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“Yeah. I know it’s been a while, but I don’t ever remember it being like that before.”

I search her eyes, looking for the lie, but there isn’t anything. Pride surges through me that I was able to give her that.

Her hand lands on my cheek, and she smiles up at me.

“Do you think…do you think it was a one-off? Or do you think if we did it again that⁠—”

“Only one way to find out,” I say, rolling onto my back and placing her across my waist.

“Again?” she asks as I pull the condom off, tie it, and throw it toward the bathroom to deal with later.

I smirk up at her. “Haven’t you heard? Hockey players can go all night, baby.”

38

HAILEE

“Hayden,” I squeal as my back collides with ice-cold tiles.

He chuckles as he pins me there with his hips. Circling my wrists, he pulls them above my head, holding them captive in one hand as the other drops to my ass.

“You said you needed to cool down, baby,” he taunts, his cocky smirk firmly in place.

My heart races as I stare up into his green eyes. They’re electric, glittering with excitement and so many emotions. I lose myself in them just like I have done countless times in the last couple of hours.

I was a mess, standing outside his apartment. I had no idea if I’d made the right decision by coming here. All I knew was that I had to see him.

Keeping my distance as I waited for Anthony’s verdict almost killed me, especially with Hayden needing me. I wanted to be everything for him so badly, but I needed to be sure that we could have a future before I allowed that to happen.

And now…

Fuck.

I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve to have him in my life, but I don’t have any intentions of letting him go.

“Oh my god,” I squeal when he suddenly turns the shower on, soaking us both with freezing water.

I thrash between him and the wall, but his hold is too strong.

“Embrace it. It’s good for you. Makes you feel alive,” he says, dropping his forehead to mine.

“I felt pretty fucking alive when I was coming all over your dick out there.”

A deep groan rumbles in his chest, his eyes darkening as they hold mine.

“Closest thing to heaven I’ve ever felt,” he confesses. It should be cheesy; I should hate it. But I don’t. In fact, as my heart flutters, I realize it has the very opposite effect on me.

As the water begins to warm, his lips find mine, and his fingers slip from my wrists, releasing my arms.

Instantly, I wrap them around his neck, holding him closer as our tongues twist together in a deep, lazy kiss.

My body is wrung out. The orgasms he’s dragged from me have left me drained and so freaking happy. But even still, I’m not ready to stop. Now I’ve allowed myself to have this, to have him, I never want to stop—and I don’t think I’m the only one.

“Hayden,” I gasp, pulling my lips from him as the familiar feeling of him hard against my thigh makes my pussy clench around nothing.

He chuckles, well aware of what I’m pointing out.

“I can’t help it,” he confesses, his smile turning shy. “It’s you. You do this to me.”