Wrecked: A Novel (Charming Knights Book 1) by Shana Vanterpool

Author:Shana Vanterpool [Vanterpool, Shana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shana Vanterpool
Published: 2018-08-01T16:00:00+00:00

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“Knights!”

Our huddle broke apart. As my team took off for the locker room, I stood there, the confetti on the field from our win in my hair and stuck to my sweaty skin. A 31-6 win should be my only focus.

As with most obsessions, however, my focus was in the wrong places. Overlooking the obvious in exchange for unsure things. I didn’t bother looking at the bleachers. She wasn’t there. Showing up had been for me. Staying would be for us.

Walking into the win party that night made me resent my mask so forcefully, I almost wanted to rip it off and show the world my skin beneath my armor. The disgusting gnarled scar tissue and puckered wounds. The truth.

The guys soaked up the female attention. I nursed a beer on the back patio, staring out at the manmade lake on Rip’s property. Only his father would interfere with nature. Create a lake where there was only dry humid Georgia soil. Not to mention this mansion was dug directly into the canyon. It looked like an oasis in the desert, but that was a lie too. Charmant wasn’t the desert. It was a geological monopoly in the south and that lake was just one more gilded front.

Arms slid around my waist from behind. I felt the breasts before I felt the kiss right below my ear. “Congrats on the win, Wreck.”

I brought the bottle to my lips and swallowed, hating her touch the way I hated myself. Deeply. “Not right now, Trudy.”

“Aww, are you upset?” She hugged me tighter. “Something wrong in the palace?”

I rolled my eyes at her jealousy and took another swig. Trudy got me naked because it made sense for me not to say no. If I wanted to keep my true feelings secret, I had to lay down some lies first. Hooking up with women I felt nothing for did that. I wasn’t in the mood for nothing tonight. And if I were being honest with myself—something I rarely did—I didn’t want Trudy. I wanted Hallie. Hooking up with her tonight would only do more damage than it did good. “I told you already. I have a girlfriend.”

She snorted. “Yeah, right. Little miss Goodie-two-shoes-ford probably isn’t going to get you off like I can.”

I highly doubted that. I’d learned over the years that my cock didn’t align with my brain or heart. It was a separate organ that made its own choices. I never got off, but my dick always did. The rare times I felt anything was when I pretended they were the star in my obsession. “I’m trying not to be a dick right now. If you want me to be, I’ll indulge you.”

She released me with a scoff and stood beside me, her gaze on the side of my face. “How did you two even start hooking up? She’s such a stuck up little snob I didn’t think you’d even want to bother.”

“She is not a fucking snob,” I hissed, turning to glower at her.

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