LOGINHe's the Captain. She's the Janitor. And her ex is about to lose his pucking mind. Kendra Drake's future burned bright with straight A's and big dreams, until a tragic accident left her father on life support. Now she's trading her textbooks for a mop, scrubbing the elite locker room floors at Templeton University just to pay his medical bills. Her goal is simple: Stay invisible, clock out, and avoid her toxic ex boyfriend Simon at all costs. Fate has other plans. Hockey royalty and Simon's biggest nightmare, Captain Noah O'Shea, has set his eyes on Kendra. He's a star bound for the pro league. Kendra's done with fairytales, but Noah's the first guy to look at her with a fierce intensity she secretly craves. What starts as a reckless night escape from grief quickly turns into an irresistible attraction. But secrets don't stay hidden in the locker room for long. What happens when Kendra's ex discovers she's been in the arms of his rival and how far would he go to tear them apart in this tale where desire finds its way even in the dark?
View MoreKendra’s PoV“O’Shea,” I sputtered in surprise. “Dude, what the heck? You almost gave me a hernia!”“Yeah, no need to scream, I missed you too, Drake.”Noah’s six foot frame hunched over the booth, flickering his blue gaze at the smartphone I was quickly tucking to my side. Shoot. Talk about having your hand in the cookie jar of thirst DMs. I cupped a warm cheek as he squinted at me.“May I sit?”“I’d rather you don’t…and you’re already doing it anyway.”He took the second sofa, I squeezed my eyes shut.“First of all, what is that?”I gulped. Shit. He was perceptive. And also fast enough if I even tried to run. “It’s nothing.”But then he pointed a finger at my plate of steamy blueberry muffins. “Are you gonna finish it all?”I glared at Noah. “And your point being?”He grinned, shaking his head. “Nothing, I just admire a girl who’s not afraid to splurge on greasy pastries.”A
Kendra’s PoVStupid.Shagging my ex’s captain at work is officially the stupidest thing I’ve ever done in my entire adulthood. The last of the fireworks from the last thirty minutes instantly turned into shards of ice in my belly.My body, slick with sweat, trembled as I shoved my legs back into my uniform.Noah’s full brows furrowed as he threw his sweatshirt over his head, whispering lowly. “I could hide in the showers.”Another heavy bang rattled the door, erupting. I swallowed a suffocating gasp. “Uh no, that’s the last place you need to be!”The corner of his lips tilted up. “Maybe she’ll give up and walk away.”Before I could school him on Warden’s gift of persistence, the lock jiggled. Click.“Fuck!” I mouthed.I hauled Noah back against the wall, just in time for the door to swing wide open.Warden strode in, a clipboard pressed against her full bosom. She cast a scowl at me, her loafers thumping against the tile.I flashed my teeth and felt my eyes twitch a little. “Ma’am.”“
Noah's PoVThe next evening at hockey practice, I couldn’t shake that conversation from my head. The way Kendra Drake chewed her bottom lip as I backed away proves my theory.That girl wants me.She's seen my ass.It can't be denied that she also wants a piece of it under her boot.A smug rush of instant satisfaction bloomed in my chest as I focused on the ice. The defenseman ended his sixth and final lap of punishment around the rink; his face grew pure red as he glared at me.“Looking good, Warrington,” I said casually, though it was the last time he'd ever hear it from me.“Screw this, O'Shea." Simon’s face twisted as he paused before me. “Do you realize how humiliating this is?”I kept a grin from showing. “Hmm, only day four of thirty, and you haven't learned your lesson, freshman. I bet you haven't apologized to the janitor either.”Simon winced, brushing off the comment. “Why? She's a nobody.”Warrington’s pretty boy features churned my stomach. And you're a coward, I thought.
Kendra's PoVI had to admit, he must have read my filthy mind, because Templeton’s golden boy seemed to have a strange obsession for the dark.For three dreadful nights following the incident, I’d sneaked into the locker room, still nervously looking over my shoulder for any sign of Simon. Yet it was always Noah O'Shea in there giving me curt nods before walking out of the door, leaving me to pick up my brain cells. I flipped on the light switch.A screech tore from my lips, loud enough to wake the dead.Tonight, Noah O'Shea's scowl finally broke into a bright smile after my scream died off.“You’re a menace!” I cried, clutching my pounding chest as I leaned against the door.Noah gave a small laugh, shoulders shaking. “I know,” he admitted easily. “But the way you scream is straight out of a cartoon!”My stomach lurched with annoyance as he continued snickering breathlessly.One would think he was five instead of twenty-one.Not that I had researched him.I swear I can hear Simon's












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