Page 28 of Melting the Ice

Dammit, I did sound like a petulant toddler.

And it was all her fault.

The dirty drawings. Her scent all over my room. The rumpled sheets reminding me that less than forty-eight hours ago my dick had been pressed up against her perfect ass in this bed. The fact that I’d felt so well-rested when I’d woken up with her in my arms yesterday morning, even though I’d only climbed into bed a few hours before.

I sat up and raked my hand through my hair, tugging on the strands. My entire routine had been one disaster after another, and I refused to be off when I hit the ice tonight. Pinching the bridge of my nose, I flopped back down on my pillow and strained to see if I could hear her puttering around the condo, but everything was quiet. What was she doing right now? Working on another drawing, maybe one a bit more tame?

Would she cup her breasts while I ate her out like the woman in the image on her tablet did? Maybe she’d tweak her nipples while I sucked on her clit. Maybe her fingers would clutch my hair, her nails scraping along my scalp.

I squirmed under the sheets, my dick hard as a fucking stone. I was torturing myself, but there was nothing I could do about my brain being a complete asshole right now. But napping with a hard-on wasn’t happening, so I slipped my hand under the sheet and wrapped it around my dick, pathetically jerking myself off, quick and quiet, until I came all over my hand. At least this time, I remembered to leave a box of tissues next to my bed so I could clean up without having to leave my room.

Fucking hell.

I was in a sad, sorry state, and it was the Hurricane’s fault. Not that it was fair to put this all on her, but what the fucking hell was I going to do?

At least the orgasm made me tired. Now, I just had to have a restful nap and not think about all the dirty things I wanted to do to my temporary roommate.

JOSIE

“Let’s fucking go, boys,” Harper yelled out later that night as we sat in our lower loge seats. It was just the two of us down here after Cora had headed back up to the suite. The game was tied at two each; we were five minutes into the second period, and my leg was bouncing.

“Micah looked a bit off first period,” she said. “Everything okay in the Smith household?”

I rolled my eyes at her quirked brow.

“Subtle. So subtle.” I shook my head at her. “It’s fine. We’re totally fine.”

And he’d looked ridiculously fine in his game day suit when he’d left for the arena a few hours ago. He had to have those suits tailored the way they fit him, cupping that insane hockey ass to perfection. Today, he’d gone with a mossy green that made his eyes pop and a crisp white shirt that begged to be messed up.

“Yeah, you look like everything’s fine.” Harper’s humor-tinged voice cut into my daydreaming.

I took a sip of my soda and then gave her my more typical expression. “What? He’s probably just tense because I left a pile of dirty dishes in the sink today. He’s a total neat freak.”

“Uh-huh. Sure. We really going with that?”

“Yup.”

“So, yes, I don’t know your full history or anything, but that man needs someone to rattle his cage. I mean, not enough that he starts sucking on the ice, of course.” She grinned. “Don’t take it too far.”

“Hahaha, very funny. I’m not taking it anywhere.” No matter how much I wanted to. “I’m just a kid sister to him, and an annoying one at that.”

“That’s the best kind. So, there’s never been anything between you?”

That kiss forever ago flashed through my brain.

“I knew it,” Harper said, her grin back in place.

“Knew what?”

“Oh, please. You got this sappy little look on your face. Spill, girl. I want all the juicy details.” She looked so freaking gleeful.

I sighed. “What makes you think there are any details?”

“Stop stalling. You would’ve said a flat-out no real quick if everything was just platonic. He didn’t break your heart or something, right?”

“Nope, nothing like that.” I sighed. “Fine. Yes, I’m attracted to him and have been for years, but we’re like oil and water.”

She rubbed her hands together, the players on the ice forgotten as she gave me her full attention.

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