บททั้งหมดของ The Ice King's Wild Obsession: บทที่ 31 - บทที่ 40

Cade looks away so fast that I decide I must have imagined the look on his face. The announcer continues mentioning the lineups, and everyone skates to get in their positions. Cade is the one facing off with Eastwood's center. Then the linesperson drops the puck, and the Eastwood center sweeps it away first. The first twenty-minute period is instant chaos. Players chasing the puck and aggressively bumping into each other. Cade doesn't look at me again. Not when he skates past the glass in the first few minutes, not on any of his shifts, not even when the crowd screams his name. He keeps his eyes on the ice, on the puck, on anything that isn't the third row. "Pass it to him! Pass it to him!" Vicky grabs my arm during the first period. Down on the ice, Dax has the puck near the crease with Cade wide open on his left, stick down, waiting. Dax ignores him, takes the shot himself, and the goalie catches it easily. Vicky shrieks out a sound of disbelief. "What the fuck. Cade

"Yes, right here." Cade's mouth drags down my jaw. "In the backseat."A disbelieving laugh scrapes out of me even as his hands tighten on my waist and pull me flush against him.“You’re crazy. We’re in a parking lot.”“So?”“So?” I pull my head back to stare at him. “People will see us!”“Windows are tinted.”I glance past his shoulder. They are dark enough that the interior is nothing but shadow from the outside.“It’s still outside,” I whisper.It's already a terrible idea that we're kissing like this in the open, even if we're hidden between his pickup and the block fence.Still, anyone walking to their car could hear us. I should be shoving him off and walking to my own car, which is parked right here.He dips his head until his mouth brushes the shell of my ear.“You know you want to, Red. I can feel how much you want to.”I can’t deny it. The words sit on my tongue and r

"I'm sorry?""What game are you playing with my sons?" Renata repeats without blinking."I don't know what you're talking about," I say in the calmest voice I can manage. "I'm not playing games with anyone."She doesn't answer. She just looks at me, calm and steady, and the silence stretches so long that I figure out that she knows before she says a word."Then how do you explain the fact that you're sleeping with my stepson?"My stomach drops, and the café suddenly sounds too quiet. "Did Dax tell you?"I don't know whether to scream or laugh. Is he so desperate that he's recruiting his mother to 'talk sense' into me too?"Let's not worry about who told me." Renata smiles, and there's something bitter in it. "To be honest, when I first heard, I refused to believe it. But your reaction just confirmed it.""I don't see what this has to do with anything. Whatever is between me and Cade only concerns the two of us.""Yes." She folds her hands on the table. "Believe me, I don't particularl

~~CADE~~I watch as Soraya's face goes through several shades of red, and I'm almost enjoying it.She can't exactly tell a twelve-year-old that we're just fucking. Her mouth opens and closes. Her eyes dart to me, then to Grace, then to the ceiling like it might hand her an answer.I'm curious what she'll say."We're just friends," she finally blurts out.She glares at me. I chuckle."Bug, this is Soraya." I put a hand on Grace's shoulder. "My friend."I make it a point to emphasize the 'friend,' and Soraya's glare gets deadlier."Soraya, this is my little sister, Grace. Grace, Soraya makes the best hot chocolate in the city."Soraya rolls her eyes.Grace's head snaps up. "Really?""Really."Her whole face lights up, and something in my chest loosens. Hot chocolate has been her favorite for as long as I can remember.As small as it may seem, it's one of the few things I've prayed would never change about her."Can you make me one?" Grace asks Soraya."Of course." Soraya's expression so

Leo immediately raises both hands. "Relax, dude. You look like you're about to throw me off the porch."He grins, which doesn't help. "Don't worry. I'm not trying to get with Soraya. I'm interested in her friend."I frown. "Her friend? Vicky?""No. Not the barista. She's hot, too, but I mean the other one." He snaps his fingers, trying to remember. "I think she's Soraya's roommate.""Nia?""Nia." He nods earnestly. "Yeah. Does she have a boyfriend?""I have no idea.""She's gorgeous, isn't she? I haven't actually talked to her yet. But I think I should."I remember every scowl Nia has aimed in my direction, and I can't help but chuckle."Good luck, then.""What's that supposed to mean?""Let's just say she's... not the easiest person to approach.""It can't be that bad." He shrugs. "I'll just turn up my charm to win her over."I shake my head in amusement. "Like I said, good luck."I finish the rest of my beer in two swallows, stand, and clap him on the shoulder."I'm fucking tired, m