With Mom and Dad sitting in my living room, having stopped by to drop Blake off, it feels like I’m a preteen in my bedroom, texting a boy I like, feeling too shy to tell my parents about him.
Me
Jokes aside. If any of this gets out, then heads will roll. And I’m not talking about ours; I’m referring to Emmett’s.
Darcy
Knew it! The look on his face when I told him that you needed to go home. The way he leaped from his seat to rescue you last night. How he wrapped his arm around your shoulders and led you to the exit. Ugh, that boy is down bad.
Kendra
Wait. I agree with all of Darcy’s observations. But isn’t Emmett friends with your dad? They looked pretty close in the players’ bar.
Me
They’re actually really good friends and have been for years. And that’s exactly why heads will roll.
Kendra
Billie, are you sleeping with my husband’s key defenseman?!
Me
I’m not sleeping with him.
Kendra
Messing around with him then?
Jenna
Can we pause this conversation? I need to find popcorn. My appetite has suddenly returned.
Collins
Notice how Billie said that she wasn’t sleeping with him, but didn’t deny the messing around part?
Collins
You stayed at his place last night, didn’t you?
Craning my neck to check that my parents are still where I left them on the couch, I type out another text.
Me
He dropped me home just before Mom and Dad came by with Blake.
I slept in his bed. We both did.
Given the circumstances and potential felonies that will be committed if this gets out, I have no right to be this freaking giddy. But that’s the effect this man has on me—I lose all ability to see danger. Last night went from miserable to incredible. I slept in his training top, surrounded by his beautiful body. This morning was phenomenal, the memory of his darkened eyes, slackened jaw, and needy remarks taking up permanent residence in my brain.
Last night, when we had finished talking and rejoined the group, my main objective was to drink to forget everything Emmett had told me in the empty bar. Even though I believed none of it, I could sense his determination to go through with what he had preached.
I should’ve had more faith in the invisible ties that have formed between us. While I might be incapable of picturing my life without Emmett in it, I think it’s fair to say that the same goes for him too. Neither of us deliberately set out to end up where we are—or to do the things that we did this morning—and that’s just the way it is. The bottom line is that I want to sleep with Emmett, and more than that, I want to explore whatever it is that we have. The fact that I’m his forbidden fruit is inconsequential because he’s destined to take a bite, and when he ultimately does, I’m not going to be the one to stop him.
Kendra
This is A+ content—I’m not going to lie.
