Total pages in book: 83
Estimated words: 84289 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 421(@200wpm)___ 337(@250wpm)___ 281(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 84289 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 421(@200wpm)___ 337(@250wpm)___ 281(@300wpm)
“Give me that.”
I grab the controller and plop down on the couch next to Niko.
“Did you hear they reopened the old indoor hockey rink down the highway, by the way?” Emily asks.
“You’re kidding,” I tell her. “Where we went as kids?”
“Yep. We should all go. See which one of you two is the better hockey player still.”
“Oh, I would absolutely annihilate Ollie,” Niko says with brazen confidence.
“Excuse me?” I ask.
Niko gives me a smoldering look.
And I have to fight not to get hard again.
Aaron snickers. “Here comes a fight. Now we’ve got to go to the rink.”
I can’t even imagine being out on the ice with him again. The way we used to be, when both of us thought we hated each other. Niko was an incredible player, no doubt.
But was he better than me?
Guess we need to fuck around and find out.
As the night goes on, I realize that I’m already thinking of so many versions of the future.
In a way I never used to let myself dare to dream.
It’s still too soon to say it out loud, but I’m thinking of everything, with Niko.
I can picture this life with him forever.
Him, as my husband, when we come back home for the holidays and hang out with everyone. Maybe with kids of our own, if he wants them.
And I don’t picture ever being bored for a goddamn moment with this man.
With all his scars.
His cracks.
The broken, beautiful person who I’m certain is the love of my life. He’s possessive like nobody else would be… but I am, too. When it comes to Niko, at least.
We push and pull in the way I wanted for so long.
And I realize now that I feel lucky that he was my first.
Because he’s my whole fucking world.
And I want to spend the rest of my life proving to him exactly how much he’s worthy of being loved.