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“Oh, right, I heard he had a little something with the coach’s daughter?”

Her faux smile falters.

“I wouldn’t be so smug if I were you. I can’t wait to see you cry when he goes pro and leaves your ass for a singer or an actress. They all do it.”

“I guess one day we’ll see.” I shrug my shoulders as if I couldn’t care less.

She cocks her head to the side. “Oh, you don’t know, do you?”

“Just go away, Vikki.” Not trying to take the wholeI’ve got a secret bait. “I don’t want to argue with you over a guy. We’re both better than that.”

“This is hysterical. You really don’t know that your hockey fuck buddy is about to shit on the college program that put his second-rate ass on the map. He’s going pro, girl. Like now. He’s leaving the school. My dad plucked him out of some backwater town in Ohio and made him who he is today and this is how he betrays him?

“And he’s betraying you too, by the way. By the look on your face, I can see you had no idea that he was leaving, did you? But that’s who Neo is. Lots of secrets and zero self control. Did you see how he beat up my new boyfriend at the ice house kickback because he was jealous? That’s the scary shit I’m talking about. I couldn’t take the drama anymore. Honestly, it’s probably a good thing he’s leaving. Safer for the whole campus.”

I stand with my mouth agape as Vikki unceremoniously walks away, probably feeling quite smug about the shadow of doubt she’s cast over the tiny love bubble I found myself living in with Neo.

Neo exits the doorway, covered in Gatorade or whatever it is hockey players pour on themselves after a win, looking completely incandescent. He’s so utterly and completely happy that he doesn’t even notice the sheer terror I’m feeling. Fear that what we have has ended almost as quickly as it began.

He wraps an arm around my neck and pulls me closely into his massive body. “Did you see me out there, baby?”

“You were amazing,” I tell him flatly, unable to feign genuine joy.

“Hey, Violet!” Bass, Shane and the others greet me cheerfully, treating me like I’m a part of the team. I wonder if they know Neo is leaving? Would they be this excited if they knew he was? Maybe Vikki was fucking with me to get under my skin. Perhaps I’m ridiculously gullible.

Because Neo would tell me something as important and life changing as him accepting a pro offer and leaving school.

Wouldn’t he?

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While a celebration rageson below us on the first floor of the ice house, Neo and I are tucked away in his bedroom, intertwined in each other.

He is spooning me from the back, scissored between my legs, fucking me sideways as he grips my breasts for leverage.

“You have to be quiet,” he teases as I moan a little too loudly. “What happened to the girl who didn’t even want to be caught dead in here? Now they can all hear how I make you come.”

“No, they can’t!” I pant.

“They’re about to.”

Neo fucks me deeper as his mouth settles into the side of my neck, sucking the skin softly.

My orgasm is winding slowly and my moans are growing louder, so he places a gentle hand over my mouth as he continues to work me into orgasmic submission.

My release hits me hard and I arch my back as every muscle in my body contracts with pleasure.

“That’s my sweet pussy,” he purrs into my ear as he massages my clit, giving me aftershocks that make me shudder.

“I love you,” I tell him, basking in the afterglow of our lovemaking.

“I love you too, Grinch.”

He casually smacks my ass as he rises from the bed.

“I have to make an appearance downstairs. This was a big win and I have to make sure they don’t burn down the place. I’m going to go and when you’re ready, you can follow me down there, okay?”

“Sure,” I smile.

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