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Davide’s approval? Well, didn’t he? ‘I was honestly trying to help you. I didn’t do it to get Davide’s attention. I’m not like that. Why would you think that?’
    ‘Because, in my experience, that’s what people do. You’re in his management team, aren’t you? Surely it must have crossed your mind that if you do well here you’ll have endless offers...perhaps the national team? Doesn’t every New Zealand sports doctor want to work with the All Blacks?’
    He couldn’t deny it was top of his wish-list. ‘Well...’
    ‘Ching. Ching. Out of time, Dr Price. Your pause says it all. You’re one of those alpha types who have to succeed, and being associated with me won’t hurt. Right? Hoping I might put a good word in? Using me to get to my dad?’
    ‘You’re twisting things.’
    ‘No, honey, you twisted it last night when you took my arm in front of the paparazzi.’ She looked like she wanted to twist some other part of him. He crossed his legs.
    ‘I was trying to rescue you.’
    ‘When will you get it into that thick skull of yours? I don’t need rescuing.’ Her fist wrapped round a chunk of hair, then she pressed it against her mouth. But this time he let her go right on and do it, guessing another overt gesture of helpfulness wouldn’t go down too well right now.
    He pointed to the picture of their so-called public display of affection. They looked damned good together, that he couldn’t deny. ‘Oh, come on. It’s not that bad. It could have been worse, at least they got my good side.’
    ‘Do you have one?’ She glared at him. ‘Is this all just a joke to you?’
    Far from it.
    The bus pulled up at the stadium, fans clustered into the car park and loud cheers resonated across the skies. Zac raised his voice slightly, but not loud enough that anyone else would hear. ‘I’m trying to maintain a sense of humour and not ruin what’s going to be a great day.’ He smiled, trying to convince her. ‘Besides, that journalist needs to check her facts. She’s got the two stories mixed up. Lady Godiva had absolutely nothing to do with Sir Lancelot. They certainly weren’t in any kind of relationship.’
    Dani gathered up her bags, stood and pierced him with a look of disdain that left nothing to his imagination. ‘And that’s exactly how it’s going to stay.’
    * * *
    They were losing.
    Didn’t matter that she’d done her job to perfection. Had stuck to the game plan, managed the sideline checks, seamlessly relayed information to the coach via wireless headset microphone. Didn’t matter how consummate a professional she looked, how dedicated or competent. Didn’t matter because once the players were on the pitch it was out of her control.
    At half time she’d brought Jaxon back from a close injury call and iced three hamstrings and a shoulder. Stuck them back together again.
    They needed to score. And fast.
    Zac sat next to her on the bench, his right leg jigging up and down to some beat only he could hear. ‘Ten minutes to go. We need to pull something out of the bag or we’ll go into the next game on the back foot. We have to beat this lot’they’re the weakest team in the pool.’
    ‘And losing the first game will make them the laughing-stock of the tournament.’ Just another thing to add to her father’s mounting ire. If he saw the photograph in the paper his anger would fire off the scale, meaning she’d have to try even harder to make him happy.
    And just to add to the tension she had the biggest crush of her life on the one person she needed to stay well away from.
    Despite the trouble he’d caused, her body had decided it quite liked Zachary Price and was on an all-out bid to convince her brain. Every time she set eyes on him her skin tingled’unless he broke her out in hives which, seeing how irritating he was, could be eminently feasible. But she got hot in places that had never been hot before. Her heart did a funny arrhythmic dance.
    This never happened. Never could