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“You’re crazy! You kept your jeans on?” she teases. “Don’t you have a bathing suit or something?”
Yes, but that won’t hide my huge boner.
“I’m trying to match your spontaneity.”
She laughs. “This is the perfect ending to the night. God, what an idiot I’ve been. Why didn’t you say anything?”
I give her an exasperated look, which gets her to laugh.
“Yeah, yeah,” she drones. “You don’t need to rub it in.”
“I told you that you could do better.”
I see her lift her shoulder, and thankfully, her body is concealed by the subtle ripples in the water. “Yeah, well…that’s over.”
“How are you gonna explain your dipping out on him tonight?”
“Do I need to?” She scoffs and tips her head back. “I thought it was pretty obvious when he said I was beautiful and perfect, but he didn’t want to date me. However, he really didn’t even need to say anything. He hardly made eye contact with me because he couldn’t stop staring at the waitress’s ass the whole night.”
“Fuck him, Shorty.”
Her blue eyes come back to me. “No, thank you.”
I roll my eyes, and she looms closer. Like a little shark ready to attack at any second.
And I’d wish she’d attack.
But, again, we’re getting close to crossing a line here and I don’t want to pull a Weston with her thinking she’s not good enough when that comment applied to me, too. Hollyn deserves a man who’s going to have time to spend on her and give her everything she needs.
I’m currently spent on hockey and getting into the playoffs in the next few days when I’m finally back with my team.
“Thank you for saving me,” Hollyn says, but she doesn’t have to. It’s too tempting, and I’m too buzzed to be handling this right.
“Anytime,” I mutter. “You need to raise your standards.”
“I’m trying, but…good men are hard to come by around here.”
I don’t like the thought of her searching for anyone, but that’s the reality.
The cold and hard truth.
When I head back to New Brunswick, my schedule is going to be jam-packed with hockey, traveling, and practices. I didn’t think I’d be leaving anything important or worthwhile behind after my suspension.
Definitely not this. Not her.
However, I can’t help but regret not being able to have a relationship with her. To chill and say ‘fuck it all’ because my life doesn’t have room for it. Maybe in the off-season, sure, but not now. Not to mention, I’m itching to get back on the ice.
Yet, this isn’t bad either.
“You don’t need a man,” I tell her, but she’s not like me. Hollyn needs human interaction. She’s not going to hole herself up in her house and ignore the world for months at a time like I do.
But she could do better without the male species full of Weston’s.
“True,” she replies. “But I’m not in a rush. I had fun for a hot second, and now that’s over.”
And, soon, this will be, too.
“Just don’t waste your time on someone who’s not giving you the attention you deserve.”
