All Chapters of Off Ice: A Forbidden Rink Romance : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐭I shouldn't have been here.Somehow I'd ended up in front of Malakai's door anyway, standing in the hallway of his dorm building like I had every right to be there, when in reality anyone could walk past and see exactly what this looked like. A coach standing outside his player's dorm at this hour. I'd pulled a cap low over my eyes on the drive over, some half-formed instinct telling me it might buy me a little cover if the wrong person spotted me in this hallway. I knew how it looked regardless. I didn't care, not right now.A door down the hall opened, and I stepped instinctively closer to Malakai's, heart jumping before I registered it was just a couple of students heading out with their laundry baskets, too caught up in their own conversation to spare me a second glance. I let out a breath I hadn't realized I was holding, feeling ridiculous about how much two strangers with a hamper had just made my heart leave my chest.I raised my hand toward the doorbell, then

𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫"We should've invited your brother to celebrate with us."My father said it between sips of his wine, like it was a passing thought and not something he'd clearly been sitting on all evening. The whole table had gathered to celebrate the marriage, my side and Sofia's side blending together around too much food and too many toasts, everyone already talking about a real wedding, a proper one, sometime next year. France, someone kept suggesting. Sofia's aunt was pushing for Italy instead, something about a villa her cousin had used for her own wedding.I didn't answer him right away. My brother wasn't exactly a topic I brought up voluntarily, not with this crowd, not with how complicated that particular relationship had gotten over the years. We hadn't spoken properly in longer than I liked to think about, not since he decided to go his own way instead of falling in line the way our father expected. Some nights I understood exactly why he'd done it. Tonight was one o

𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐭Almost getting caught after deciding to give us a try. Great job, Beck!I shook my head as I walked toward the rink, hands buried inside the pockets of my jacket, trying my best to focus on the practice waiting for me instead of what had happened the night before. I could still remember the exact moment the guys showed up at Malakai's place, the way my heart had nearly jumped out of my chest when we heard the knocking, and the ridiculous way I had left the apartment.Somehow, Malakai had managed to keep their attention long enough for me to slip out unnoticed, and I still wasn't sure whether I was impressed by him or irritated that he had put me in a situation where I needed to sneak out of his apartment in the first place.Probably both.I let out a quiet sigh and looked toward the rink ahead of me. We had an upcoming match, and it was getting close enough that I couldn't afford to have my attention anywhere else. The last win had been good, but I didn't want to dep

𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒊I was still in a ridiculously good mood when I walked into class, and I knew exactly why. Every time I thought about what had happened earlier with Beckett, a stupid smile threatened to spread across my face, and no matter how hard I tried to stop it, I couldn't. I had spent most of the walk from the rink trying to convince myself to act normal because there was no way I was going to walk into class looking like I'd just won the lottery, but apparently my face had other plans.I still couldn't believe Beckett had actually come after I texted him, and his flushed face when he was about to cum.God, he was so fucking sexy!After everything that had happened between us, after all the times he'd pushed me away and convinced himself that keeping his distance was the smartest thing to do, he had finally decided to give us a chance. It wasn't perfect, and there were more rules than I cared to count, but I didn't care about any of that right now.He wanted me.That was enoug

𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒊"I don't want us to be weird with each other since we're in the same group and all."Hailey's words caught me slightly off guard, even though I'd already known this conversation was coming the moment she called my name. I stood there with my hands in my pockets, watching her carefully as she tried to figure out how to say whatever she'd clearly been thinking about since Professor Fletcher announced the groups.I didn't particularly want to be there, but I couldn't exactly blame her for wanting to clear the air. We were going to be working together now, and avoiding each other every time our classes crossed paths wasn't going to work anymore. If we were going to spend the next few weeks meeting up for the assignment, the least we could do was make sure things weren't uncomfortable for everyone else."You're right," I said after a moment.She looked slightly surprised that I'd agreed so quickly."I mean, we're going to have to see each other a lot," she continued, shift