Once Upon a Power Play by Jennifer Bonds

Author:Jennifer Bonds [Bonds, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Jennifer Bonds, contemporary romance, sexy, Risky Business, erotic, brazen, Entangled, Hockey
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-11-15T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Ryan toyed with Chloe’s curls, trying to decide the best way to wake her. His gut told him she wasn’t a morning person. It also told him he was starving and there was nothing to eat in his cabinets except a few slices of bread. Bread coated with a questionable green fuzz. So, yeah, he was going to take his chances.

His stomach growled. Again.

Chloe’s eyelids fluttered. “What time is it?” she grumbled, stretching and arching her back. The woman had wicked sex hair, but he wasn’t about to point it out. The look suited her just fine, and he was more than happy about his role in helping her achieve it.

“Almost nine.” He leaned down and kissed her, loving the way she responded immediately, rising up to meet him, crushing her soft lips to his. “You want to grab breakfast?”

Pulling herself into an upright position, she glanced at her clothes, which he’d folded and laid across the foot of the bed. “Probably not a good idea.”

“Why not?” He rubbed her knee absently. “You have to be hungry after last night.”

“Hungry? Yes. Walk of shame? Not so much.” She gave him a wry grin and pointed. “There is nothing about that shirt that is appropriate for nine a.m.”

“Easy fix,” he assured her. “My sisters are always forgetting stuff when they visit. I’ll bet there’s something that would fit you in the guest room. Get dressed. I’ll go check.”

Thirty minutes later he was ushering Chloe through the line at his favorite café, after finding her a turquoise blouse one of his sisters had left behind.

“You’re really going to eat all of that?” she asked with a disbelieving stare as the cashier bagged his order.

He chuckled and paid for their food. “Skating burns a lot of calories. And I’ve always had a good metabolism.”

“If I ate like a garbage disposal, I’d look like the Pillsbury Doughboy.” She sighed and sipped her giant coffee. “So where are we going anyway?”

“It’s a surprise,” he said, slinging an arm across her shoulders and steering her out into the crisp December air. “I want to show you one of my favorite places in the city.”

They stopped at The Garden, knocking on one of the service doors around back.

“You know, if you wanted to have sex, we could’ve skipped the cold and just stayed at your place,” she quipped, gripping her cup with two hands. Steam escaped out the top, mingling with her frosty breath.

“Cute, but we’re not here for sex.”

The door opened and one of the security guards waved them in. “Cold one today,” he said, closing the door behind them.

“Thanks, Joe.” Ryan turned to Chloe. “This is my friend Chloe. I’m just going to give her a quick tour and then we’ll be out of your hair.”

“No problem, man. Take your time. Nothing going on this morning.”

Sunday mornings at The Garden were usually pretty quiet, unless the Knicks were playing at home. It was Ryan’s favorite time to visit. No crowds, no pressure, no responsibility. He could just soak up the silence and think.

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