Cross Checked Hearts: A Brother's Best friend Hockey Romance (Wyncote Wolves Book 1) by Cali Melle

Author:Cali Melle [Melle, Cali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-07-28T16:00:00+00:00

16

LOGAN

It’s been two weeks since I found myself in Isla’s bed. Two weeks since we’ve had a real conversation. And if I’m being honest, living in the same apartment as her is beginning to drive me mad. There’s only so many nights in a week for me to go out with the guys and forget about her, but I can’t let myself lose focus on what I’m really doing here.

She’s become such a distraction, even though she’s turned into a mute around me.

I don’t even know how to approach the conversation with her. Do I start with an apology? I know what Isla really wants from me and I can’t give her that. I’m not ready to ruin my friendship with my best friend, even if that means I can’t have her.

All of this is completely fucked and it’s fucking with my head every single day.

Isla has been distant and more withdrawn. She talks to her brother, but as soon as I walk into the room, she suddenly has something she has to go do, almost like she can’t stand being around me. I don’t blame her, because I feel the same damn way.

It’s a complete contradiction. I want to be around her, to spend time with her, but knowing I can’t have every part of her only makes it worse. It makes me want as much distance between us as possible. And every time I catch sight of her at school and I see her with that douchebag friend of hers, I want to put my fist directly through his face.

My jealousy is unwarranted because she isn’t mine to be protective of. But if she can’t be mine, she can’t be anyone else’s.

As I get off the ice and head back to the locker room, the thought of Isla and Silas plays through my head. I stood in the corridor of the building today, watching him as he opened the passenger-side door for her and helped her into his massive Jeep. Just thinking about his hands on her has me seeing red. Blood red.

I drop down onto one of the benches and set my stick down beside me before unlacing my skates. Cam comes strolling in and sits down next to me, facing the other direction as he sets down his gloves and helmet. “You good, Knight?” he asks me, glancing at me from the corner of his eye.

After sliding my feet out of my skates, I take off my helmet and set it down on the bench. “I’ve just had a lot on my mind lately.”

“Who is she?” Cam questions me as he puts the skate guards on the blades of his skates. I whip my head to the side, narrowing my eyes at him as he raises his eyebrows. “Come on, man. You can tell me.”

I swallow hard over the lump lodged in my throat. There’s no way in hell I can tell him. Shit, I can’t tell anyone about this. August walks over to us, pulling the tape off of the blade of his stick as he drops down onto the bench across from us.

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