Page 9 of Puck Me Home Tonight

"Lenni is ours."

"Settle down. I needed to make sure we're all on the same page." I fix them with a stare. "But if for some reason she needs a little push in either direction, I'll do what I think is best for her and neither one of you had better interfere."

When Kepler first came up with the idea to share the same woman, I thought it was just Kepler being Kepler. The young spontaneous brother. Hell, I can't even call him the youngest brother, because every time we turn around there's another new woman with a baby claiming it's our newest brother.

At sixty-five years old, you would think our father's sperm would be all dried up or at least not as potent. But year after year a new baby on the doorstep proves us wrong.

My gaze falls on my brothers. What would it be like to have a big family that we were all involved with, instead of the feeling of detachment we currently have toward all our half siblings.

We sit in silence, each taking our time to absorb the new information that the woman of our dreams is now our team's newest member, until a quick, knock on the office door breaks the silence in the room.

"It's, um, Lenni, can I come in?" Her soft voice feeds my soul—so grateful that we found her.

My gaze snaps to Raiden and Kepler. If these two idiots mess this up, I'll murder them myself and make sure to hide their bodies where they will never be found.

"Play it cool." I warn my brothers before I answer Lenni. "Remember this is the long game not a sprint."

"We know." Raiden hisses, jerking his head toward Kepler, "But this idiot has already fucked with our chances of gaining her trust."

"Me? I'm the one who orchestrated this whole thing. Without me she'd never be in our lives to begin with." Kepler growls, shifting his gaze between the two of us then to the door. "Now hurry up and let her in before the two of you fuck this up."

Damn Kepler for putting us in this awkward position. But honestly if he hadn't done what he did we never would have acted on our attraction to Lenni. Especially if we knew she was our new team goalie.

With a deep sigh I answer Lenni, "Come in."

nine

Lenni

Ican'tbelievethey'remy bosses. They own the team. How am I ever going to look them in the eyes?

I might look calm on the outside, but on the inside, I'm terrified of what will happen now that they know I had sex with all three of them on Friday night. Do they really want a goalie who acts like that? I'll be back in the minor leagues in a flash.

It's not far to their office, but I take my time, dragging my feet. I don't want my dream to end, but I know I need to face whatever's to come. Like they say, when you make your bed, you have to lie in it.

Once in front of their office door, I raised my hand, giving it a quick, swift knock. "Come in." Daylen yells after a few intense moments, because of course I can recognize each of their voices.

I open the door, letting myself in and look at each one of their handsome faces. Everything we did that night comes crashing through, causing my freshly showered body to overheat and my clean panties to get messy.

"Elenna, I mean Lenni, go ahead and have a seat." Daylen is the first to speak as he motions for me to take the chair in front of the desk.

I'm not someone who handles anticipation well, so I blurt out, "Look, we're all adults here. We can pretend like Friday night never happened and move on with their lives. I'm a damn good goalie. I need to prove myself without my teammates thinking I'm some puck bunny who'll sleep with anyone who's affiliated with the team. That's not me, that's not who I am. So, please, if we can keep this between the four of us and move on, I would be eternally grateful."

I know my speech caught them off guard as they stare at me with their mouths open before Kepler finally speaks. "She did say please. You know how well Dylan likes it when she says please."

"Enough Kepler." Daylen snarls, his eyes flaring with the same intensity as that night every time any part of his body entered me.

"And just how do you think we're going to keep this a secret?" Raiden joins the conversation, turning his attention to me. "Do you really think we'll be able to keep our hands off of you after everything that went on that night and into the morning? Because I know I can't."

"It doesn't matter—you'll have to figure out a way. My career comes first." I know my words are hurtful because they're ripping out my soul. But as much as I'd love to have the relationship that they want—that's just not in the cards for someone like me. My life revolves around hockey—it always has and always will. I need to make that clear, no matter who gets hurt, even if it's me.

Time feels like it's standing still as I wait for one of them to say something, anything—even if it's to tell me to pack my bags because I'm kicked off the team.

"Okay, if that's what you want, that's what you'll get. We're still looking for that one woman to share her life with us. You need to be prepared when we find her. Will you be able to handle the reality of us with another woman?" Daylen's words hurt more than I expected causing me to grip the arms of the chair thinking about them touching another woman, the way they touched me.

Taking a deep breath, I loosen my hold on the leather chair. I'm giving up my right to them and choosing my hockey career. I open my mouth to tell them that when Kepler interrupts.

"Stop it Daylen. Can't you see you're hurting her with your harsh words. It doesn't have to be this way let's give it some time." Kepler steps in between me and Daylen giving me a chance to breathe.

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