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Mac and Dean both press kisses to my cheeks before backing away.

“Sounds like a plan, Chérie.” Mac backs away slowly before opening the door.

“We’ll see you after practice,” Dean says gently pressing another kiss to my lips before leaving with Mac.

Standing there for a moment, I huff out another deep sigh. Dating hockey players is difficult because of their crazy schedules. As I look over my shoulder to the closed door, I can’t help but smile softly. Those two? They are worth it.

Chapter Thirty

I’m not sure how the boys managed it, but I have a funny feeling it involved all ten of them. Dean and Mac couldn’t have pulled this off by themselves. There’s no way. I wonder what made them think of renting the small cabin, so we’d have some alone time together. No. No, this had to involve all ten of them. I have a funny feeling Perri had more to do with it than he let on.

“So the boys are taking you on a trip.” Perri grins as he looms over me where I’m sitting on the couch in the common house.

Looking up, I arch a brow when I see Merc, Gilly, and Fenni standing together. The four of them normally don’t hang out in the house, saying it’s too much like a frat house for their liking. “Boys?”

Gilly grins. “Mac and Dean are taking you on a trip.”

“For some alone time,” Fenni says as he wiggles his eyebrows,

I cross my arms as I, admittedly unconvincingly, say, “There’s nothing going on between me and those two.” That’s a bold face lie, and everyone knows it.

Merc rolls his eyes. “We all know you have something with those two. We won’t tell anyone, but the fucking sexual tension between you three is killing the rest of us.”

I choke on my spit as I splutter, “What—no—there’s—” My eyes flick between the four of them before I huff. “Is it that obvious?”

Perri laughs. “To the ten of us? Yeah. Definitely. I don’t think management has caught on. But, to be honest, I don’t think they will care so long as it doesn’t affect how you treat the rest of us.”

Gilly shrugs. “You’re professional at work, not a puck bunny. That’s all that matters.”

Muttering behind me interrupts my response, and I look over the back of the couch finding the other six members of my group. They quiet down when they notice me eyeing them.

Mac and Dean are pushed to the front of the group, the two of them holding bags at their side. When my eyes meet theirs, I notice both have pink-tinged cheeks.

My gaze flicks to Vicy when he announces, “Alright! Let’s go lovebirds!” Furrowing my brow, I point to the extra bag in his hands. “What’s that?”

Vicy grins. “Your clothes.”

My eyes widen. My clothes? “You went to my apartment and packed clothes for me?”

He shakes his head. “Hell no! That’s creepy. I called your mom and said that you were busy. Told her that you needed clothes for our trip this weekend.”

“You told her what?” I screech.

He rolls his eyes, like it’s totally normal for them to call my mom. “Don’t freak out, Roe Roe. I told her it was a team trip. A short getaway to relieve some stress.”

I pinch the bridge of my nose as I ask, “And what happens when she finds out that it wasn’t the whole team?”

“Who’s gonna tell her? No one here will.”

I groan, realizing there is no way of getting out of this. “Where are we going?” I ask, resigned.

“I have a small cabin up North,” Taz says with a grin.

“And whose idea was this?”

All fingers point at Mac and Dean. Hum… I have my doubts.

I’m standing in front of a frozen pond that sits behind the small cabin. Dean said he’ll make sure everything is set up inside, so I dragged Mac with me to explore what's outside. The moment I see the pond I run back inside. “Did you guys grab my skates?”

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