Total pages in book: 91
Estimated words: 83927 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 420(@200wpm)___ 336(@250wpm)___ 280(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 83927 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 420(@200wpm)___ 336(@250wpm)___ 280(@300wpm)
“I know, man,” he says. “But I can’t imagine not living with her. We’re practically together every night anyway.”
“True. How do you think she’s going to take it?” I ask with a smirk, knowing just how hard Tank has had to fight to get any sort of commitment out of that girl.
“Fuck man, you know what she’s like,” he laughs. “It won’t be good. She’ll have my balls for even asking, but she’ll give in eventually.”
“Yeah, she will,” I agree.
“How are things going with Dani?” he asks, picking up the controller once again.
I smile, thinking about my sweet girl. “Great,” I tell him honestly. “She’s amazing, but I feel like she’s hiding something.”
“Hiding something?” he asks with curiosity. “What? Like she’s cheating?”
“Nah, nothing like that,” I tell him. “I don’t know, it’s like something has her running scared. She puts on a brave face and acts like nothing’s wrong, but I can see it. Something’s bothering her.”
“Did you ask her about it?”
“Nah,” I comment with sarcasm then give him a stupid look. “Of course I asked her, you fucking idiot. What kind of shitty boyfriend do you think I am?”
“Sorry, man, it was just a question. No need to bust my balls.”
I smirk at him and shake my head in exasperation. “I’ve asked her a few times and she just shrugs it off, but I’ll get to the bottom of it. Even if I’ve got to beat a few heads together to do it.”
He nods, and I know he’s thinking that he would do the same thing for Sophie. “Alright, man. Let me know if you need my help with anything.”
“Sure.”
We sit for another thirty minutes, going back and forth between the Xbox controllers when I finally decide to get up, grab in the second one, and switch to an NHL game so I can beat his ass on the screen as well as the ice.
A soft knock at the door startles me, and I put my controller on the table before heading to see who it is. I open the door to find Dani and Sophie standing before me with bags upon bags of groceries. “Well, well, to what do I owe this pleasure?” I ask, getting pushed aside by the girls who rush in toward the kitchen and put the groceries down on the counter, only to glance down at their reddening hands with groans of pain.
“We’re making you two dinner,” Dani declares as she strides up and presses a kiss to my lips.
“Oh really?” I ask, catching her around the waist before she has a chance to escape me. I deepen the kiss and moan as her tongue slips into my mouth.
Dani raises her hands to my chest and gently pushes me back. “Get out of here. We have work to do.” She ushers me out of the kitchen, and I’m pushed back into the living room, unable to help the grin that takes over my face as I flop back onto the couch beside Tank.
“Who was that?” he asks, taking in my face.
“The girls. They’re in the kitchen. They want to cook us dinner.”
Tank’s face falls. “Shit. What are we going to do?”
I laugh at his response, knowing there’s nothing worse than Sophie and Dani’s cooking from past experience. There’s a reason they live with Jared and let him rule the kitchen. “What we always do, man. Suffer through the pain with a smile.”
“Damn it,” he sighs. “There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for that girl.”
I groan at the early morning sunshine streaming through my window as my alarm goes off beside me. I reach over, turn it off, and uncurl myself from Dani’s naked body. She groans in her sleep as I climb out from around her and pull the blankets back up to tuck her in.
Heading into the bathroom, I do my best to piss with my morning wood and quickly get ready for training, not wanting to disturb Dani’s sleep. I go about the house making sure I’ve got everything I need, feeling good that today is going to be yet another great day.
Once I’ve downed a protein shake, I head back up to my room and kiss Dani goodbye. She stirs under my touch. “Where are you going?” she mumbles into her pillow with her eyes closed as her fingers lace through mine.
“Practice,” I remind her as I run my finger along the side of her face, tucking a lock of golden hair behind her ear so it doesn’t tickle her face. “Go back to sleep.”
“Mmmkay.”
I smile down at her and give her another kiss. “I’ll see you later,” I whisper as she falls back asleep, her hand coming loose from mine.
I pull the blanket back up again and get up off the bed. “Mmmm, love you,” she moans in her sleep as she burrows her face into the pillow.