Ice Mechanic: A Small-Town Hockey Romance by Lia Bevans

Author:Lia Bevans [Bevans, Lia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-12-04T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

THIRTY

APRIL

May grills me about the date with Chance as soon as I get home, but I’m too exhausted to do a blow-by-blow of the night’s events. Honestly, I’m not sure what happened in that library.

At first, Chance and I were arguing…

And then we were kissing…

And then he was whisking me into a transformed gazebo ripped straight out of some magical wonderland…

And then… he… threatened me?

What exactly have you set your mind to do?

You’ll see.

Those cryptic words haunted me even in my dreams.

Now I’m awake, the sun is pouring through my window and I’m lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, totally puzzled.

Chance McLanely is a determined man. No one gets that good at a sport—at anything really—without a single-minded dedication, bordering on obsession.

As someone equally obsessed with her career, I’m well aware of the downfalls of that kind of mindset. When I encounter a problem with a car, I don’t sleep or eat until it’s solved.

I can’t imagine what Chance has up his sleeve, but I know it will be just as intense as his playing on the ice. It was hard enough resisting him before he made liking me his primary objective. I don’t know how I’ll survive this.

Suddenly, my bedroom door bursts open and May barges in. Her ponytail swishes behind her as she marches around my bed.

“April, you need to get up now!” My sister bounces to the windows and throws the curtains back.

I wince at the dangerously bright sunshine. Groggily, I demand, “Unless someone’s dead or something’s on fire, close that window and let me go back to sleep.”

“Get. Up.”

“What time is it?”’

“It’s seven thirty.”

“What? It’s so early!”

“You need to get dressed and go to the garage. Rebel’s already down there doing the intake process, but she’ll need help.”

“Why is Rebel at the garage? We don’t open until nine.”

A sheepish look crosses her face. “The thing is, I made a mistake with the schedule. Customers brought their cars at five thirty this morning⁠—”

Sitting straight up, I stare at May. “Did you say… customers actually brought their cars in?”

“Yes!”

“This early?”

“Mmhm!”

“This isn’t like all the other times when we got tons of new followers but no actual clients?” My fingers scrunch in my dark blue comforters. “People actually showed up?”

“Yes! Now get up! I’m serious. Rebel called me in a panic when she wasn’t getting through to you. It sounds like it’s chaos out there.”

I launch out of bed, take a quick shower and see May following me through the door.

“I can’t give you a ride to the bus stop, May. I need to go straight to the garage.”

“I know. I’m coming with you.”

I check my watch. “Don’t you have a class in twenty minutes?”

“I’ll skip it.”

“Absolutely not.” I shake my head.

“But this is partly my fault. I should at least go help.” My sister’s mournful eyes hit me right between my chest.

“You know what dad would have said. Education comes first.”

“But—”

“You’re going to be late as it is. Here.” I reach into my pocket and drop some bills into her palm.

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