Checked by Elise Faber

Author:Elise Faber
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781946140500
Publisher: Elise Faber

Thirteen

Gabe

“Absolutely not,” Rebecca said a few days later, glaring up at him in the hall of the rink, arms crossed, cheeks flushed, eyes narrowed. “We are not having a pizza party in the middle of the playoff push—”

“The guys hit their goal,” he reminded her, watching those pretty green irises spark fire. “They need a reward.”

She tapped her foot, not quite a stomp but getting there, and he had to resist the urge to lean down and kiss her. “A reward is not salty meat products and greasy-phthalate-laced cheese.”

“How about just a little of that salty meat?” He held up his thumb and forefinger, just the slightest bit apart.

“A little—” She gasped then seemed to realize he was teasing her.

God, she’s pretty, he thought as her hands came up to grip his shoulders, jostling him lightly. She was just too fucking much, her mouth opening and closing in outrage. “You’re—”

“Teasing,” he supplied. “The phase two guys are going to wait for their next cheat day. And they promised me they’d go easy on the meat.”

“You’re—” She sputtered and even that was adorable. “You—” She huffed. “I can’t believe you’d tease me about something like that—”

Unable to resist any longer, he bent and kissed her, cutting off her words, taking her into his arms, and not giving a damn they were in the hall, that anyone could walk by or pop their head out of their office and see them.

Which happened about two seconds after their lips touched.

The wolf-whistle made her jump, mouth jerking back.

“Yes!”

They both turned to see Mandy standing in the hall, fist raised mid-pump. Her husband, Blane, the perpetrator of said whistle, was behind her, a huge grin on his face.

“Carry on,” Mandy said, taking her huge hockey player by the arm and dragging him back into the training suite, where no doubt the news of their kiss would be chugging right down that Gold gossip train.

“We’ve done it now,” Rebecca said.

“I’m sorry.” He touched her cheek. “I shouldn’t have kissed you there.”

“I’m guessing it won’t be much of a surprise to anyone, considering how much time we’ve been spending together.”

That was true. The team had been playing it cool for a long time, probably because Mandy understood they’d both needed time to get comfortable and had played mother hen.

The players did not fuck around when Mandy laid down the law.

“Yes, but—”

“Come with me,” she said, and took his hand, leading him in the opposite direction of the locker and training rooms. They were in the bowels of the Gold Mine, the seventeen-thousand-plus seat arena that was the team’s home rink above them. Noise was already beginning to filter down through the concrete, staff prepping the space for the fans that would soon enter.

But it would get louder.

There was absolutely nothing like hearing the collective cheers—or groans—from that many people at the same time. It hit Gabe in the gut every time, reverberating through his body, lighting his nerves on fire.

He wasn’t even a player and it was beyond energizing.

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