The Pucking Wrong Rookie (Pucking Wrong #5)

by C.R. Jane

Everything seemed too good to be real. And I forgot an important lesson that I should have already learned. That sometimes, when everything feels too perfect, like a dream you’re afraid to wake from, it’s because the cracks were hidden just beneath the surface, waiting to remind you that nothing that good ever comes without a cost.

I was in it to win it. I wanted her body. Her heart. Her fucking soul. I wasn’t going to let her keep anything from me, no matter how hard she tried. Sloane was mine, and I would settle for nothing less than owning all of her.

Someday I would tell her about my dad, but not today. After all, she was the main reason I’d just gotten the courage to tell him off like that for the first time in my life. Because more so than even how I felt about my best friends—she made me feel like I had my own family now. She was my future.

A warm feeling hit me hard. Fuck my dad. Fuck my mom for leaving me. But who gave a shit…look at the family I’d found.

Somehow, Logan had gotten what he was after. My heart.

“I know I’ll never stop looking at you like I’m in love, because every time I see you, it feels like the whole world is holding its breath, waiting for you to steal it over and over again. “I know I’ll never stop looking at you like I’m in love, because of the way you walk into a room like you own it but still can’t help being a little shy. Somehow, you don’t know you’re the most beautiful thing anyone’s ever seen. “I know I’ll never stop looking at you like I’m in love, because of the way you light up a room without even realizing it, like you’re carrying a little bit of the sun with you wherever you go. “It’s the way your laugh sounds like it belongs in a song. And the way you look at me sometimes, like I’m worth everything. It’s how you always surprise me—whether it’s with something you say or just the way you see the world—it keeps me on my toes in the best way. “It’s the way you let me in, even when you’re scared, like trusting me is a risk you’re willing to take. “And it’s the way you make me feel. Like for the first time in my life, I’m enough. “I know I’ll never stop looking at you like I’m in love, Sloane, because I am in love with you. Now and forever. You are my everything. “So the question is, how could I not look at you like this?”

“Maybe I need someone who’s a little crazy about me,” I said, my voice growing stronger with every word. “Because someone who loves me like that? Who’s willing to cross every line for me? That’s a fuck ton more than you ever gave me.”

I turned on my heel and walked out, the sound of my heels echoing in the quiet hallway like a victory march. The necklace lay cool against my collarbone, and I realized…it felt like armor. A reminder that I wasn’t alone anymore—and that someone out there would do whatever it took to make me happy. Even if his methods were a little…crazy.