Caleb’s P.O.V. I couldn’t believe how much I had already opened up to Reese during our night out together. I had never felt such a strong connection with anyone ever before, and I knew that I wanted to spend more time with her as well. I wanted to get to know every little detail there was to know about her. I wanted to know what made her smile, what ticked her off, hell… I wanted to know how to make her scream out my name too. Ever since I had arrived at the ‘Nice after work’ event tonight, my wolf had immediately picked up her scent, letting me know that she was in fact there and that my brother Jake had been right in his assumptions. Thank God, all teachers held a soft spot for anything kids related, and she had decided to be here tonight to sponsor this charity. If she would have not been there, I probably would have gone to pick up Dahlia from school the next day, if my wolf would even have been able to even wait that long to see her again. It had already been two days since I ha
Caleb's P.O.V. “I know, it's a big risk.” I said in a low voice.“But I cannot help the way I feel about her. She is the one, Jake. The way I feel about her… fuck, I never had that with anyone else.” I sighed, shaking my head. Jake also shook his head, his expression grim.“I am not saying that you should break things off with her, Caleb. But you have to be careful here. You need to keep our secret safe and hidden, no matter what.” He stated as I nodded, knowing that he was right, for now. I couldn’t let my feelings for Reese cloud my own judgment. I had to be responsible here. Not just for my own safety, but for that of my family as well.“I understand, Jake.” I said, my voice resolute.“I will be careful around her. I will not let anyone find out about our secret, no matter what.” I added, as Jake nodded, his expression finally softening.“I trust you, Caleb. I just want you to be safe. That’s all.” I felt a surge of gratitude toward my brother. Despite our differences, I knew that
“What wouldn’t I mind?” I heard his voice as soon as footsteps started to run down the stairs. I didn’t even have to turn myself around to know that it was Caleb this time. I had no idea where Nana had disappeared to. By the looks of it, she had just walked away from the house once I had come knocking, maybe she was back at the stables? I surely didn’t hear her around the house right now.“You wouldn’t mind if I made sure to Miss Reese over here, to be aware of the fire risk out here,” Zach spoke using a darn good poker face.“We have a lot of dry weather here, and the grass is pretty tall. I don’t want to see anyone get hurt.” He spoke as he turned his back to his brother, sending me a playful wink behind his back.“Thanks for letting me know.” I smiled back at Zach, forcing myself not to laugh out loud. As soon as I turned myself around to look at Caleb, I saw how he walked straight my way, smiling that dangerous smile of his. He was wearing a pair of light blue jeans and a brown t-
Caleb’s P.O.V. As I had finished showing Reese around the land where I wanted to build my own home, I had found myself drawn to her even more. Maybe it was the fact that she had actually come today after school like she had promised me she would. Maybe it was seeing her walking around on the Loup ranch grounds as if she actually belonged there. Hell, maybe it was the fact that she was walking around on a piece of grass where I was about to build a home, not only for myself but for her as well, not that I was telling her that little fact already. At least, that was if my inner wolf had something to say about the matter. When I had spoken to my brothers, they had all told me that after my injury and my abrupt ending as a professional athlete, how they wanted me to find a new dream, a new meaning to my life, a new goal. And maybe I had just told Reese that building a home was that new meaning… what I really meant to say to her, was that my new meaning in life, my new goal… it was her.No
Caleb's P.O.V.“Her ex-boyfriend fucked her up, and now, she has trouble letting me in.” I sighed, my fingers gripping the steering wheel a little harder since speaking about that fucker out loud made me angry.“OK. Hear me out,” Jake spoke, looking out in front of him at the road.“That ex-boyfriend of hers is wherever the hell he is, doing whatever the hell he pleases. Right here, right now, you are here. Reese is here. You are going to be the guy that she will come to to keep her company. You’re the one that is texting her every day and every night, and don’t give me that look, I can hear your phone vibrate all the way to my room, wolf hearing and all.” He stated, making me roll my eyes at him because all of a sudden he sounded more like a father than a brother to me. “So, good luck. Go get her, chaise her, make her yours. Label whatever you want to get labeled.” He smiled at me, leaning in closer.“And besides, you don’t have the willpower to resist her either, your wolf will mak
Caleb’s P.O.V.“Caleb is an incredible hockey player, and you’re only calling out on him for his injury because you know that he would wipe the floor with Florida’s team if he would be at his full strength. Hell, he’ll wipe the floor with you WITH an injury!” Reese yelled, sticking out her finger and probably giving the man the look she would give her students whenever they were crossing a line. I could not help but feel my chest swell, along with my dick, seeing and hearing how Reese was sticking up for me, trying to protect me even though I knew for a fact that she had never seen me play on the ice. Fuck… it made me want to throw her over my shoulder, take her home so I could have my way with her, ending with her having my mark on her body so no other guy would ever dare to look her way ever again. The guys standing with the troublemaker already sent me an apologetic look, but all I cared about was hearing what else my woman had to say. Fuck… hearing her so angry somehow was freakis
“Actually, I’m pretty busy tonight. It’s my brother Zach’s birthday.” Caleb finally said, bursting my bubble.“Oh,” I responded, trying to keep the disappointment out of my voice.“Yeah, sorry about that,” Caleb continued.“I promised to celebrate his birthday with him, it’s kind of a family tradition and all.” He added, as I felt a lump form in my throat. Caleb was going to celebrate his brother’s birthday, meaning he was not going to spend his time with me, or even worse… not ask me to join him and his family for his brother’s birthday celebration.maybe he really doesn’t feel the same way as I did?Wouldn’t he ask me to join him, if he wanted more with me than just being friends?He had said he wanted to explore this 'thing that was growing' between us...maybe I was now the one that was rushing things?“That’s OK.” I said, trying to keep my voice steady.“I have plans too, anyway.” I added, nodding mostly at myself, in the hopes that my words would make me feel strong. Which they
Reese’s P.O.V.I turned myself around, facing the bartender so I could ask him for a drink and at the same time hide my blush from Caleb.“No, I’m not jealous at all. I don’t even have any reason to be jealous in the first place.” I answered him matter-of-factly. “In fact, I’m so ‘not jealous’ right now, that I won’t even bother you for the rest of the evening, especially when you seem to be so… busy,” I spoke, before lifting my hand in the air, finally getting the attention of the man behind the bar, finally.“A martini, please!” I shouted over the music, giving Caleb my back and nothing more. I was pissed and right now, I needed time to cool off, so instead of giving Caleb any more attention so he could piss me off even more, I took my drink and walked over to Dana, saying hi to my coworkers and sticking out my hand to meet some of her friends who I had never seen before.“Hi, I’m Reese.”I shouldn’t even have felt down when Caleb seemed to take the hint and stepped away from me. B