Checking It Twice: A Holiday Hockey Romance (Must Love Hockey, #3)

by Kendall Ryan

Mitchell Drake is never still. Never quiet. And definitely never this… breakable.

“What was that for?” “You were spiraling.” “I don’t spiral.” “Clare Bear, you were about to launch into a dissertation on the socioeconomic implications of small-town Christmas displays.”

“Shep, we’ve talked about this. Superman wears pants. Batman wears pants. Even the Flash, who literally runs so fast his pants should catch fire, wears pants.” “But I don’t want pants!” “Join the club, kid. We all have pants-related regrets.”

And how he didn’t come upstairs that last night, even though I’d made it clear I wanted him to. “So you put yourself out there and he chickened out,” Lucy summarizes when I’m done.

She didn't make it clear. Not at all. Clear would have been "Come upstairs with me"

“Like having an actual conversation with the man. Tell him what you want instead of expecting him to be a mind reader.”