The Hockey Captain’s Unwanted Wife (Blair and Grayson) novel Chapter 137

Chapter 137

~OLIVIA~

Bags hit the floor. Tessa claimed the balcony before anyone else finished climbing the stairs.

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Caleb asked about the wifi before he asked where the bathroom was. Mom opened windows. Dad walked the deck like he was inspecting a border.

I waited until the bags were in the rooms before I asked.

“Did Roman say if he was coming?”

Ethan did not look up from his phone. “He canceled. Said he has practice.”

The disappointment hit so fast I had to turn toward the window.

Practice. He was not coming. He was going to stay in the city with his training and his girlfriend.

I couldn’t believe it. Why did I pack all those sexy bikinis?

The beach house suddenly felt too empty even though my entire family was here. I had spent the entire drive thinking about ways to get him to kiss me again. For nothing. He had chosen practice.

There was a possibility he didn’t even have practice and only said it to get out of spending time with me.

I couldn’t believe him.

Blair shot me a look, which I ignored.

I went upstairs, shut the door to my room, and stared at my phone.

I wanted him here.

I wanted more kisses.

I could not resist it.

I typed before the better version of me could talk me out of it.

If you do not come to the beach house, I am inviting Luca to stay in the room that was supposed to be yours. Extra room now. Shame to waste it.

I sent it.

I waited and waited.

No reply.

I sat on the bed and watched the screen stay blank. Maybe he was in the gym. Maybe he had muted me. Maybe Luca was no longer a threat that moved him.

I hated how much I hoped it still did.

Blair knocked once and came in without waiting, because she was Blair. She closed the door with her hip and looked at my face, then at the phone in my hand.

“He canceled,” I said.

“I heard.” She sat on the other bed. “Practice. Very convenient. Very I kissed you against a wall and now I need a court to hide in.”

“I texted him.”

Blair’s eyes narrowed, delighted and alarmed. “Olivia.”

“I told him if he does not come I am giving Luca the room that was supposed to be his.”

She put both hands over her face, then dropped them, laughing under her breath. “You are going to give dad and Roman a heart attack in the same weekend.”

“He is not answering.”

“He is probably throwing a basketball at a wall.” She leaned back on her hands. “Or driving. You should see

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Chapter 137

your face right now.”

I flopped backward. The ceiling here was different from the one in the city.

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“I wanted more, Blair. I cannot sit in this house for three days thinking about his mouth and watching Ethan grill fish. I wanted him here with me. I thought the kiss meant something.”

“It meant something,” Blair said. “He kissed you. Then he ran. Now you poked at him with that message. If he is half as gone as he looked for the BBQ, he is already on a highway.”

“Or he is with Eden.”

“Then he is an idiot, and we will drown him another time.” She poked my ankle with a smile. “Come downstairs. If you stay up here staring at a delivered message you will drive yourself insane. Tessa is already in the water. Mom wants help with the fruit basket. I want you where I can supervise your next risky idea.”

I smiled. “You are supervising nothing.”

“Downstairs. Now.”

Hours later the house had settled into noise and fun.

Mom on the deck. Dad on a call like always even on vacation. Tessa already in the water just like when we now came, screaming at Caleb about a wave he had shoved her into. Grayson was carrying bags like he was preparing for a disaster. I was in the kitchen telling myself to calm down. The phone had stayed blank. Not a single message.

My heart slowed down. I couldn’t believe he was ignoring me after that kiss.

Blair sliced mango and watched me wipe the same counter twice.

“You are cleaning like a woman who expects the doorbell to ring anytime soon,” she murmured. “Can you relax a little? We came here to have some fun.”

“I am being helpful.”

“You are being obvious.” She glanced at the foyer. “If he comes, do not faint. If he does not come, do not call Luca. We have established that dad owns a phone and a list of grooms.”

“I know.”

“You do not know. You know how to press send.”

I opened my mouth to argue.

The doorbell rang.

I froze with a glass in my hand.

Blair’s knife paused over the mango. Her smile was slow and mischievous. “Well.”

Ethan crossed the foyer.

I heard his name.

“Roman?”

My heart skipped a beat.

The glass went slippery. I set it down before I dropped it.

Ethan opened the door, surprised and pleased. “What made you change your mind?”

Roman stepped in with a bag and no Eden.

No girlfriend. Just him. Tall. Tight–jawed. His eyes found me over Ethan’s shoulder like he had come through the door already looking for the person who had threatened him with giving another man his room.

I blushed so deeply it was humiliating.

Blair took in the scene and very quietly mouthed good job at me with a grin I wanted to throw a pillow at.

Ethan waited. “Practice suddenly clear?”

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