Pucking my Enemy Boss: A Christmas Hockey Pregnancy Romance (Ice Kings of Chicago Book 1) by Mia Sterling

Author:Mia Sterling [Sterling, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Romantics Publishing House
Published: 2024-12-07T00:00:00+00:00

18

HOLLY

There’s nothing quite like being the third wheel. It’s a special kind of purgatory—wedged between Lauren, who’s talking about her job like it’s some must-see Netflix docuseries, and Mia, who’s nodding along but is definitely just planning her next caffeine fix. And me? I just sit there, nodding, smiling politely, but my mind? My mind’s halfway across town, wrapped up in a certain grumpy hockey player’s flannel shirt.

Ethan hasn’t called. Not even a text. Not a single emoji. Nada. Zero. Zilch.

Lauren gives me a side-eye from the driver’s seat. “You’re fidgeting like a squirrel on Red Bull. What’s up?”

“Nothing.” That kind of smooth lie is what you do when your mind’s doing backflips over a guy who’s sometimes about as emotionally available as a frozen pizza.

“Mm-hmm,” Lauren hums, not buying it for a second. “With you, it’s never nothing. Spill.”

From the passenger seat, Mia chimes in. “Is it work? That new event you’re planning? Or wait, it’s a man, isn’t it?”

Busted. Clearing my throat, my eyes flick back to my phone like it might magically light up if I stare long enough. “It’s fine. Just work. Blizzards business.”

Mia raises an eyebrow. “Right, because checking your phone every two seconds just screams ‘work stress.’”

Keeping anything secret from these two is like trying to hide snacks in a house full of teenagers—they sniff it out instantly. “Fine,” I admit, heat rising in my cheeks as their eyes drill into me. “Maybe I was kind of expecting a call.”

Lauren grins like she’s won a bet. “From who? You’ve been glowing lately, girl. Practically written across your forehead.”

“More like stamped across her heart,” Mia adds, smirking.

I roll my eyes, trying to play it off. “Dramatic, much?” But the truth is … they’re kind of right. Things with Ethan have been heating up in ways that are starting to feel less like casual banter and more like something real. And every time we’re together, there’s this electric pull between us, a tension that’s becoming impossible to ignore.

"Come on, Holly. You sure you don’t want to join us tonight? Girls' night out. No boys, no work talk, just us—and maybe a ridiculous number of margaritas," Mia suggests, her eyes glittering with mischief.

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