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“Yeah, I got it.”
I slam into the locker room before jamming my stick into the holder and dropping onto the bench. It’s only now that I’m alone in the quiet of the echoing space that I realize how hard I’m breathing and how fast my heart is racing. The way it slams into my ribcage makes it feel like it’ll burst from my chest.
I unsnap the strap and rip off my helmet in one smooth movement. It’s tempting to hurl it across the room, but I manage to hang onto my temper by a thread. I suck in a deep breath before holding it hostage in my lungs. Only when it feels like they’re on the verge of exploding do I slowly release it back into the atmosphere. I repeat the exercise a handful of times until my muscles loosen and the red haze filling my vision finally clears.
Sweat drips down the back of my neck and clings to my forehead.
I shouldn’t have reacted to what Akeman said. This is our fourth year playing together. From the very beginning, we’ve rubbed each other the wrong way. The guy has always been a shit talker. I should be used to it by now. Under normal circumstances, I’d let him run his mouth without missing a single beat. I’d block out his taunting barbs and focus on the scrimmage at hand.
But I wasn’t able to do that today.
Not when he brought up Juliette.
Not when she’s been front and center in my mind lately.
Filling both my thoughts and dreams.
Yesterday morning, I woke up with a raging boner. I keep thinking about the way she’d stripped off her clothing the night I took her home and the curve of her bare breast. Not to mention, the way she filled out that thong. Even now, as pissed off as I am, my body reacts to the mental image. I’m like one of Pavlov’s dogs, salivating at the ringing of a bell.
No longer am I able to keep Juliette neatly locked away in the back of my brain like I’ve always done. And certainly not after catching a glimpse of the list she wrote.
I get hard just thinking about it.
And that book…
Who fucking knew a romance novel could be filled with such spicy stuff?
Certainly not me.
Have I learned a few things?
You better believe it.
It makes me horny as hell to know that what she read turned her on. In a weird way, it feels like getting a peek behind the curtain into the kinds of things girls want.
What they find sexy.
Did I already plow my way through the damn thing and pick up the next one in the series?
Sure did.
I almost shake my head as these thoughts swirl through my brain.
What the hell am I doing?
Juliette isn’t a distraction I can afford right now. Not when my season is going down the shitter and Coach is looking for an excuse to toss me off the team.
But…
There’s no damn way I’ll allow another guy to touch her.
I drag a hand over my face.
So where does that leave me?
CHAPTER13
JULIETTE
