Page 51 of Wynter

I take a step back. “Explain why I’m crying? Because I’m falling for you! I can’t lose you, Xavi. I didn’t mean to cheat. I wasn’t thinking. I’m so, so sorry! And I can’t imagine a world without you, but you’re going to dump me and I can’t… I can’t…” I let out a sob.

“Zoe!” Xavi wraps me in his arms. “I’m not going to dump you.”

“You’re not?”

“I’m not.” He pulls back and starts wiping my tears away with his sleeve. “He’s your mate. I can’t fault you for wanting to be with him, too.”

“I don’t. We’re not together. It was just… a momentary lapse in judgement.” And then, I tell him everything. From the moment Ghost and I met at St. Vincent’s, to what he did during exams, to how he walked up to me at lunch and said we were over. Just like that. Then, I tell him about what happened at Jewels Cafe and at the Silver Steins Brewery, and how this morning, he convinced me to go to his hotel.

“And that’s when we did the Triple M.”

“Zoe?”

“Yeah?” My cheeks flush.

“What’s the… Triple M?”

I open my mouth and close it a few times. And then I decide to show him. By using my magic to make his boxers cup his cock and give it a little rub.

“What the turducken?” Xavi grabs the front of his jeans.

“Sorry. Sorry. I should have warned you. But turducken?” I start to laugh.

“I got that one from Aurora. She’s my… um…” I feel a wave of jealousy until he adds, “therapist.”

“Oh.” I relax and start to laugh as Xavi tells me all about the Peek A Boo with the ice block incident.

“But, Zoe, if I ever run into this Ghost, I’m going to ice block on him for hurting you.”

“Thanks.” I smile.

“I’m glad at least Leith is a decent guy…”

“No, he’s not. He’s an ass,” I snap, then instantly feel bad. “Okay, that’s not fair. He’s not an ass. He just wasn’t interested in me, that’s all. It doesn’t mean he’s a bad guy. It just… hurts.”

“He wasn’t interested?” Xavi’s jaw practically drops. “Are we talking about the same Leith Rogowsky I was talking to yesterday afternoon? Because he’s definitely interested.”

“What did he say?” My cheeks flush. “Not that I care.”

“That he can’t wait to see you again.” Xavi clears his throat. “You were all he could talk about, Zoe.”

“Really?” My blush deepens. “Are you okay with that? With me having more than one mate? And possibly being with you both?”

Xavi nods. He doesn’t hesitate. Doesn’t think it over. He just nods. “I never pictured sharing you with another man. But I also never thought I’d be lucky enough to be with you in the first place.”

“I’m the lucky one.” I tell him. “I mean it, Xavi. You’re… everything.”

“So are you.”

We kiss. Softly. Slowly. Until we realize that we’re standing in the middle of the sidewalk, and a woman rushes by.

“Trixie, for the love of God, get your furry little ass back in here!”

“Is that… a fox cub?” Xavi asks, pointing down the street to the little orange fluffball the woman’s chasing. With a huge purse. Which she holds open in front of her, like she’s going to use it to scoop up the tiny thing.

“It is.” I snort. “And this is why I love Silver Springs.”

I slip my fingers through Xavi’s and we resume our walk. But my mind isn’t on the man next to me, it’s on a certain hockey player who may not have rejected me after all.