye of the press and everyone around them. The amount of scandals they have been going through is unbelievable. Their father is one of the biggest fuck ups in their lives, and I can’t even imagine how they all feel about him, what I read about the man he is a piece of shit and he uses their name and money for many fucked up things. Fred never really talks about him, and when he does, I can hear the hatred in his voice. The man is terrible. The Uber stops at the gate and presses the button, and I lean forward to speak. “How can I help you?’ I hear someone say. “Tea Time,” I say as the code word that Julien told me to say. The gates open and the Uber driver takes me to the front door. The house is gigantic, and I never thought

Fred POVLetting Tatum leave my side is the worst thing I have to do every day. We’re still hiding our relationship from the press and from the public and I am enjoying this time just the two of us, without people knowing, without people making up stories about us.I have to say the most surprising thing that has happened since Tatum and I got together was Thatcher calling me and asking to meet for a chat. And that’s why I am getting ready now. I am going to be face to face with my team captain who hates my guts and loves the woman I love. He thinks he has some stupid claim over her because they have a child together.Even though Tatum says he has been great, not standing in the way and keeping up the appearances she needs, he is not really talking to her. He has been avoiding her like the plague for the last week. I put my watch on before I grab everything else I need before I leave the house.We agreed to meet at the stadium, as it would be the most private place we could be without