A jealous hockey star loses his composure when another man gets too close to the person he wants, demanding to know why they are hiding from him. His possessiveness and the tension of a love triangle drive the story as he fights to keep what he considers his.
I quickly looked away, but I could still feel Adrian's eyes on me. Stay as long as you like, sweetheart. Make yourself at home. Thank you, Mrs. Cross.
Relax. So what if we were under the same roof? There was no way he'd figure out I was the girl who dumped him. No way.
He'd never seen my real face or my body. The girl he thought he loved was nothing more than a photo from social media and a voice over the phone not me definitely not this eventually the conversation shifted to Adrian so how did things go with that nice girl I set
you up with last week mom I already told you I'm not interested I met her twice I can't even remember her face you shoot down every single girl in sight honestly I give up on trying to get through to you you're 21 Adrian still single sometimes I honestly wonder if you're even into women at all mom trust me he's
very into women he's just hung up on someone who ghosted him I practically buried my face in my plate I didn't dare breathe but of course the universe wasn't done with me Adrian suddenly called out my full name Maya Bennett I clenched and almost dropped my fork but hearing it in his
voice sent a chill down my spine Adrian's gaze settled on me as if he could see straight through me a quiet searching suspicion flickered in his his eyes. You look a little guilty. Did you do something? My brain short-circuited. I had no