Page 108 of On Thin Ice

“Yeah, sure, kid. We’ve all been there,” Sin said.

“Maybe you have,” Micah said to Sin.

“Last drink foreveryone,” Tally said, eyeing Sin, who just shrugged at his best friend. The two of them were quite an odd pairing, but they fed off each other, and for some reason, it worked.

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I opened the condo door as quietly as possible. It was five in the morning on Christmas Eve, and we’d just returned from our road trip—with six more points too, thank you very much. I’dscored at least one goal per game, which I was attributing to my two girls.

And all I wanted to do right now was take a quick shower, then climb into bed with Ally and snuggle both of them. I was turning into complete mush. The guys could tease me for being whipped, but I didn’t have it in me to care.

Toeing off my shoes and leaving my suitcase at the door, I quietly moved through the dark condo and stepped into the bathroom. I shed my clothes and walked under the warm spray.

“Dammit, stay in there,” Ally said just as I turned the water off a few minutes later.

“What?” I asked, poking my head out of the door.

“I have to pee. This one bathroom thing is annoying as hell,” she groused.

I chuckled.

“Don’t laugh at me. My bladder is still not my own,” she said, glaring at me.

“You’re gorgeous,” I said. Her cheeks were flushed from sleep, her hair a messy brown cloud around her shoulders. I ached to kiss her.

She huffed. “You’re delusional right now.”

We’d had more than a few bathroom run-ins since she’d moved in, but none as memorable as when she walked in right after I’d jerked off and said her name. Even though she’d murmured that she’d heard me when she’d been half asleep shortly after it’d happened, I’d never brought it up again, and neither had she. But now I was thinking about it, and my desire for her increased. She was off-limits for at least another five weeks or longer, depending on when she was ready.

I opened the shower door and grabbed my towel.

“Put that away,” she said, gesturing to my dick, a touch of humor in her eyes.

“Sorry. I can’t control him around you.”

She waved her hands at me. “Shoo! Go away so I can pee.”

I wrapped the towel around my waist and strode toward her, then tugged her into my arms to give her a quick kiss.

As my tongue swept against her lips, she sagged against me.

“Stop, stop. I have to peeeeeee,” she muttered as she pushed me away. “Go get dressed or something.”

I was laughing as the door shut behind me. Moving as quickly and quietly through our room as I could, I dried off and slipped on a pair of boxer briefs. Livi was still sleeping as I peered down into the bassinet. She was so adorable that my heart seized.

“Don’t you dare wake her, I just got her down twenty minutes ago,” Ally whispered from behind me.

“I would never.” She’d warned me more than once that waking a sleeping baby was not allowed.

“Good. She’s really cute, though,” she said, standing next to me.

It was second nature to wrap my arm around Ally’s waist and hold her as we looked at our daughter.

“She’s perfect. Just like her mommy,” I said.

She scoffed. “I see the charm is in full force, even at five in the morning.”

“Always ready to turn it on for you because I know how much you love it,” I teased.

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