Must Love Dogs...and Hockey by Kelly Jamieson

Author:Kelly Jamieson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2020-09-08T00:00:00+00:00

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The morning after. Should I stay or should I go? Jesus. Could I come up with any more song titles? How about “One Awkward Morning” with apologies to Casting Crowns? “Danger Zone.” “Send Me on My Way” by Rusted Root.

“What are you smiling about?”

I turn in bed to survey Lilly. “You’re awake.”

“I am.”

We lie on our sides, looking at each other. I reach out to smooth her hair, which is a tangled mess but still gorgeous. Her face is soft and pretty. Is that a hint of beard burn on her chin? Yikes. “I was telling myself jokes.”

Her smile broadens. “Do you do that often?”

“Actually, no.”

“Are you going to share?”

I touch my fingertips to the patch of pink skin on her jaw. “I was thinking about which song most accurately describes this moment.”

She bites her lip. “Oh. And that made you laugh?”

“Well, one of the songs was ‘Send Me on My Way’ by Rusted Root.”

Her smile fades. “Is that what you want me to do?”

“No.” I rub my thumb over her abused bottom lip. “Another was ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go.’ You tell me.”

Her eyelids lower. “Can you stay?”

“We have a day off today, so yeah.”

The smile creeps back over her mouth. “Okay, then. Stay.”

My mouth is hovering over hers and…Otis jumps on the bed and barks at us.

I heave a sigh. “Damn, dude. Very bad timing.”

Lilly laughs softly. “He needs to go out.”

“Yeah.” I throw back the covers. “I’ll take him.” I start looking for my clothes. “Shit. I only have my suit.” I pick up the pants. “Where the hell is my underwear?” I glance around the room. “Oh no.” I spot it on the rug where Otis slept. I pick up the boxer briefs to discover they are now crotchless. “Shit!”

Lilly rolls on the bed, laughing. “Oh no.”

“He ate my fucking underwear!”

“Is that the first time? Dogs love underwear.”

“I guess I don’t leave them lying on the floor at home.” I shake my head. “Commando it is.”

She’s watching me move around the room naked. It doesn’t bother me, I’m used to being naked around a lot of people in the locker room. I’m not used to someone looking at me the way she is. She looks…excited. Aroused. Damn.

“Do you want to go home to change?” she asks.

“Maybe?” I pull up my suit pants, tucking myself in before zipping up. “Come with me. We can drop off Otis and go for breakfast.”

After a beat of hesitation, she says, “Okay.”

I shove my arms into my wrinkled shirt and quickly button it, leaving it untucked, then sit on the flowered chair to put on my socks and shoes. “I’ll be right back.”

“My keys are on the table near the door. Take them so you can get back in. I’ll get dressed.”

Otis and I jog down the stairs and into the living room.

“Hi.”

I pull up short at seeing the woman on the couch. She’s sitting cross-legged, holding her phone in one hand and a mug in the other.

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