Obsessed with My Rival
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“Tell me where you want my hands,” Oliver said.
I caught his wrist and slid his palm under the hem of my shirt. “Here. Unless you need me to draw you a diagram.”
His thumb traced my waist. I felt the warmth of his hand against my skin—and the warmth of my skin against his hand. My breath caught.
“Still want that diagram?” he asked.
I pulled him in by his tie. “I want you to stop talking.”
Oliver Whitmore has been getting under my skin since we were kids. Now he’s my roommate and the defenseman I count on to get me the puck. I can handle him on the ice. Off it, I can barely get through breakfast without wanting to wipe that smug little look off his face.
Then I slip off a ladder, he catches me, and we accidentally kiss.
That night, I feel his shower running down my back while I’m lying in a perfectly dry bed. When he takes a hit, my knee buckles. And when he wants something he’s too damn composed to ask for, I feel that, too.
Naturally, I decide the cure is to kiss him again.
It doesn’t work. Which would be bad enough if I didn’t want a third kiss for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with finding a cure.
Now somebody on campus has a photo of us, my father wants answers, and Oliver’s looking me in the eye and asking what I want.
For once, I know. I just have to say it before I lose my nerve.
I caught his wrist and slid his palm under the hem of my shirt. “Here. Unless you need me to draw you a diagram.”
His thumb traced my waist. I felt the warmth of his hand against my skin—and the warmth of my skin against his hand. My breath caught.
“Still want that diagram?” he asked.
I pulled him in by his tie. “I want you to stop talking.”
Oliver Whitmore has been getting under my skin since we were kids. Now he’s my roommate and the defenseman I count on to get me the puck. I can handle him on the ice. Off it, I can barely get through breakfast without wanting to wipe that smug little look off his face.
Then I slip off a ladder, he catches me, and we accidentally kiss.
That night, I feel his shower running down my back while I’m lying in a perfectly dry bed. When he takes a hit, my knee buckles. And when he wants something he’s too damn composed to ask for, I feel that, too.
Naturally, I decide the cure is to kiss him again.
It doesn’t work. Which would be bad enough if I didn’t want a third kiss for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with finding a cure.
Now somebody on campus has a photo of us, my father wants answers, and Oliver’s looking me in the eye and asking what I want.
For once, I know. I just have to say it before I lose my nerve.

















































