Slap Shot (D.C. Stars, #3)

by Chelsea Curto

He gives me a wave and flips his hat backward before walking toward us. Jesus Christ. Shit like that should be illegal for men to do in public.

“Tell me again how nice I am, Maddie. I can’t wait to fuck that word right out of your mouth.”

Because I’m fucking falling in love with you, and I’d let you break my heart if that’s what you wanted.

“Because y’all are mine.” I tuck a loose piece of hair behind her ear. “And I protect what’s mine.”

Lucy wants you to be her dad, I explain, and Lucy nods along beside me. You’re her favorite person in the world. She wants to be a part of your family, and she wants to have you be a part of ours. Legally. Officially. In every sense of the word.