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My jaw clenches. I won’t say anything about the kiss, but I refuse to be his dirty little secret. He was acting like an ass tonight, and I have the right to vent about it.

It’ll be good. It’ll distract her from asking where I was tonight.

I smirk. “My lord and master was also worried when I came home so late, but he wasn’t nearly as understanding as you.”

A grin spreads over her face. “Ethan?”

“Yes.”

She giggles. “Lily, he’s obsessed with you.”

She’s said things like this before, and my stomach never fluttered like it is right now. Until that kiss, Kinsley’s words had no merit in my eyes.

Ethan isn’t obsessed with me, but after that kiss, I wonder if his irritation with me is more complicated.

I shake my head. “He’s just protective of me, like a big brother. Noah is more than enough. I don’t need another one.”

She raises her brows. “Oh, you think that’s why he’s always hovering over you? Trust me, it’s so much more than that. Every single girl in our church has gone after him at some point. He barely even looks their way. Yet when you’re around, he’s hyper focused and…electrified.

My stomach does a little turn. “What do you mean electrified?”

“I mean, he looks so calm and almost bored most of the time, but the second Lily Greenwood walks into a room, he lights up.”

I wave a hand. “That’s what he looks like when he’s pissed off. It’s hard to tell with Ethan, because he doesn’t have a personality.”

She shakes her head. “You’re so mean to him, and I think he’s into it. You know how they say the opposite of love isn’t hate but indifference. And Ethan is far from indifferent to you.”

I’d never give her words a second thought if it weren’t for the kiss tonight. In one moment, his dark-blue eyes were blazing with anger. Then he pulled me against his chest, and the anger was gone in a flash. He looked ready to eat me.

I thought Ethan was as simple and straightforward as every all-American golden boy. Turns out I don’t really know what’s going on in that handsome head of his.

Chapter Three

Ethan

I shove my practice jersey into my duffel bag with more force than necessary. I worked myself to death during the four-quarters drill. Punishment for my insane behavior last night.

I can still taste her mouth now… Sweet with a hint of mint. Soft and warm.

Delicious.

That small kiss had filled me with a need more potent than anything I’ve ever known. I wanted to bury myself inside her. Plunder her like a barbarian. My cock was as hard as a rock when I made it back to my bedroom.

What the hell is happening to me? I’ve only kissed two other women in my life, and never with as much abandoned intensity. I was so consumed by the pleasure, I don’t think I remembered my own name, let alone my plan to stay pure until marriage.

The part that makes no sense is that I’ve never wanted Lily this way. She drives me insane.

Sure, I’ve had a few sexual thoughts about her over the years. Natural considering how beautiful she is with those bright-gray eyes and fiery-red hair. But I never indulge the fantasies. She’s off-limits as Noah’s little sister.

What would he think if he knew what I did last night? He hated Mason for pursuing Lily. Told him from the very beginning that he doesn’t want his teammates dating his sister. It complicates things, he’d said. Creates strain on the team if the relationship goes sour.

I’m so much more than Noah’s teammate. I’m his best friend. It ought to be a given that I’d never take advantage of his sister during a vulnerable moment.

And she was vulnerable last night. Even in her anger, I sensed something under the surface of her usual sass. She was troubled.

Instead of giving her comfort, I acted like a dick, refusing to leave when she’d asked me.

It was a mistake. That kiss never would have happened if I had just minded my damn business like she practically commanded me to do.

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