“You two forget we exist?” Ace asks, bringing me out of my thoughts.

I’m forced to return my attention to Maddox and Mikayla, and holy hell.

They’re kissing—passionately—enough to make my heart race all over again.

It’s fucking hot.

“You can’t stop the lover bird, Ace,” I cover up so I can turn away to look at him instead.

If I keep staring any more, everyone will see how effective their love really is on me.

I’m honestly debating about going to the doctor and asking what the fuck is wrong with me.

These odd emotions.

Sensations that leave me feeling hot and frazzled.

There has to be a problem with me.

Right? It’s only logical.

My time in America had to have fucked me up somehow for me to return to Canada with malfunctioning emotional circuits.

And a hyperactive cock…

“You can take over in making sure they don’t fuck one another with the door open while I move my car before those antsy dorm parking guards give me a lovely ticket,” Ace announces. “Be right back.”

“Cool,” I reply and move quickly to the door so I can close it.

Don’t need a bunch of staff seeing these two making out like they’re alone in Mishka’s attic.

How I’d love to be there with her… and Maddox?

I shut down the thought with a quick shake of my head.

This is all because I’m horny and haven’t fucked in a good while. That’s all.

A lot more logical than thinking I’m sick.

Returning my attention to the couple, they’re sharing a look before Mishka mumbles something in Russian that makes Maddox chuckle.

“I guess I can come back?” I offer.

That breaks through to them, and they look my way.

“Sorry, Wolfgang,” Mishka apologizes and lets go of Maddox to walk over to me. “Honestly, this week has been a blur, and I haven’t seen Maddox since the day you guys finalized teams.”

That was true.

The week had gone by in a blur, and we were going to start the madness of the season next week.

Here I thought we’d be like normal seasons where you have pre-season to actually prep before you dove into the chaos of being a professional hockey player, but with this new hockey movement partnered with the viral hype going around over our new teams, Mr. Champion and other investors across North America didn’t want to delay.

All thanks to the viral video.

It had to be Dakota, our Social Media Manager, who took it.

The ten-second clip where Maddox’s eyes are staring at one individual in the entire stadium.