“Night, Princess. Sleep well.”
“Night, Cash.”
I want to tell her so much more, but I don’t. I let her go. Maybe I’ll work up the nerves to tell her when I get home.
That I want more. That I want Piper.
Chapter Nineteen
CASH
“Have you ever been here?”
Piper links her fingers with mine as we stroll down the quiet street.
“Not to Edmonton.”
“I never know where you’ve been.”
She smiles up at me. Her cheeks are pink from the cold.
“Duncan never took me anywhere if that’s what you’re asking. And I’m a lowly intern. I don’t travel with the team.”
“I’m glad you get to come as my girlfriend. I’ve missed you.”
Even if it’s fake. Because Cassie said this would be a great opportunity to show everyone our relationship ahead of the stadium series.
We’re on the last game of a six-game road trip. I’m excited that we get to play outdoors this week. Even more excited that Piper is here to experience it.
“Good excuse to travel, I guess.”
“If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?” I ask.
“Hawaii.”
“Really? I thought it’d be Paris.”
Piper laughs. “Think you’ve got me pegged, Williams?”
“Apparently not.”
“I love the sunshine. I want to lie on the beach with a coconut in hand and listen to the waves.”
It puts the thought of Piper in a skimpy bikini on the beach into my head. Or rather, peeling her out of it.
“You know that’s not fair to put that image in my head, right?”
“What, when it’s all cold and snowy here?” Piper pulls her purple hat farther down her head. The ends of her hair curl out over her shoulders. She isn’t wearing much makeup, but she’s glowing.
It’s something I’m starting to learn about her. I never really understood inner beauty before. But it radiates from Piper. It makes her one of the most beautiful people I know.
She’s turning me into a sap.
“Are you going to imagine being on that beach tomorrow during the game?”
The weather changed and a snow storm is expected to blow through the city tonight. Nothing like playing hockey outside in the elements.
I haven’t done it since I was in high school. I’ve always loved skating on a pond with the snow coming down.
