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Still, the seats were ah the Cold Fury lost, I had a wonderful ti the Cross just before I left his apartasms out of me
Sighing deeply over the memory, I s here?”
Monica leans in to give“I caa to the front door area where two other girls are waiting “I saw you standing here and thought I’d come say hello ”
“It’s good to see you,” I tell her genially, because it is I truly had fun with her when I watched ame
Monica waves her friends over to ive war Cold Fury jerseys and are bearing the slightly dejected look of having suffered a loss
“Sutton here is friends with Alex Crossrin as she wraps her ar me a squeeze
As Amy and Carrie squeal, I smile inwardly to myself and think, Yeah, I’m much more than just his friend now
This, unfortunately, brings scorching hot ht and this , and if Ia safe and healthybomb I swear, I could feel Alex inside of me with such exquisite detail, the ether to relieve the ache starting to build I take a swig of my beer to moisten the dryness in my throat and tune back in to the conversation
“Are you ht?” Carrie asks
“Uuess so,” I say laet rid of Monica and her cronies now I assuander at Alex and Garrett, all hope of a cozy evening with my man and his numero uno buddy will fly out the
The girls lapse into talk about the hockey ga the commentary I realize how far I’ve come as a hockey fan when I can actually contribute to the conversation, joining in the laht Alex looked off in his play, a thought that worried h to wonder if I have anything to do with that Or o?
Still, after our conversation last night about his “first kiss,” I’ve been thinking a lot about Alex and the burdens he carries in his soul I was shocked and disgusted that his father would remove his childhood and then try to replace it with a whore It’s despicable and I hope to God I never have the pleasure ofis slis for ht as a clam when it comes to much of his personal life
We girls order a round of beer—their first and a their cos that make up hot hockey players It doesn’t even bother me—that much—when she waxes poetic about how beautiful Alex’s eyes are I sort of have to agree with her
After an hour, one and I’m into my third I’ve checked my watch only about a dozen ties just as often No word fro to be a no-show I’alorious, sweaty sex, he’s decided to move on from me
God, I hope he hasn’t decided that The thought s run pretty damn deep where Alex is concerned
Glancing at the door to the bar one more ti, so I lean over to Monica and tell her I’ to the restrooone she’ll let hi away frorabs etar drawn back into a tall, hard male body that smells faintly of citrus and eucalyptus It’s the scent of Alex’s body wash and I i my hands over his arms as they enclose me completely
He hugs h me because in all honesty, I had sos between us were Putting his mouth near my ear, he murmurs, “I’ve missed you ”
Turning my body, I snake my arms up and wrap them around his neck “I missed you too ”
“Sorry I’ave us a ‘pep talk’ after the game ”
My eyebrows rise in question and Alex clarifies “That’?”
“Oh,” I say softly,the back of his neck “I’ht be buht ”
Rubbing his thu the waistband of s you should know about that First, nowith you willtime since I’ve been sad over a loss I think that says so, don’t you?”
His blue eyes search et hiet that he’s found soain, because otherwise he wouldn’t give a shit about a loss It’s odd that the fact he’s bummed over a loss warms my heart
“I think it speaks voluive hihtly to ainst his, I revel in how soft they are yet still firainst me
It’s justhere in this crowded bar, and it feels like the rest of the universe is a million miles away I wish the rest of the universe was a ht at this veryrevealed in the way his mouth touches , without anything else to divert my attention