Behind the Net (Vancouver Storm, #1)

by Stephanie Archer

and terrifying. “I love you so fucking much, Pippa. I’m in love with you. I want everything with you.” Her lips part, and her chest rises and falls fast as my words sink in. Please feel the same way, I pray to the universe. “You’re everything to me.” My Pippa. My distraction, the girl I’ve always been powerless against. “I want you in my life. You make me so, so fucking happy, songbird, and I hope I make you happy, too.” “You do,” she says immediately, and her hands slip into the back of my hair. “You do make me happy. You’re everything to me, too. I love you, too,” she whispers. My heart bursts open, expanding in my chest. “I was hoping you’d say that.”

“You ready to be mine?” I ask. “Songbird.” He smiles down at me with that breathtaking smile that’s just for me. He smiles at me like I’m adorable, and like he loves me more than anything. “I always have been.”