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I don’t know if it’s because we share common ground or knowing they are so close to something I love, but being with hockey players is the best. We have a mutual agreement: they use me for my body and I use them for a hit of oxytocin.
He stands—holy fuck, that is a tree I would love to climb—then
I know almost nothing about her, but one thing I’m certain of, I’m keeping this woman. She’s mine.
Something about her makes me possessive. I need to claim her.
“Yeah, you taste exactly—” His tongue flattens against me and he licks again. “Like mine.”
“Let go, love. I got you.”
For a second, I wonder if he’s feeling the same way I am, but that would be impossible. He’s Barrett Conway, and I’m the last condom in his drawer.
“I’m a lot of things, love. But patient isn’t one of them.”
Barrett Conway changed me. He killed this puck bunny, ripped her heart out, and ate it. I can’t do this anymore.
But it’s better to leave with a happy memory than sad goodbye. And I’m no one’s bunny.
summer. They say if you want love, you must love yourself first, so here I am, nurturing my brain like I do
Who the fuck invented Pitocin? A man, that’s who. It must have been a man. This is the worst thing to happen ever in the history of humanity.
Some babies come out through the tunnel, yours is coming out through the sunroof.
That kid’s mine. There’s no way he’s not. He’s got my same face shape, the same white-blonde hair I had when I was younger, same exact dimple. I’m going to be sick. “Jesus Christ, Raleigh. What the fuck were you thinking not telling me?” I mutter. “You really think I wouldn’t find out?”
“You called me a liar, you insulted me, called me a whore, and threatened me with a restraining order. And, just so you know, I never wanted money. All I wanted was for you to know he existed. This is your loss, not mine. You missed out—” “A restraining order?!” Why the hell would I do that? Any Lakes player could back me up on this. They know I never got over her. She’s known as Runaway Raleigh by the team, they constantly give me shit about her being my one who got away.
“I’m going to call you every day. I want you to answer. If you block my number, I will come back here and find you.” She looks away from me with a trembling lip, and I tilt her chin up to look at me. “Never run from a bear.” Her lips part. “I never ran. You did.”
Absence makes the heart grow obsessive, or whatever.
“You still taste like mine.” Her back hardens and eyes glisten. “Don’t say—” “You’ve always been mine, Raleigh.”
“We’re not done, love. This is just the beginning.”
Me: You’re shaking up my life. Barrett: That’s how I felt the night I met you.
digging that jersey.” I chuckle and look down. “Oh, yeah?” “Yeah… the name Conway suits you.”
“I’m all in with you. I’m not going anywhere, and I’m not backing off… So get ready.”
“Yeah, we’ve got a lot of making up to do. I’ve been waiting a long time for you to come back into my life. No matter what happens, you and Arthur will always be the most important people in my life.”
Who is this man?! The panties have dropped.
“They say parenting is only hard for good parents.”
too. I may not be as hot as I used to be in my early twenties, but tonight I’m a solid MILF candidate.
“To second chances.” She holds out her glass, and I clink mine to it. “Second chances.”
“Now, gorgeous,” I demand. “Let me eat that freshly fucked pussy.”
“I said sit. I’m a grown man with a fucking appetite. Get your pussy down here. All of your weight, stop fucking around.”
Sex is one thing, but it’s a special kind of pussy throb when he takes care of my errands.
That’s a lie, pretty sure Barrett could catcall a fucking banana and it would start stripping its peel.
“I love waking up next to you, baby… even when we’re covered in piss.”
“Can’t believe we lived without each other for so long. Never again, you hear me?” I don’t want to go a day without her for the rest of my life. “Promise?” she asks, breathless. My chest pounds at the single word. I lean over her and kiss her neck. “I will always keep my promises to you, Ral.”
She’s gone from the one that got away to just the one. I’ll do whatever I have to do to make her mine.
If I needed any more evidence of his feelings for me, I’m fucking standing in it.
He says it like it’s a threat. Of what, I have no idea, because there’s nothing I desire more than to be claimed by Barrett Conway.
“Crawl.” He nods and takes a slow inhale through his nose. “Every drop, love.”
“Ain’t no ‘hood like parenthood.
“I’m so in love with you, Ral.”
“I love you,” I whisper. As soon as the words are out, his mouth crashes to mine and he sinks his hands into my hair. I kiss him back with the same intensity and know right then that Barrett Conway is the man I want to spend my forever with. We’re getting our happily ever after.
“How’s the sex?” Micky interrupts. “Please tell me he wears your pussy like a gas mask. After all that time, I hope you’re getting it on the reg. Hockey-player sex is next level.”
I’ve had plenty of hockey-player sex in my life, but Barrett sex is next level.
Fuck. Receiving oral sex while stargazing is my new favorite foreplay.
That’s my girl, soon she’ll be my wife… my forever.
Parents are supposed to protect their children.
“Pretty girl, pretty sunset.”
