Collide (Off the Ice, #1)

by Bal Khabra

Now the thing that brings me peace, what I yearn for like a game-winning goal, is the sound of her laughter and the sight of her smile.

“If you want it, you’re going to come to me.” He lifts my hair from the shirt, pushing it back. “The next time I have you, it won’t be to prove something or to win some competition. It’s going to be because you know the only guy that can satisfy you is me.”

“I was afraid to feel the emotions that would hit me if I did. But with you, it felt almost therapeutic, like I don’t need to carry the weight alone.