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I cocked my head. “How are things going with Cane?”
“They aren’t. Turns out he was just a fuckboy hockey player like the rest of them. Well, except Lucas.” She said it like a joke, but her shoulders curled in.
I squeezed her tighter before letting her go and grabbed my shower kit. “That’s the nice thing about hockey players. There’s plenty of them to go around.”
She laughed and gave me a mischievous grin. “I’ve been chatting with the captain of the Bandits.”
Pride filled my chest. Of course she was picking up a guy from the Huskies’ rival team.
“Vicious. I like it.”
* * *
I pulled the shower curtain taut behind me and moaned as the hot water relaxed my muscles. The feeling brought up memories of strong fingers massaging me, and heat flooded between my thighs. I ran the soap over my breasts and down my stomach, imagining they were Lucas’s hands, stopping just above my apex when a group of girls came into the shared bathroom.
“So what was it like?” a high voice asked.
“Honestly, way better than I expected. I kinda thought they’d all be selfish in bed, but Alex was fucking amazing. The only problem was he basically escorted me out immediately after, and when I went to hand him my number, he wouldn’t take it.”
The taps were running, and I couldn’t make out who was speaking, but it was pretty easy to determine they were talking about the hockey team.
“He’s still available, then?”
“I guess so, but don’t expect him to stick around.”
“You never know. I could be the one to catch him.”
I debated popping my head out and explaining there wasn’t a chance of that and they were all a part of the boys’ fucked-up game but paused when another girl spoke up.
“I want to land Lucas. Rumor is his dick is huge. Like can’t wrap your fingers around it huge.”
My back stiffened. How the hell did she know that? This was quickly becoming the least relaxing shower ever.
“It’s really too bad he doesn’t sleep with anyone. I know—I tried,” the first girl said, and I let out a breath.
“I’m going to bid on him at the auction.”
Dread settled in my stomach. I’d forgotten about the Northern Lights charity gala. This year’s big event was auctioning off dates with the hockey team.
By the time the girls left, my skin had pruned, and the water was getting cold. Misty wasn’t home when I returned to our room. I scanned the empty space, suddenly wishing she was here. I slipped on Lucas’s jersey, which I’d picked up at the last game, grabbed a bag of caramel popcorn, and climbed into bed with my laptop.
Unlike volleyball, every hockey game was live streamed. The announcer called out his name, and my eyes were riveted on him skating across the rink. I didn’t think I’d ever get used to seeing him geared up.
It felt like seconds before the game ended, and I swore I barely breathed the entire time. They needed to beat this team in order to land a spot in the playoffs in February, and the entire game was neck and neck. At the end, it was a turnover by Lucas and a smooth pass to Jax that earned the tiebreaker point of the night.
My phone rang with a video call almost immediately, and Lucas’s smiling face stared back at me when I answered. The craziness in the locker room made him almost impossible to hear, but his eyes were glued to my jersey.
“That better be mine.”
I smirked, fighting the urge to tease him, and turned to show off his name on my back.
He rubbed his thumb over his bottom lip. “Fuck, I love you with my last name.”
Heat flooded my cheeks, but before I could say anything, Jax was popping his head into the frame. “Did you watch us, Pips? Fucking killed it.”
The way Jax beamed when talking about hockey released some of the tension I’d been carrying. He was still as messed up as I was, but he was going to be okay.
“Nice goal at the end.”
