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in a tiny smile that made his heart race.
    Okay, maybe he really had gotten banged around at practice and this was a hallucination. And wouldn’t that totally suck.
    Then Bliss put her hand on his knee and a jolt of electricity poured through him. Nope, definitely not a hallucination.
    “So how many are on your team?”
    Amazingly, he could still talk. “We’ve got twenty-two guys on the roster.”
    “Does everyone get along? I can’t imagine that many guys spending that much time together and getting along all of the time. My brothers were always fighting over something and there were only four of them.”
    “For the most part, yeah. We’ve got a good group of guys.”
    And that was no bullshit. He really enjoyed the hell out of his teammates. At least, the ones who’d been around for most of the season. There’d been a few guys who’d been traded or moved up or down but mostly, they’d hung together. And were a stronger team because of it.
    “Sounds like you enjoy what you do.”
    “Can’t imagine doing anything else. Even when—” Shit. Probably better not to finish that sentence, especially to a girl he’d just met. She didn’t want to hear about all the gross shit guys did to one another in the locker room. “Even after we’ve lost three straight on the road and the coach is chewing our asses and we’ve got a seven-hour bus ride home.”
    She laughed, low and soft. “You’re right. That sounds like hell.”
    “Yeah. You don’t want to be in a locker room full of hockey players after a losing game. We’re barely human.”
    Bliss laughed and Shane swore every guy in the room turned to look. He knew if he weren’t sitting here with her, he would have looked because, damn, her laugh made his gut clench with lust.
    Shane was pretty sure he could fight off anyone who attempted to poach her. He was one of the biggest goalies in the league. He looked like a brawler and he wasn’t afraid to take a hit if he needed to.
    And if he had to move someone out of his crease…
    “I’m sure that’s an exaggeration. Some men look great sweaty.” Bliss leaned closer, her voice dropping into bedroom territory. “Makes a girl want to lick him. All over.”
    Shane had to fight hard to swallow his groan, but he couldn’t do anything about his rock-hard erection. That bastard refused to stand down.
    Staring into Bliss’s beautiful hazel eyes, he said the first thing that came to mind. “You can lick me anywhere you want.”
    Jesus Christ, he hoped like hell no one else had heard that. Not exactly dinner party conversation.
    Good thing Bliss didn’t seem to mind. In fact, he thought her gaze actually got hotter.
    “Don’t be surprised if I take you up on that.”
    Her voice had dropped to a husky whisper and her breath brushed against his cheek.
    Oh fuck.
    With one last, hot look in his direction, Bliss turned her attention back to her meal.
    Since he couldn’t take his eyes off her, he watched as she slid her fork from between her lips. Moaning, she closed her eyes. The look of utter…well, bliss on her face made his lungs feel like they’d been gripped in a vise.
    “Oh my gosh.” Her eyes snapped open. “This is amazing. Have you tried this?”
    He had no idea what she was talking about because he had no idea what she’d put in her mouth.
    “I can’t wait to see what’s for dessert.”
    Shane seriously hoped he was on the menu.
     
     
    Chapter Three
    Half an hour later, Shane was ready to climb the walls to get to the door.
    He’d spent the last half hour talking to Cary, who’d been true to his word. They hadn’t mentioned hockey once. Instead, they’d been tasting and discussing the new beers Lori was considering adding to the taps in the bar she ran.
    Well, Cary was talking. Shane was pretending to listen but was really obsessing over Bliss, who was talking to Lori.
    Until a few seconds ago when she turned to him with a smile as Lori walked in the opposite direction.
    Now he fucking