Surprise for the Sniper (Connecticut Comets Hockey, #2)

by Siena Trap

If I decided to pursue Liv, I had to be ready to commit. She wouldn’t accept anything less, and why should she? She deserved the world. They both did.

“What if I lost her?” Liv’s voice wavered. Pulling back enough to grip her chin and turn her to face me, I shook my head firmly. “No. You just shoved her in a corner. If you can’t remember which one, I’ll help you search.”

“Because thoughts of you are keeping me awake, pretty girl. And I’ll be kicking myself for the rest of my life for not coming back to get you sooner.”

When it finally sank in that I was ready and willing, Benji changed from tortured to damn near feral.

“Nothing about this will be like it was before. That fumbling virgin is long gone, sweet Liv. It’s time you forget about him because I’m about to fuck you like a grown-ass man.”

“Just do it already. Please,” I begged. Clicking his tongue, he chided, “Not so fast. I like to play with my food before I eat it.”

She had been my first. More than anything, I wanted her to be my last.

That was, until Knox sleepily murmured, “I love you, Dad,” and my heart cracked wide open. A lump lodged in my throat as I replied, “Love you too, buddy.”

“Liv, you stole my heart at seventeen, and I don’t think you ever gave it back. That’s why everything has been meaningless since I left you behind. You kept my heart safe, patiently waiting for me to return and retrieve it. To remember where I belong, by your side.”

If I decide I’m going to make you squirt so hard you ruin this shirt and I have to change, then you’ll fucking do it.”