Heartbreak Hockey: Heartbreak Hockey Series Book One by S. Legend

Author:S. Legend [Legend, S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-03-25T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Hopeless for You

Mercy’s Log

MERCY

This was supposed to be a journal about my hockey adventures. At some point, it transformed into a long letter to you. Or maybe it’s my confessional. Or maybe it’s my last words as me, the Mercy Meyer who didn’t love you because going forward, Jack, no matter where you are in the world, the only Mercy who’ll ever exist is the one who is hopeless for you.

What am I doing? Inviting Leslie here is the worst idea I’ve had yet because he’ll be in my house. Again. I’ll forever have to look about my house and remember the areas where he stood when he’s off marrying Rhett on the first colony of Mars.

I’ve already planned out what I’m sending them as a wedding gift. A puppy. It will be too adorable for Jack to give up and it will forever ruin vacationing for Rhett because Jack won’t want to leave him in a kennel, and they’ll have to rely on pet sitters—much harder to get commitment from a pet sitter for more than a week.

Was I thinking with my dick when I invited him over? Not even. That would have been understandable, but it was as good an excuse as any to get him here, otherwise, I can’t imagine a twenty-four-year-old man would want to spend his only night off before we fly back with a five, a six, and an eight-year-old.

The doorbell rings, which means it’s too late for a cowardly text telling him not to bother. I don’t even look as nice as I had wanted to. I’m in my baggiest jeans. My black t-shirt has ketchup soaking the front.

When I open the door and Jack’s smiling on the other side of it, none of that shit matters. He’s not wearing his ball cap. He did his hair. It looks fucking amazing, but how am I gonna run my hands through it without ruining it? Answer is, I’m not. It’s getting ruined at some point tonight. “Hey, Merc.”

Theo—in my arms—is delighted to have company. “Helloooouuu!” he says diving for Jack. “New person!”

He hasn’t grasped the concept of stranger danger yet.

Jack’s pro-level reflexes catch the falling Theo before his head hits the ground. He settles Theo on his torso who reaches out with a syrup-soaked hand, pressing it against Jack’s face and fascinating himself with peeling it off and then watching it stick again.

Jack laughs. Thank fuck he’s a hockey player and used to much grosser shit than that.

“Sorry. We’re having breakfast for dinner by the way.”

“You like pancakes?” Theo asks.

“Love ’em. You got bacon too?”

“Yep.”

“Good. You shouldn’t have pancakes without bacon. It’s the first law of the universe.”

I lean between him and Theo to kiss Jack on the lips. We pull away slowly, doing our stare thing that we haven’t done much of since my little visit with Rhett. Mostly because I’ve been avoiding direct eye contact for that reason.

Theo licks over the syrup patch on Jack’s face. “Mine.”

“Okay. That’s disgusting, dude,” I say and pull Theo out of Jack’s arms.

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