Pumpkin Spice Spice Baby (The Coffee Loft: Fall Collection)
(By Kerry Evelyn)
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I'd rather break my leg again than live with my arch enemy, Montgomery Biddington.
But Monty's got something I want—connections. Connections my sister and cousin won't give me. And when he suddenly needs a place to stay, I know exactly how we can help each other.
I can live with his arrogance and unrelenting passive-aggressive digs. I can fire them right back just as well. I've been doing it since we were kids. To us, the term "punchbacks" always meant more than than a reverse flip on the mat.
But I never expected his compassionate side - the way he dotes on his Nana Booboo and secretly surveils her sweets consumption, or how he nursed me through an unexpected flare-up of a disease I thought I'd finally gained control of. He even offered to fill in at my other coaching job when I couldn't leave our apartment due to another of the aforementioned flareups.
I never wanted him to see this side of me. A side that makes me look weak. But living together has given me a peek into his life. And I've seen the weak side of him, too.
A side that makes him almost...lovable.
All these years, I've underestimated Monty's inner strength and boundless courage in the face of adversity. Grown-up Monty is well, grown up. And now that I've noticed, I want to call a truce.
I want more than a truce, actually. But I can never risk admitting my true feelings, even when I catch him sending compassionate looks my way. We've perfected our Good Coach/Bad Coach schtick to the point where we've got everything to lose if our coaching dynamic changes.
I'm losing my heart and I don't know how to stop it. I can't compromise the team's chances of winning or risk losing Monty to silly emotions that will no doubt punch back harder than any of his tumbling passes.
It's going to take an awful latte of willpower to keep myself closed off. But is this a challenge I want to win?
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Pumpkin Spice Spice Baby is a childhood rivals and frenemies-to-more forced proximity sports romance with #justkisses and no swearing.
Welcome to the Coffee Loft's Fall Collection! So much more, coming soon!”
