Hatefully Yours: An Enemies to Lovers Hockey Romance by Roxanne Tully

Author:Roxanne Tully [Tully, Roxanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-08-20T18:30:00+00:00

It’s after nine and I’m ringing Angel’s doorbell like there isn’t a five-year-old likely asleep in the house. Just adding to the list of reasons Coach is going to nail me at practice tomorrow.

His car isn’t in the driveway, which isn’t surprising since the event doesn’t end until ten and he needs to stay for the owners’ closing numbers speech for the fundraiser.

When she finally answers, I almost forget what I came here for. She’s in a crop top with matching shorts. Her hair is up in a messy bun and it reminds me of the time we sat at the diner—a time she was a lot happier than she is now.

Maybe the words ‘a lot happier’ is extreme for someone like Angel. But she was not looking at me with venom in her eyes.

When she starts getting restless waiting for me to speak, I hold up my hands. “Angel, wait. Talk to me. What’s going on? Why did you run off?”

She crosses her arms and looks away. But the door isn’t being shut in my face, so I press my luck and move toward her.

“I’m sorry I stepped away, I—”

“I’m not upset that you stepped away.”

“Then what is it?” I fight the urge to run my hand down her cheek when she looks down. “Is it about what happened earlier? Did I take it too far?”

A tear falls and she swipes it away. “I shouldn’t have let you talk me into it. I should have just left. I don’t even know why you would bother with me when you’re still into Kerri.”

I close the small distance between us. “I’m not into Kerri. Why would you think that?”

“I heard you.” She pushes against me. “I heard you say that you’re not interested in me. That it’s all her.”

I’m wracking my brain, trying to remember what she might have heard me say because it most certainly wasn’t that. “Angel.”

“And then it looked like you kissed her.”

I laugh but I don’t find any of this funny. I laugh because I’m relieved that this is what she’s angry about. I step in uninvited and close the door behind me. It’s dark and the only light comes from the kitchen at the far end of the house. Gripping her by the waist, I move her against the wall by the door, confident enough to cage her between my arms and make her look at me.

“I didn’t kiss her. I don’t want her. I never wanted her. You assumed I did. Yes, I took her out. But that’s all it was. I took her to dinner because I thought I could forget about you, since you basically kept digging my grave and throwing me in it.”

She blinks up at me, confusion on her face.

“You’re the only one I’ve wanted for years, Angel.”

“But you said—”

“What you heard me telling Kerri is that you’re not interested in being an Ice Girl again. Can’t you see, they’re all threatened by you?”

I exhale a breath. I don’t tell her

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