Chapter 1
Jacob
“Bleurgh, I said snooze!” Jacob snapped, his voice croaking and a dull thud in his head as he gave his alarm clock one final voice command to shut the hell up. “Okay, one last chance…snooze!”
But for whatever reason, Jacob’s alarm clock wasn’t playing ball.
As far as Jacob was concerned, there was only one thing for it. With a flick of his wrist, Jacob pitched up the small beanbag on his bedside table and fired it directly toward the alarm clock on the opposite side of the room.
“Jacob Gosling is on fire!” Jacob beamed, the beanbag hitting the alarm clock dead center and knocking it off the shelf and onto the floor. “Now time to get back to dreamland and all those meaty dicks…”
However, Jacob’s hopes of going back to sleep were soon dashed.
No sooner than he had knocked the alarm clock off its perch, but the dreaded snooze alarm came back on. Jacob may have wanted to lie in bed for longer, but the world was pretty much telling him that this just wasn’t going to happen.
“I could keep fighting you, but some battles I just can’t win,” Jacob said, his bleary eyes beginning to focus again. “Fuck it. It’s time to rise and shine.”
It was 8:30AM and Jacob knew that the chances of him getting into work on time were pretty low. Still, that wasn’t going to stop Jacob from making sure that he did his morning routine.
Fruit and oat milk drink? Check.
Choco-crunch protein bar? Check.
Two liter water flask?Urgh. Check.
Jacob may have been twenty-one years old, but he still had to be convinced of the benefits of drinking so much water. Jacob liked flavor, color, and preferably lots and lots of sugar and sweetness too.
Jacob took a long gulp from his water flask and looked around his penthouse apartment. It may have been gifted to him for the duration of his playing contract, but Jacob had spent a small fortune on getting the décor just how he wanted it.
Large, colorful couches and super-soft carpets made Jacob’s place perfect for playing with his vast selection of toys, games, and the latest tech. In many ways, the apartment was just like the kind of dream home Jacob would have conjured in his head back when he was a child.
Jacob had even modified one of the guest bedrooms and turned it into a perfect arts and crafts room where he could paint, make craft, and get creative to his heart’s desires.
This might not have been the kind of apartment you’d typically expect a red-hot ice hockey talent to live in, but Jacob wasn’tlike everyone else. Just like his rare talent on the ice, Jacob was a unique individual off the ice too.
Jacob Gosling was the league’s most talked about prospect, and he had been duly rewarded with a substantial contract by his team, the Toronto Enforcers. It wasn’t unknown for rookies to be given big contracts, especially those perceived as being the most talented in that year’s draft. But Jacob had been in demand to the point where it felt like he could have asked for anything and he would have been given it.
It wasn’t merely Jacob’s skill on the ice that made his signature so in demand. With his cropped blonde hair and dazzling blue eyes, Jacob was the perfect young hockey pinup for marketing and corporate purposes. Girls and boys wanted Jacob’s poster on their wall, and sponsors would pay big money to him and the Enforcers to secure his image rights.
With several franchises all making serious offers to sign him up, Jacob could have gone in any direction and still come out smelling of roses.
In the end, it was the Enforcers who offered Jacob the best deal, and there was just something about the franchise that made Jacob feel like it was the right move for him. The Enforcers had an edge to them, something that made them a little bitdifferent– just like Jacob himself.
Oh, and the fact that the Enforcers management had given Jacob such a great apartment to sweeten the deal was pretty awesome too. With enhanced twenty-four hour security, Jacob felt safe and secure to be exactly who he wanted to be in the safety of his home.
Being in the public eye, Jacob wanted to know that behind closed doors he was able to indulge in all of his passions without fear of his privacy being invaded. And after employing an interior designer who trustworthy and discreet, Jacob was delighted with the outcome. Everything in the apartment was on point, even down to the Anime inspired decorations and art that popped up across the place.
But as much as Jacob enjoyed life in his apartment, he was no homebody.
Jacob enjoyed parties, fun, and staying outall night.
In fact, despite only being at the Enforcers for a few months, Jacob had already developed a reputation as one of the city’s biggest party boys. If there was a club opening, movie premiere, or any kind of glitzy event going on, it was a pretty damn good bet that Jacob would be there.
“I’m young, dumb, and full of… what’s the word?” Jacob laughed, picking up his phone and scrolling through all the photos from the night before.
Jacob couldn’t remember what time he had arrived home, only that his butt was still tingling from a double spanking at the hands of two seriously hunky guys atPaddle Palace,the monthly late night party that was hosted downtown.
The spanking had been fun – and it had certainly given Jacob’s peachy cheeks a winter warmup. But Jacob would have gladly swapped out the two handsome strangers dishing out the punishment for one man who he was truly connected with.
