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“There you go again…being bossy.”
"Only for you,” I muttered.
I may have been a captain on the team, and a goalie…but “bossy” had never been a character trait I’d been accused of prior to meeting her.
After I pulled on my sweats, I took her hand, wondering how it could feel so right.
She stared down at our clasped hands for a beat, before finally glancing up at me…an awestruck vulnerability in her starry depths.
Say it. Tell me you feel it too.
But she didn’t.
I led her down the hallway and out the back doors to the team parking lot. We could hear shouting and celebrating from nearby, but we didn’t see anyone. Which I liked. I didn’t want to share her. I wanted her to myself. I wanted to bask in the light she was giving off. Take all that gorgeous perfection for myself.
Fucking hell. I was acting like Lincoln.
That thought kept me occupied all the way to the truck.
“I would say you’re overcompensating, but I know you’re not,” she suddenly said, bringing my attention away from my crazy…and back to her perfect face.
“Huh?”
“Your truck. It’s got a lot of Big Dick Energy,” she mused as I helped her into the cab.
I groaned and adjusted myself. “Don’t say ‘dick’ please,” I begged.
She just giggled, and I wanted to capture the sound. Play it back over and over again.
Violet’s face shuttered at the sound though, a blank mask taking over her smile. Like the sound of her laugh had offended her.
This girl was a mystery, a labyrinthine maze of secrets and hidden passages, with each layer waiting to be unraveled like the pages of a long-forgotten manuscript.
And I couldn’t wait to discover all of it.
I smiled gently at her and closed the door, taking my time walking around the front of the truck so she could have a second to collect herself.
If she was feeling even a little bit like I was, like she’d been flayed open and her insides were being overhauled with every second that passed…then she needed a minute. I didn’t expect her to embrace the insanity instantly like I was.
I’d help her get there.
Stepping up into the cab, my head started spinning as I caught her scent. In such close quarters, it was overwhelming. She smelled like wildflowers and summer rain…like Tennessee after a thunderstorm.
I stared at her for a second and she blushed, lifting an eyebrow in a “what are you staring at, weirdo” kind of way.
Start the truck, Walk. Start the fucking truck.
I dragged my gaze away and turned the key, the rumble of the exhaust surrounding us as we started towards my place. I couldn’t help but sneak glances at her every few seconds.
She didn’t seem to have the same problem as me though, her gaze was firmly out the window.
“So…” I said lamely. “It’s kind of dumb to ask you to tell me all about yourself…so let’s play a game.”
“A game,” she repeated slowly, finally giving me the attention I wanted.
I came up to a red light, and turned towards her. “Games are kind of my thing if you hadn’t realized.”
Her eyes flashed with amusement and I gave myself a mental high five.
