Breaking the Rules : An MM Hockey Romance (Rules of the Game Book 5) by Brigham Vaughn

Author:Brigham Vaughn [Vaughn, Brigham]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Two Peninsulas Press
Published: 2022-12-26T18:30:00+00:00

After Braden left, Wade let out a chuckle and he dropped down to sit in the chair next to Trevor, their upper arms pressing together. The puppy was a warm, sleepy weight in his arms and Wade scratched behind his ears. “So, you met my son.”

“I had no idea he was your son,” Trevor said with a shrug, sounding a little defensive. “He was the only kid sitting by himself and, I dunno, he looked lonely or something. Wanted to make sure he was doing okay.”

“He can be quiet sometimes,” Wade said with a nod. “It was nice of you to check on him.”

“Hope I didn’t make things weird.”

“Nah.” Wade shrugged. “Honestly, it was nice to see him talking. I hadn’t heard about the whole school dance dilemma actually.”

Wade frowned and let out a heavy sigh.

“I don’t know if he’s getting to that age where he’d rather talk to anyone but his dad or he’s actually upset with me about something. I’ve tried to ask, tried to connect with him more, but sometimes it seems like the harder I try, the more he pulls away.”

“My advice wasn’t out of line, was it?” Trevor asked, biting at his lower lip. A rare moment of vulnerability in someone who usually carried himself with such a cocky attitude.

“No. It was solid,” Wade assured him.

“Seemed to work out okay for my sister, so I figured it was okay.” He gave a little half shrug, then reached over to pet the dog.

The movement made their knees press together and Wade was slow to pull away, though he was mindful of the cameras that might be trained on them.

“I have to admit, you’re better with kids than I would have expected.”

“Just the ones who can walk and talk. You should have seen me when Hajek brought his baby around after she was born. The other guys were losing their minds about getting to hold her. Someone tried to hand her off to me and I was like ‘what the fuck do I do with this thing?’”

Wade chuckled. “Try taking a baby home from the hospital and realizing you have no idea what the fuck you’re doing. I thought I was prepared. I’d read baby books and taken parenting classes. When we got home and I found out Levi was gone. I wanted to immediately turn around and take the baby back to the hospital and tell them I’d made a terrible mistake.”

“What did you do?”

“Cried,” Wade admitted, stroking the puppy’s back. His fur was smooth and soft, warm under his palm. “I sat down on the floor of Braden’s nursery and cried, which made him wake up and cry too, and I thought, ‘there is no fucking way I can do this shit alone’.”

“What made you change your mind?”

“I don’t know. I guess I realized that one person had already walked out on him. And his mom was way, way too young to take care of him herself. She was fifteen and practically seemed like a baby too.

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