HANNAH~ “Through the window?” “The door felt like too much commitment.” A frown dips on his face “And where are you going now?” “Anywhere to get air” His jaw flexes. “Ask Coach before you leave the building.” I stare at him. “I’m sorry—what?” “You heard me.” “The other guys walk out whenever they want. I’ve seen Liam leave this mid-afternoon just to get coffee. Nobody calls Coach for a permission slip.” Colton’s jaw flexes once. He reaches past me for the towel hanging on the hallway hook, and the movement brings him close enough that I catch the heat coming off his skin. “You’re not the other guys.” “Because I’m a woman? That’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard all day” “Because you’re new, you’re living in my place, and the second something goes sideways with you it lands on me.”

