The Golden Captain's Heart On Ice

ri

t was pounding so hard I was ha

Blaire

ng through my mind in a

oor, kicked it shut, and hea

nk. I switched

y stopped. Grant sat at the kitchen isl

cared me." I presse

young lady,

led m

r-old grown ass woman," and he s

you're still coming home looking

d not

me after our parents died in a car accident. When

somehow, he had become both my brother and my paren

e you been

we go

tes ago," he added. "He wanted

That's the kind of

d now, just hearing his name made

." I dumped my bag on the cou

rant a sane answer-one that wouldn

ut I could feel hi

glass and head

hes of ours. I just wished he woul

dn't sleep. Every time I closed

hand rubbing slow circles over my back whil

ed at something deep inside my ches

laptop was still open on the bed. My

key didn't care that m

press badge hanging around my neck, a coffee I didn't want in one ha

n the media workro

ok like

rning to

didn't go wel

yes as she ha

ady hav

e. That's sadness

ed at my lips befo

e anno

u've been stuck with

ok my

o m

the media room. I knew she

I trust Maya. She had been there thro

shed, she s

hat? That's

row

t place. You're gorgeous, you're building a career, and y

outh, but not

an't see yourself," she continued. "Y

ollege. She knows exactly h

h him." It was the on

nd pulled me

. "Now get your ass back to work before your editor starts demanding an explana

d to sort out the ticketing for t

ting ready to int

sunglasses indoors and looked like he had

escribing the championship-winning play a

I felt almost normal. I listened

pened, everything inside m

charcoal shirt, the sleeves

, untouchable. Unlike everyone else, he didn't look as though he had cele

mind flashed bac

hand moved slowly across my back while I cried.

ately looked away befo

ng." His vo

morn

e the story?" The ques

six twenty-thre

s dedi

toward the

en he look

e could have asked. I bit the inside of

even a minute. I would have looked l

last

rview." I picked up my p

en it disappeared behind a familiar smi

said quietly. "But whoever broke your

e image of Eden and Blaire slammed b

The doo

." Blaire

mach d

ound Dane and presse

at me and smiled before restin

idn't see you at

sed his

nto my palm be

toward hers and kissed him

The words on the screen blurred.

ing them together hurt in t

her smile remained

ent story. She wasn't afra

discover just how many