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Kade POVRook walks off with Louise, and I can hear him muttering about the wedding.I stand by what I think. He doesn’t actually care. He only cares because it annoys me.“Kade,” Amelia whispers, pulling my attention back to her.“I said I wouldn’t shout, and I won’t,” I reassure her, motioning toward the chairs.She moves first, sitting down carefully, and I follow, taking the seat opposite.“How have you been, really?” I ask, watching her closely. “Now that I can see your face, tell me the truth.”There’s hesitation in her eyes. She’s lied.“Why wouldn’t you just say on the phone?” I push. “Rather than keep saying you were fine?”“I wanted to do it alone,” she whispers.I laugh, shaking my head. “Amelia, you didn’t. Nikolai ensured you got the job. He was the one who told the guy t
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Rook POV“But… you have Harlow. She’s not eighteen,” Louise argues, crossing her arms as she stares Kade down.“That’s different,” Kade sighs, clearly running low on patience. “Amelia didn’t want her and signed away her rights.”“So, can’t Amelia just tell them I want to stay there and make Mom agree?”Kade groans, rubbing his hands over his face. Louise is relentless, and I kind of love it.“No,” he mutters. “Amelia isn’t old enough to be your guardian. The courts wouldn’t allow it.”She frowns. “But you can.”Dad chuckles from across the room, watching as Kade slowly loses his shit.“No, I can’t,” Kade snaps.“Why?” Louise pushes. “You have Harlow, why not me?”Kade doesn’t answer, because the only thing he can say is that it’s differ
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Kade POVFinally, he exhales, looking out toward the lake. “I used to imagine what it’d be like if we weren’t always fighting, you know?”I stay silent, letting him keep going.“If we weren’t always trying to one-up each other on the ice, or arguing over who was the bigger dumbass in the relationship,” he continues. “What it’d be like to just… exist together. Without all the extra shit.”I take a step closer. “And?”He shrugs, eyes flicking back to mine. “I think I’d like it.”I grin because that’s as close to a confession as I’m going to get from him.Rook sighs, shaking his head. “You’re so fucking smug right now, aren’t you?”“A little.”He huffs but doesn’t push me away when I grab his wrist and pull him closer. The lanterns glow softly around us, the lake stretching o
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Kade POVSitting here, I watch Rook, really watch him, and I can see it. The way his fingers tighten slightly around his glass, the way his jaw tenses just a little too much. He’s worried.I get it. This is a shift neither of us expected. I didn’t even expect it. But the more I think about it, the more I know this is what needs to happen.Sure, I love hockey, and I always will, but it takes time away from work, which then takes time away from Rook. If I have to choose, I’ll take him every time, and maybe that’s the biggest difference.For years, I didn’t think I had a choice. Hockey was survival. Work was control. Everything else was just existing between the cracks. Rook just existed between the cracks. Now, I can choose, and I want to I choose him.Leaning forward, I rest my arms on the table, waiting until his eyes flick back to mine. “I’m not saying I won’t play again, Rook. I’m saying I wan
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Kade POV“If I handle my shit, me, not you, because it’s me fucking things up, then we come back to the conversation in six months.”He groans. “Six months?”“You’re acting like it’s years.”He nods quickly. “In Rook time, that is years.”“Rook time? What are you now, a fucking dog?” I laugh, and he nods without hesitation.“If it works for them, it works for me!”“You’re delusional. Do you agree or not?” I look at him, waiting.Chewing his lip, he tilts his head before finally nodding. “Deal. Six months, and we get a kid.”“No, that is not what I fucking said.” I glare at him.“Would you even know if I did it without you?” He smirks.I glare harder. “The screaming baby when I came home would be proof you had. Six months, and we talk.”His grin widens, but at least he doesn’t argue. Instead, he stretches out in his seat, looking far too pleased with himself.I narrow my eyes. “You’re not going
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Rook POVKade’s fingers move to undo the rest of my buttons, and I lift my hips to help him slide my trousers down. His eyes never leave mine, and I can see the fire in them. I reach up and run my fingers through his hair, pulling him closer to me.His hand wraps around my cock and I shudder at the touch, my body betraying my earlier reservations. He smirks, knowing he’s won this round, and leans in to press a kiss to my neck. The sensation of his lips on my skin sends a thrill down my spine, and I can’t help but let out a low moan.Kade takes this as encouragement and continues to explore my body with his mouth. His tongue traces a path along my collarbone, and I can feel my resolve weakening with every passing second. I try to remind myself that this isn’t the right time, that we have more important things to focus on, but it’s hard to think straight when Kade is making me feel this good.He drops to his knees in front of me and I can feel his hot breath on my cock, and I know what’s
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