Off Ice: A Forbidden Rink Romance
"Can we just talk for a minute?"
"I don't have anything to say to you." I kept my voice distant, even though my heart was already beating faster than it should have just from seeing him standing there.
"Please, just a minute. That's all I'm asking, Beckett. One minute out of your whole night."
I kept walking.
He kept following, matching my pace step for step, refusing to let the distance between us grow, his shoes making noises against the floor just behind mine.
"I'm serious, Beckett. I flew back early for this. I could be anywhere else right now, and instead I'm here, waiting outside a rink for you like some kind of teenager, watching you celebrate with your whole team through the windows