Faking It With The Hockey Playboy
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tched on for what
eeing me for the first time. His face was pale, and
ek steppe
his voice cold and hard. "She
trance. His eyes moved from me to Derek,
over," Ryan
d on my lower back in a gesture that was both protective and possessive. "And let
to a dangerous tone t
will not be so kind. I do not care that you are her stepbrother. I do not care that you think you have some r
ghtened. "Is t
, and I will break every bone in your body. I do not make empty t
air was so thick I c
to Ryan. She touched his arm gently. "Baby, let
, I agree
ade my heart ache. He looked betrayed, confused, and lost. L
pty. "You want to be with him? Be with him. But d
slumped, his head was down, and he looked nothing like t
heels clicking on the floor. "Ry
the corner, and just li
sperse, whispering among themselves about what they had just witnes
still on my back
softly. "Let us ge
uide me away from the stairs and through the hallways.
ryone still in their first classes. Derek led me to the back corner w
o one of the chairs and then
?" he asked, s
was too angry. Too co
on his knees. "Lila, talk to me. A
silent, letting
Li
you?" I suddenly expl
d in surprise
"What is wrong with you, Derek? Why did yo
d. "I was protecting yo
not ask you to come swooping in like some kind of hero! An
e was yelling at you. You were crying. What was
ou were supposed to do! This was between m
Derek said firmly. "It has
Derek! We are pretending, remember? You are blackmailing me into this stup
ung in the a
that looked almost like hurt. But it disappear
k to Ryan like that. To threaten him. To make things worse between us. He is