Blindside Sinner (Seattle Wave Hockey Book 1) by Mariah Wolfe

Author:Mariah Wolfe [Wolfe, Mariah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-26T00:00:00+00:00

39

BECK

The angry snarl of the car matches my mood.

I shouldn’t give a shit that she won a date. That she bid on a date. That she’s going on a date with Dr. Fancy Fuck.

This is a good thing, actually. It’s a reminder of one key fact.

Sloan Reeves isn’t my fucking concern.

I shouldn’t have been listening when she took the call, but she took the call in my damn house, after all. There are rules, decorum, that should be followed. And if I happen to overhear a conversation probably not meant for me to overhear, then it’s on her.

Unless maybe she wanted me to overhear. Why else would she take a call like that in my kitchen? Is this all part of some game I didn’t even know we were playing?

Fuck me. She has my head all twisted and bent around things I shouldn’t give a fuck about. Things I never give a fuck about.

What is wrong with me? I don’t care who she dates. She isn’t my property and if she wants to swap spit with every guy this side of the Pacific, it’s her business. She’s not mine and I don’t care.

I say that out loud under my breath just for good measure. “I. Do. Not. Care.”

But it sounds limp and unconvincing, even to my own ears.

I jam the gas pedal into the floor and speed up. For that brief window of glorious, twelve-cylinder acceleration, I leave my thoughts in the dust.

Then a set of red-and-blue lights in my rearview window drags me right down to earth.

Goddammit.

I grimace and sigh as I pull over to the side of the road. By the time the officer walks up to the car, I have my license and insurance already in my hand. That’s unlike me—the pre-Sloan version of Beck would’ve flashed a dazzling smile and tried to celeb my way out of the situation. This new Beck is responsible. Law-abiding.

It makes me sick.

“Problem, officer?” I say as I hand the documents over.

His professional scowl disappears when he reads the name on my ID. “Beckett Daniels! I’ll be damned. Team looks good this year.”

I nod. “We’ve been working hard. I’m actually on my way to practice right now.”

He nods as he hands my license back and smiles. “Alright then. You just remember to save all your speeding for the ice, got it?”

“You bet, officer.” As he walks back to his cruiser, I put the window up and drive away.

I’m dressed and on the ice already when Dix skates out. Best friend or not, if he doesn’t keep his mouth shut today, I’m going to shut it for him.

But of course, he doesn’t keep his mouth shut.

We’re doing line sprints when Dixon skates past me and slaps the back of my leg with the blade of his stick. “What’s the matter, buddy? Your girlfriend keep you up late last night?”

I shake my head and ignore him. Head down. Sprint back to the other side.

He’s still cracking jokes when we get there. “Uh-oh, sounds like that’s a no.

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