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2025-04-17 16:04:49Rook POV
Maybe this trip really is what we needed and maybe, for once, we can actually just be.
Dinner is easy. The kind of normal we don’t usually get. We order, we eat, and we talk. Actually talk, without me feeling like I have to pry every word out of him.
At some point, the conversation shifts to hockey. It’s familiar territory, something we’ve always been able to talk about no matter how much shit was going on.
Kade twirls the last bite of pasta on his fork, glancing up at me. “So, how pissed were you when I didn’t show up for the game?”
I scoff. “How pissed? I was fucking livid. Thought about hunting your ass down and dragging you onto the ice myself.”
He smirks. “Wouldn’t be the first time you’ve manhandled me.”
Rolling my eyes, I groan. “Don’t try and turn this into something else. You left me to deal with a fucking rookie.”
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Pucking Forbidden Claim His Decision.
Rook POVI swallow, gripping the edge of the table. “So, what? You’re just done with it?” I need to know, I need to try and understand his reasoning behind this. It's not a small change, it's big. It's not simply cutting back how much he plays and trains, it's stopping, entirely. I can't just, accept that, not without knowing that he's sure. Totally sure.“I don’t know.” His voice is quieter now, like even he doesn’t have a clear answer. “I just know that for the first time in my life, I have a choice.”A choice, that's what this is all about, this isn’t just about hockey at all, this is about everything. About him finally feeling like he’s not fighting for every single thing in his life. I don’t know if I should be proud of him for realizing that… or fucking terrified of what it means for us.I shake my head, trying to process this. “How do you suddenly go from loving ho
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-17Pucking Forbidden Claim Time Together
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
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-18Pucking Forbidden Claim Needed
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
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-18Pucking Forbidden Claim Peaceful
Kade POVSitting I watch as Rook drinks, his eyes still locked onto me like he’s waiting for me to say something that makes all of this make sense. I let him sit with it, let him turn it over in his head.After a moment, he exhales and sets his glass down. “So, what now?”I tilt my head. “What do you mean?”“I mean, you’ve just dropped this shit on me, and now we’re supposed to what? Just finish dinner like you didn’t just change everything?”Smirking, I shake my head. “I figured we could get dessert first.”Rook glares. “I’m being serious, Kade.”“So am I. I want tiramisu.”He groans, rubbing his face. “You’re fucking impossible.”I just grin, leaning back in my chair. “Look, I don’t have all the answers yet, but I know I’m done ignoring shit. I know I don’t want to keep fucking up our marriage. And I know that, no matter what happens next, you’re my priority.”His jaw clenches, and I see the way his fingers flex
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-19Pucking Forbidden Claim Needed
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
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-19Pucking Forbidden Claim His Plan
Rook POVI’m going to make him follow his own damn rules. He doesn’t realize it, but he’s turned fixing things into a job, something structured, something to keep him busy so he doesn’t have to just be with me.Now he has nothing to hide behind.My fingers stroke along his neck, and he stays relaxed, leaning on me slightly. Then he tenses. I feel the shift immediately and glance at him.“I swear to god, Kade.”“What?” He peers up at me, all innocent like he hasn’t just found another excuse to focus on something else.“Go on, what is it now?”“Look, I was meant to tell you on the way, but I wasn’t exactly thinking straight,” he mutters. “At some point, I need to meet Lorenzo.”I sit up more, and he straightens too, the weight of him leaving me.“Your dad asked me to,” he continues. “He can’t be there whe
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-20Pucking Forbidden Claim Changing Plans
Rook POVWaking up, I’m in bed alone, but I can hear the shower, so I know Kade hasn’t run. By the time we got back here last night, it was late. I called Rose to check in and made Kade aware Harlow is fine, then we went to sleep.Stretching, I climb out of bed and walk into the bathroom. The moment Kade sees me stepping into the shower, he groans.“Woah, way to make me feel special,” I mock, wrapping my arms around him.“I wasn’t groaning because you’re stealing my shower. You weren’t meant to get up yet.”My head tilts. “Then maybe don’t leave the bed, and I wouldn’t have woken up.”His eyes roll, and he glances at me over his shoulder. “Happy birthday. Now go back to bed and pretend to be asleep.”“No.” I laugh and push closer to him. My hand strokes up his body, and he shakes against me. Kissing his neck, my hand slips around him
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-20Pucking Forbidden Claim Giving Him More
Rook POVKade’s body trembles against mine, his back pressed firm against the shower wall as I hold him there, refusing to let him go. His breathing is sharp, his fingers flexing against my shoulders before gripping tight, holding on as if he’ll lose himself completely if he doesn’t.“You act like you wanted to leave this shower,” I murmur against his jaw, dragging my teeth over his wet skin. “Liar.”His legs tighten around my waist, and I thrust into him again, slow and deep, feeling the way his body reacts, how he clenches around me, how his muscles coil under my touch.“Fuck, Rook,” he gasps, his nails biting into my skin, as his whole body shakes.I pull back and roll my hips forward again, harder, dragging a strangled groan from his throat. His head tilts back, exposing his neck, and I take advantage, biting down, sucking a mark into his skin.“You feel so fucking good,”
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-20
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Pucking Forbidden Claim Fighting Words
Kade POVDanielle watches, waiting, maybe hoping that I’ll finally break. I don’t. I inhale slowly, shaking the blood from my lips, and laugh.“How long do you think you’ve got left?” I ask, my voice rough but still steady. “Every minute you waste here? That’s more time my men have to find me. And when they do? You’ll be fucking wishing you killed me the second I walked through that door.”The guy in front of me hesitates, glancing back at her, waiting for an order.“Keep going,” she snaps, her voice sharper now.He does. Another punch to my ribs, another to my jaw, but I don’t stop grinning. The pain is sharp, burning through my body, but I don’t let it show. They want me to break. They want me to plead. That’s never going to happen.Danielle steps closer, her eyes locked onto mine. “You think you’re so fucking smart, don’t you?” she
Pucking Forbidden Claim Fighting
Kade POVI hiss through my teeth, more from the annoyance than the pain. “There you go. That’s a little better.”She glares, dragging the blade in a shallow cut across my side, but she’s still holding back. Testing me. I shake my head, sighing.“See, this is why you’re not going to win,” I say, my voice steady despite the sting. “You don’t actually know how to do this.”Danielle scoffs. “Oh, I don’t?”I tilt my head. “No. If you did, you wouldn’t be wasting time with this weak shit.”She presses the knife in harder, and I grin, feeling her frustration build. “You want to break someone? You don’t start here,” I say, nodding toward my ribs. “You start small. Fingers. Knees. Maybe a little nerve damage if you want to get creative.”She stills, something flickering across her face. Disgust. Uncertainty.&ldq
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Kade POVHer nostrils flare as she presses the blade harder, drawing a thin line of blood. “You don’t hold the power here.”“Don’t I?” I whisper, locking eyes with her. “Then why are you the one trying to prove something?”Her grip tightens on the knife, but she hesitates. That’s her biggest fucking problem. She doesn’t commit. She doesn’t know how to follow through.“Let me tell you how this plays out,” I continue, voice smooth despite the sting on my cheek. “You keep me here, keep trying to break me, but it doesn’t work. Eventually, you get frustrated, you get sloppy, and then my men find me. And when they do, you don’t walk away from this.”Her eyes narrow. “You sound pretty fucking confident for someone tied up right now.”“Because I know how this ends.” I smirk. “And so do you.”Danielle exhale
Pucking Forbidden Claim Taken
Kade POVLorenzo is weird. Not in a bad way, just… he’s always had that tone in his voice that says he’s not right in the head, and sitting here, talking to him, I know he’s far from right.I glance at my phone again. I know it’s disrespectful, but I want to stay on time and prove to Rook that I won’t mess up.“You keep looking at it,” Lorenzo taps the phone.“Sorry, I just want to stay on schedule.”He nods. “I understand that, which is why, as soon as the hour is up, my watch will vibrate to remind me,” he laughs, and I nod.Maybe that’s what I need to do—rather than constantly checking my phone.I go back to focusing on our conversation, making sure he knows exactly who I am and the kind of person I am. He talks a bit about Nikolai and the time they spent together when he had just started taking over here. He respects Nikolai&mdash
Pucking Forbidden Claim Trying
Rook POV“Find him!” I shout, turning back toward the others, fury and fear bleeding into every word.“We’re working on it,” Damon says quickly. “But his phone was found out the back of the restaurant. Smashed.”No. No, no, no. That phone was the only way to find him.“Track my phone,” I demand. “Whoever it is has my phone. Track it!”“We already tried when you didn’t answer my calls,” one of the men mutters. “It’s not giving off a signal.”My head shakes violently. “Nothing? You’ve had nothing? Not a single fucking thing to give you a hint of what they want?”Damon hesitates.I step toward him. “What is it?”His jaw clenches before he finally speaks. “Lorenzo dug into it and he mentioned there were three targets. Kade, you… and Harlow.”Everything inside me stills.
Pucking Forbidden Claim Gone
Rook POVHarlow is still relaxed against me.“You having fun, princess?” I murmur, resting my chin on top of her head.She nods against me. “I like it here. It’s quiet, and you and Rose aren’t talking about boring grown-up stuff.”Rose chuckles from where she’s sitting nearby. “I’ll have you know I’m very fun, Harlow.”Harlow tilts her head back, grinning. “You’re fun, but you still say boring stuff sometimes.”I laugh, squeezing her a little. “Well, you got me there.”She sits up a little, looking at me seriously. “Can we stay here forever?”I raise an eyebrow. “Forever is a long time, princess.”She sighs, playing with the edge of my sleeve. “I know, but I like when it’s just us. No busy stuff, no people being mad about things, just us.”Damn. I feel that. I know exactly what
Pucking Forbidden Claim Perfect Holiday
Rook POVFor the first time in a long time, I feel myself fully relax, knowing that he won’t be stretching himself thin anymore. He won’t be trying to do too much, won’t be running himself into the ground trying to be in three places at once.He made the decision, and I know he won’t go back on it.“You okay with it?” he asks, like my opinion actually matters in this.I press a kiss against his forehead. “Yeah. I am.”Kade lets out a quiet breath, his body sinking into mine again. I feel the way his hand tightens around mine, the way he clings to me just a little bit more.For once, he’s letting go of something that doesn’t serve him anymore. And for once, he’s choosing himself. Choosing us.This week has been amazing. It’s weird, I didn’t know what I was missing, I just knew things weren’t right. The more of this week that passed, the more time
Pucking Forbidden Claim Agreeing
Rook POVThe house is simple, almost too simple. The walls are bare stone, the furniture minimal, just enough to make it livable. It’s not extravagant, not dripping in wealth like the places we usually stay, but somehow, that makes it better. There’s nothing here to distract us. No reminders of the world we left behind for the week, no ringing phones, no people demanding our attention. Just us.I walk further in, dragging my fingers along the edge of the wooden table in the center of the room. Kade doesn’t say anything, just watches me with that unreadable look on his face. I know what he’s thinking. This place isn’t like us. But maybe that’s why he chose it.He disappears into the bedroom, and I follow, finding him already stripping off his clothes. He tosses his shirt onto the chair by the window before moving onto his pants. I smirk. “Eager?”He doesn’t bother looking up as he kicks
Pucking Forbidden Claim Feeling Better
Kade POVThe meal continues with Rottami di Pollo in Padella, a rustic dish of pan-fried chicken finished in a wood oven. The skin is golden and crisp, the aroma rich and inviting.Rook picks up a piece, biting into it with an appreciative groan. “Okay, I’ll admit, this is really good. But no pasta? No pizza? What kind of Italian meal is this?”I chuckle. “Authentic, traditional. Not the tourist menu.”His lips quirk up as he leans back. “Still think pizza would’ve been a nice touch.”A wedge of Parmigiano Reggiano is placed on the table, the waiter cutting thick slices straight from the wheel. Rook stares at it, his eyes widening slightly.“That is an excessive amount of cheese,” he mutters.“Think you can handle it?” I tease.He grins, taking a generous piece. “Watch me.”When we finally finish that, the final course arrives, Arance all
