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“We may have gone overboard with the catering.”

“You think?” I teased.

“Hey, it’s not every day your little girl turns sixteen.”

Ah man, he was getting emotional. Both he and Chase had shed a few tears while watching my sister the night before.

“I know Cammie appreciated everything you did to make her party special.”

“Thanks.” He smiled and then headed upstairs.

Once my dads left, I ran to my room and video-called Hayden. It rang twice before he answered.

“Hi there,” he greeted with a smile on his face. It looked like he was sitting at his desk in his home office. “I was just thinking about you.”

“Oh really?” I smirked. “What exactly were you thinking?”

“How I wish you were here with me.”

“And what would we do if I was?”

His smile turned devilish. “You’d be naked in my bed and I’d have my way with you.”

“You mean like this?” I angled the camera so he could see that I was lying in bed naked.

“Fuck,” he hissed. “Yeah, just like that.”

Suddenly all I could see was his ceiling, and I heard some rustling before he appeared back on my screen. He was now shirtless and had moved to his couch.

“That’s better,” I breathed out. “But I think you need to move the camera down a little.” He did as I’d instructed, and I was rewarded with a perfect view of his hand wrapped around the base of his hardening dick. “Damn, that’s hot. Now tell me exactly what you’d do if I was next to you.”

16

HAYDEN

My lifebefore I met Tyler was …fine. I shot my sporting events, came home and edited the photos before sending them off to my sportswriter, taught one day a week at Hawkins, and that was that. I was content with the life I’d made since Jonah’s death. But since Tyler and I had been together, I wanted more.

More kisses.

More cuddles.

More time.

But Tyler was in California and we had no time at all.

The phone sex we’d had the night before, while enjoyable, was nothing compared to feeling his body pressed against mine, and it only made me want to be with him more. To go to California and soak up the sun while we lay on the beach. To walk hand in hand where no one knew us and HU wouldn’t find out. To wake up next to him like I had the two mornings we had spent up in the mountains alone.

Spring Break was becoming the longest week of my life.

Lost in thought, it took me a moment to realize my phone was ringing. I picked it up and slid my finger across the answer button. “Hey, Jack. What’s up?”

“Amanda’s water just broke and we’re on our way to the hospital.”

“Congrats, man. That’s awesome.” I could hear his wife howling in the background, so maybe it wasn’t awesome for her just yet.

“Thanks, but ah, I’m supposed to be on a flight to LA in the morning to shoot the Bruins and Ducks game in Anaheim.” I sat up straight. “Emmett Cooper might score his 300thgoal and I wanted to be there to capture it.”

“I’ll go,” I blurted without hesitation.