Secret Obsession: A Dark Hockey Romance by S. Massery

Author:S. Massery [Massery, S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2023-06-27T22:00:00+00:00

30

WILLOW

Hours later, Miles and I lie in bed in what I’ve come to think of as our ‘usual’ positions. He’s wrapped around me. His scent, his weight. It’s all-encompassing. We haven’t been talking, or moving, or sleeping. Each of us is lost in our own world.

I’ve stopped shivering. The sensation returned to my limbs, my fingers and toes, after a while in the shower. Miles then picked us up out of it, stripping off the rest of his clothes, and wrapped me in two towels. He caught my hair up in another one, keeping it off my neck and preventing the water from dripping down my back.

Once out, he cranked the water to its full heat, and we were encased in steam in no time. The mirror fogged over, and it was almost hard to see straight through to the other wall.

But the one constant was him.

Did he leave me in the freezer?

Yeah. Technically.

Do I blame him?

Strangely… no.

As traumatic as it was, I was also mostly out of my mind. And I can’t find it in me to hate him for it.

So I’ve come to the conclusion that I do want to live. And what I’ve been doing for the past few weeks hasn’t even come close to how I want my life to go. I’ve been numb. As numb as my limbs in that stupid freezer.

In a way, this is like a rebirth.

A second chance.

It’s why I roll toward Miles and reach up, running my fingers down his scruff. He hasn’t shaved in a few days, and I don’t know if I love or hate it. Maybe a little bit of both.

His eyes open, and he watches me with a guarded look.

I move my hand up, into his hair. It’s mostly dry now, the curls falling over his forehead. I push them back, running my nails along his scalp.

He apologized to me.

And I feel an apology of my own welling up inside me, ready to burst free.

But instead, different words come out.

“I can’t fall in love with you,” I whisper.

He catches my wrist and turns his head, pressing his lips to my palm. When he releases me, I retract it. I keep my kissed palm safe against my chest, like he’s going to try something else.

“I won’t,” I clarify. “Because—”

“You will,” he replies. “You don’t have a choice. There’s never been a choice with us, wild girl. You’ll fall in love with me, and it’s going to be a hundred times better than any love you held for Knox. Because I deserve you and you deserve me.” His gaze intensifies. “And when you do realize that you’re madly in love with me, you’re going to know in your bones that I won’t leave you. I haven’t left you, and I won’t ever. It’s you and me until the end of time.”

My heart skips, then picks up a beat that is quickly careening out of control.

He’s hurt me.

He almost killed me.

And he’s killed for me.

“Miles—”

“Don’t,” he interrupts. “Don’t say anything right now.

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