Chapter 60

Winnie

I experience nightmare after nightmare of Dana telling me that I’m not good enough for Jake. I shake and kick in my sleep. My heart is on fire, and muffled words leave my lips until a strong hand jostles me awake, and I blink back to reality.

“Winnie?” It’s Jake, and he is squatting beside me. “Wake up. Breakfast is ready for you.”

“B-breakfast?” My mouth feels dry, and my throat is sore. I think I’ve been talking in my sleep.

“Uh-huh, I made pancakes,” a grin spreads over Jake’s face. “I feel like a total wildling now. Can you believe it?

Pancakes made over an open fire in an old, dusty frying pan.”

“You’re adorable,” I sit up, unable to prevent my lips from curling into a smile. I know Jake loves cooking and baking, but the pride in his eyes for making pancakes outside a kitchen? He is so sweet.

“I would prefer to be called sexy.”

“You’re sexy, too,” I tell him. “And if those pancakes are as good as they smell,

I will go down on my knees and suck you. You don’t know how much I love your breakfast pancakes.”

He snorts and shakes his head with an indulgent smile. I love when he gives me that kind of sweet expression. He is undoubtfully proud to provide for me and hurries to fetch me a paper plate.

I only make it out of the tent to sit down on a blanket area that Jake has prepared for us before he returns with my food. ” Here you go. Pancakes with maple syrup and blueberries. Your favorite.”

The stupid, toothy grin that settles over my lips makes Jake snort a laugh. I don’t have to say anything for him to know how much these simple displays of affection mean to me. Still, when he sits beside me, I smile up at him, a little teary-eyed.

you treat me. I guess it’s because

a long time,” his smile is infectious. ” That’s why I’ve always gone

your teammates know that you’re secretly the sweetest guy

and the reddish hue on his skin and downright outraged expression

not sweet toward everyone!” Jake retorts, saying the words as if I’ve offended him. “You’re the only one I treat differently, and on the ice,

cut into my pancake, glancing up at him. ” Since when are hockey

other, we get to fight other states on

idea of

all fear

intimidating is part of the job. That second

very talented on the ice,” I bump him with my shoulder and smile wider. “But

a softie!” Jake growls, glaring at

broad. “Oh, yes, you are. But I love that about you. You take care of me, make me

silence falls after I’ve spoken, and

few times before he openly stares at me. I stare right back at him, feeling vulnerable because it just slipped. The worst part? It felt natural

fearsome appearance, muscles for days, and fame, my man often becomes shy when complimented or called sweet. I can’t tell if he is shy right now or doesn’t feel the same way as I do, and

kayaking… when was the last time you did that?” My heart is racing, but it helps to

breaks out of his stupor with a chuckle. “I do. We won that competition and had the

“You remember the prize

grins at me. “We got to eat stakes while everyone else shared a package of hotdogs. Damn, those were the times. We gloated over it too, kept saying how juicy the stakes were, and Mark was grumpy because you had teamed

while Jake tells me how rare it is to

it very often in the past, always letting me or Mark talk over him. It made it hard for

ego

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