Before We Came (Lakes Hockey, #1)
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Read between February 23 - February 25, 2025
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To be fair, she wasn’t winning any Mother of the Year awards either.
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I’ve never seen any of them before and can’t help but notice how happy Mom seemed. I smile. It’s a side of her I’ve never seen before. I wish I could have had that version of her, she looked so effervescent.
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It’s comforting, but it’s also a reminder that she’s never coming back. It’s strange sensing someone in a place, knowing they will never return to it.
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But when you have a complicated relationship like ours, every little strand of connection counts.
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I want someone who will bang me like a screen door in a hurricane. Loud, hard, and often. Nothing too crazy, just passionate.
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Me: You’re disgusting. Me: Wanna get married?
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These days, my joints practically pop and click just from ripping ass.
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Dear God, it’s me, Birdie. Why the fuck are you punishing me like this?
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“If I was flirting, I’d tell you how turned on I am seeing you in my number and how pretty you look straddling me like this. Do you remember what happened the last time you were on my lap?”
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“You’re enough for me. In any capacity.”
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I can’t wait to teach her my bark will always be followed by a bite.
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Vagina, it’s a trap. Stay vigilant.
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Shit, he’s technically my boss, after all. And my roommate. And the only person I know from my old life. It’s like a bad romance novel.
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“Christ, you’re even pretty when you cry,”
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“Look at you, spreading your pretty legs for me, showing off your wet, barely covered cunt.”
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I’ve been waiting my whole adult life to find someone who can fuck me like he can, and as it turns out, the mythical beast is Lonan. My brother’s best friend, my childhood crush, and my anonymous one-night stand.
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He flew me out here to surprise you. That’s not fuckboy energy. That’s big-dick-husband-daddy energy.
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No little girl grows up imagining her marriage proposal will be motivated by logistics rather than love.
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“I could never stop loving you.”
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“Do you get why I love eating your pussy so much? You taste like you belong to me. We belong together.”
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“Listen closely to me. If you think what we’re doing right now is just a hookup, you need to open those big gray eyes and look around. I’m all in with you. So I want all of you in return. You are the only woman who will ever own my heart, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to let you tear it apart either. I won’t accept
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“You are mine.” She pulses around me. “You will always be mine.” “Forever,” she answers.
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“You’re going to watch me fuck you. I want you to see how beautiful you are when you’re filled with me. Look how sexy you are like this.”