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"“Hands off.” “Touch her again, and you’re done.” “Since when do you care?” someone laughs. Easton doesn’t blink. “Since Luci’s mine to deal with.” “Don’t say my name,” Luci snaps. “Luci.” He says it anyway, slow. Her thoughts scatter, ears tingling. He hears her breath hitch and his jaw tightens. “You’re trouble,” he growls. “My trouble. But nobody else gets to bully you.” His hoodie drops over her head. Warm, close, his scent. For a second, it’s only them. She thinks it ends there. Then an offer comes: $1000 a week. After-school nanny. NDA. A little boy who clings to her like safety itself. “Only Luci.” Friday night, the mansion door opens. “Where’s my son?” Luci turns and meets Easton’s stare. “Daddy!” the boy squeals, launching at him. Luci’s stomach drops. “I didn’t know.” Easton steps closer, voice low. “From now on, you text me. If anyone touches you, you tell me.” When they realize the Ice Prince’s son chose her first, will Easton deny her to keep her safe, or claim her where everyone can see?" --- Luci Forrester “I’m late, I’m late…” I mutter as I race through the corridors to get to class. Professor Elkins is not always forgiving, and if she makes me stand in front of the class to explain my tardiness, I won’t be able to stand it. I keep muttering to myself, and I hear the jingle start in my head. The white rabbit in the animated Alice in Wonderland. “I’m late, and I’m late for a very important date. No time to say hello goodbye, I’m late, I’m late, I’m…” I can see the entire movie playing before my eyes. “AHHH!” I let out an involuntary scream as I crash into a huge hard wall. I glance up and want to die. It’s not a wall I ran into, rather a concrete human body. My eyes are probably the size of saucers as I stare up into the face of one of the four kings of Kenton. The Reed “brothers” who rule the ice here at Kenton University and then the town along with their parents. I happened to run into the most ruthless one, Easton. He’s the hockey center a
