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“Get that disgusted look off your face.” She frowns at me. “It’s changed me for the better, and one day… oh, one day… I just hope you fall, so you know what this feels like.”
“Never gonna happen.” I pull out my card and tap it on the machine. “So, where’s the big shiny ring?”
“We’re getting matching tattoos, dumbass.” She rolls her eyes at me. “Like I’d wear a diamond.”
I grin at her. “And let me guess, your wedding dress is gonna be black, right?”
She looks at me like I’m stupid. “Of course it is.”
Laughter punches out of me, and I lean over the counter to kiss her cheek. “Thanks for the tat. Have fun planning your wedding.”
“I will. See you after your next best sex!” she shouts as I’m opening the shop door. It’s loud enough for the guy in the waiting area to give me a curious look and the old lady walking past the shop to glance at me with a scowl.
I turn around with a dry glare, which makes Selena laugh, then shake my head and walk to my car.
The air’s cold, and I didn’t grab my jacket on my way out of Hockey House. Hunching my shoulders, I shove my hands in my jean pockets and immediately regret the decision when my new tat scrapes against my belt loop.
I hiss and pull my hand back, checking that the bandage is still secure.
The new red heart on my skin better fucking work. Because there’s no way I’m letting some gorgeous redhead take me down. Love’s not gonna change me, because I’m never gonna fall in love.
As far as I can tell, it only ever leads to disaster. Both Ethan and Liam have caved over the past few months, and I’ve wanted to warn them against it. But they seem so happy, and I don’t want to burst their bubbles. I just wish they understood that it’s not gonna last.
At least I’ll be around to pick up the pieces when it all falls apart.
As much as I love their girlfriends—Mikayla and Rachael—it’s inevitable that something will happen to break them apart. It always does.
And then I’ll be there. The reliable guy who will never turn his back on his hockey bros. That’s about the only thing I can guarantee in this life, my friendship with them. Because even after college, I’m not letting this pack go. I will hound those motherfuckers until they’re sick of me, because they’re the best family I’ve ever had, and I don’t want to do life without them.
CHAPTER 7
CAROLINE
Why am I doing this?
This is a really bad idea.
But he needs to know.
Does he?
It’s a way to connect with him.
That’s what drove me to walk out of my dorm and wander the streets. Not aimlessly. I knew exactly where I was going. It’s freaking Hockey House! I worked out where it was my freshman year, but I’ve never had the guts to go there.
I’m still not sure I do.
Except for the fact that I’m currently standing right outside it.
The house looms in front of me while my fingers bunch in and out of fists.
Why do I even want to connect with the asshole who never called me back?
I already know the answer.
Ding. Ding. Ding.
It’s because you, Miss Caroline Mason, are a lovestruck idiot who still has a crush on a guy who squished your heart like a grape and will continue to do so.
