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September 19, 2025
For my own darling devils. Archie, Ava & Harry.
Never date a jock. It was the one rule I had when it came to boys, but apparently, I was terrible at following it.
grown up being taught never to trust boys with
killer smiles and strong right arms and to run in the opposite
As if to confirm my appraisal, the number twenty-three dodged past one final defenseman and flicked the puck past the goalie. The siren behind the net blared, and the fans around us screamed. They couldn’t get enough of this guy. Even I couldn’t seem to take my eyes off
him.
He was gorgeous with striking features and the kind of piercing gaze that delved right into the depths of your soul, leaving you a little breathless. No one should look as perfect as this boy, and reputation aside, I could easily see why people loved to talk about
feel all that nervous around him.
“She had it coming because my boyfriend, my mom,
and my cousin won’t answer my calls. And I can’t call my uncle because I’m not supposed to be out here tonight. Hell, I’m not supposed to be in this freezing, miserable place at all. But here I am, alone, stuck on the side of the road, stuck for my senior year. Just stuck, and there’s no one here I can turn to. So, yeah, I kicked my sweet old car, and if she ever starts again, I will profusely apologize, but until then, as far as I’m concerned, she had it coming.”
“I’m here,” he said, catching me off guard. “What?” “You said you’ve got no one here to turn to.” He shrugged, held out his arms, and looked himself up and down. “Well, I’m here.”
“Only when my damsel-in-distress radar goes off.” “Oh, and I suppose that makes you Prince Charming?” “Sorry, princess, but I’m definitely no prince.”
“You know, if I was your boyfriend, I’d answer your calls and I’d drive you to parties.”
“Thanks again for tonight. You really came to my rescue.” “Like I said, my damsel-in-distress radar was pinging.”
It was hard not to feel disappointed. Even more so when he leaned in close and whispered in my ear, “But you have a good night, Sunshine. I hope I proved to you not all hockey players are pigs.”
Maybe she thought I hadn’t heard her at the ice rink. Or that I didn’t recognize her. Impossible.
Violet wasn’t the kind of girl you forgot.
“What took you so long? You didn’t play that badly today.” “I was helping Violet.”
“Violet?” Gray sat up a little straighter. “Who the hell is Violet?” “A girl from Sunshine Prep. Her car broke down, and I happened to run past. Figured I’d do my good deed for the day.” He snorted under his breath. “What?” “I’m guessing she was hot then.”
“You really think I’m that vapid?” “Yes. Yes, I d...
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smirking as he waited for my response. I knew he’d happily sit there all night until he got the answer he wanted. “Okay, she was hot.” “Knew it.” His eyes lit with satisfa...
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“I’m
going to the Sunshine Hills party to see Violet.”
I shrugged. If it meant I got to see Violet again, I didn’t really care.
think he went to Ransom.”
“Ransom?” Mia gasped. “Well, you’re lucky to be alive.”
“Everything was fine, Mia. He was actually ...
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“He was probably hittin...
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“I
told you if Jeremy wasn’t in the picture there’d be a line of Sunshine Prep guys just waiting to ask you out.”
“So, did this Ransom guy have a name?”
“And was he hot?”
guess he was pretty good-looking.” “Damn, he must have been a total hottie for you to admit that,”
“What are they doing here?”
Reed Darling staring across the room at me. My stomach dropped at the sight of him. He was standing near one of the entrances to the living room, flanked by two guys who were just as tall and imposing as he was.
“Why is Reed Darling looking at you that way?”
“Why was Reed Darling looking at you that way?”
“Reed Darling helped you?”
“How dangerous he and his brothers are. Weren’t you terrified?”
“He seemed nice.”
“I might have invited him . . .”
“I
know that. But you chose to be friendly with the scariest guy in a hundred-mile radius. It’s like trying to comprehend a bunny cuddling a rattlesnake.”
“I’m not a bunny, and he’s hardly a ...
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“He’s a D...
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Reed Darling nice.”
“You okay there, Sunshine?”
“Can I drive you home?”
“I’m not letting you get an Uber alone,” Reed said. “Any psycho could be picking you up.”
“I think I’d like a ride home.” “You got it.”
