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“If we weren’t in the middle of a parking lot I would fuck you on the hood of your car,” he growled.
His admission aroused every inch of my body. I inhaled sharply, my chest brushing against his.
“How about we settle for in your car instead?” I suggested.
His truck was much roomier than my Jeep. Not to mention my windows weren’t tinted.
With a forceful groan Will somehow gathered the resolve and pulled himself off me. “Levi drove today. Besides, the least I can do is buy you dinner before getting you naked.”
CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
I’m open to anything
WILL
The weekend had been chaotic. As much as I’d had it in my head to sneak into Riley’s room each night, I was way too exhausted.
Fort Collins University had busted our asses. They’d managed the win Friday night, but we’d stolen it back Saturday. But not without giving it our all. It had taken everything out of me. Even Levi hadn’t come away unscathed. There was a decent shiner beneath his left eye.
Now it was Sunday and the team had just left for the airport. I was waiting out the front of the hotel for the valet with Levi. His parents had dropped one of their many cars off so we could make the trip out to where Levi would be playing next year. He’d lined up a stack of places we were due to look at.
As expected, Rick and Deb Holloway had been at both of our games this weekend. My parents? Nowhere in sight. They’d booked a last minute interstate trip to visit relatives. Mum had promised the timing was a coincidence and profusely apologised, but I wasn’t convinced.
“Before the girls come down, there’s something I want to talk to you about,” Levi said.
I braced, preparing for him to burst the happy bubble I’d landed myself in.
“Something’s up with Lana.”
I selfishly breathed a sigh of relief.
“I don’t know what,” he went on. “But it doesn’t sound like she’ll be going back to Boston anytime soon.”
“Is everything okay?”
She hadn’t seemed off to me, she’d seemed her normal, extroverted self. But then again, I hadn’t exactly been around much this past week.
Levi shrugged. “I’m still figuring that out. I said she could crash with us for a few more weeks. Is that okay with you?”
“Of course. However long she needs.”
“Thanks, man. I was considering cancelling this part of the trip so she wasn’t alone for too long, but Ryan promised he’d keep an eye on her.”
I literally had to bite my fucking tongue.I’ll bet Ryan had.
I silently reminded myself to stay out of it. Lana was an adult and so was Ryan. Whatever they did wasn’t anyone’s business. I doubt Levi would see it that way though if anything else happened.
Once the girls and the car arrived, we set off. The drive was just over two hours. Grace controlled the music, of course, while her and Riley talked animatedly in the backseat.
I loved how well Riley got along with Hughesy. Not that it was hard to get along with Hughesy. She was as laidback as they came.
When I was a kid envisioning mine and Levi’s futures, it’d always consisted solely of hockey. Riley and Grace weren’t something I had ever predicted, but it was something I was glad had happened.
Levi slowed as we approached the first house. So far it had ticked the boxes. A nice area. A nice street. Maintained houses on either side. And it was less than a ten minute drive to Levi’s training facility.
The Bobcats had sorted out my accommodation in Texas. It was a four-bedroom, three-bathroom house, with a sauna, pool, and hot tub for recovery. I had agreed to live with another teammate who was set to arrive in Texas at the same time as me. Going from living with all of my friends to nobody would’ve been too eerie.
“Holy shit,” Riley gaped, peering out the window. “All of these houses are huge.”
