Page 68 of Love on Ice

“You think?”

“That man’s eyes never leave you. He likes you. Maybe it’s just physical or maybe it’s more, I don’t want to assume.”

“If it’s anything, it’s physical. He’s male.”

“Could be.” Kimberly smirks.

“Would you stop,” I say to her.

“Try not to fall for the hunky hockey player,” she teases.

“I won’t.”

22

FELIX

“Thanks again for inviting me, guys,” I say to Sam and Nate.

“It was supposed to be a boys’ trip but here we are,” Sam grumbles.

“As if you aren’t secretly happy Kimberly is here,” Nate teases Sam.

“Of course I’m happy she’s here. We’re friends,” Sam says to Nate before turning his attention to me. “I’ve known Kimberly my entire life. She’s like a sister to me.”

“A sister you fuck.” Nate chuckles, sipping his scotch.

“Fuck you.” Sam points to his friend.

“Sam and Kim used to hook up during the summers when they would head down south to stay with Kim’s family. Her mom and his mom are best friends,” Nate explains.

“We were teens. And it was only if she wasn’t dating anyone. There were some summers where she was,” Sam argues.

“Then college happened, and he stopped going down south. I think he brought me down once, and of course, he hooked up with her then because her generous assets had bloomed.” He chuckles.

“Fuck you. That is Camryn’s business partner you’re talking about,” Sam tells Nate, who flips him off.

“I met this dickhead in college. Unfortunately, we hit it off.”

“And then you moved back to Europe,” Sam adds.

“To build my business,” Nate explains. “Anyway, the point is, Kimberly only moved back to New York, what, in the last three or four years?”

“Something like that,” Sam mumbles.

“She moved from LA, and of course, she and Harper started hanging out again. But Kimberly wasn’t interested in this guy because she was building her business in the cutthroat world of luxury events.”

“With his woman, Camryn,” Sam adds.

“With the woman I am hopelessly in love with. Unfortunately, things have torn us apart for the moment, but it is only temporary,” Nate explains.

“They will see each other again at Axel and Olivia’s wedding. He’s secretly freaking out,” Sam teases his friend.

“Unlike this man, I’m open with my feelings. Yes, I’m freaking out about seeing her again, but she’s my endgame, so I’ll wait as long as I must for her,” Nate states. That’s admirable. “Unlike this asshole, who is in love with Kimberly, but is too chicken shit to do anything about it.”

Sam’s face drops. “She isn’t interested.”

“Maybe because you screw everything that walks in New York and her five boroughs,” Nate tells him.

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