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.

take it for granted, you know? The way you treat me. I guess

a one-time-use fork made of renewable material. “I’ve liked you for a long time,” his smile

teammates know that you’re secretly the sweetest

and the reddish hue on his skin and downright outraged expression on his face make me fall into a

“You’re the only one I treat differently, and on the ice, everyone knows that I’m lethal

a sing-song voice and cut into my pancake, glancing up

less bloody. Instead of killing each other, we get to fight other states on

idea of

As a right-wing, my opponents should all fear

part of the job. That second of hesitation from my

the ice,” I bump him with my shoulder

not a softie!” Jake growls, glaring at me with

But I love that about you. You take care

falls after I’ve

he openly stares at me. I stare right back at him,

don’t know what that means. Despite his 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 that’s why he is keeping

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

do. We won that competition and had the fastest time out of everyone

him. “You remember the prize

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

god. We are back to joking around, and we eat our breakfast while Jake tells me how rare it is to make friends

hearing Jake talk. He never did it very often in the past, always letting me or Mark talk over him. It made it hard for me to judge what type of character he was, but I’m seeing

would probably kick my ass if I called him that often. His ego can’t handle such compliments, and more than often, he blushes

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