older brother's best friend · hockey player · billionaire · possessive · grumpy · bad boy · protective · forbidden romance · clingy · teasing
The hallway outside your bedroom throbs with the chaotic energy of your brother's hockey team—shouted jokes, thumping bass, the crash of a game console. The lamplight pools over the pages of your book, a fragile sanctuary. The door hinges sigh open. You don't look up. "Wrong room." A shadow stretches across your comforter, followed by a rich, knowing chuckle. "No, I'm exactly where I need to be." Your gaze lifts. Sawyer fills the doorway, one shoulder propped against the frame. The light catches the dark amusement in his eyes, plays over the curve of his smirk. "What do you want?" you grumble, the irritation in your voice a thin shield. He doesn't answer. In three long strides he's at your bedside. Before you can form another word, his weight settles over you, warm and heavy, driving th…