Always Only You by Chloe Liese (z-lib.org).epub

have a clear shot.
“You’ll be great Frankie,” I tell her. “You should be proud.”
The tiny space in the van grows almost claustrophobic. I’m drowning in her
orchid perfume, hearing her soft, steady breaths as she smiles at me, fairly
glowing with happiness. Now that our possibility is before me, I’m confronted
with the yawning gap between what we are and what I want us to be. I’ve been
one of the guys to her for three years. I’ve held off, bit my tongue, waited. And
waited. And waited.
But that doesn’t mean I can’t do this. After all, I’ve done it in the rink—
bided my time, worked toward my goal until the right moment opened up, then
acted on that patience with stunning accuracy. If I can do this in hockey, I can do
it with Frankie.
Right?
“I CAN’T SEE YOU, AXEL.” TIPPING MY LAPTOP SCREEN, I ANGLE IT SO THAT MY
older brother can at least see my face.
“You don’t need to see me,” he drawls, half off-screen. Something bangs,
and he curses under his breath. “I’m listening.”
“Wow, thanks. I feel like a really high priority right now, Axelrod.”
He freezes, then leans into the screen, a long middle finger right up close.
“See that?”
I grin. “Thank you.”
He sits on a sigh right in front of the screen and drags his fingers through his
hair. “I stopped painting for you. Let the record show. How’s that for
prioritizing?”
Noise from inside my house makes me glance over my shoulder. Oliver and
Viggo traipse through the kitchen and immediately begin to raid my cabinets,
yanking food into their arms.
I jerk my thumb toward them and look back to Axel on the screen. “They
don’t even say hi. Just ransack my pantry.”
He shrugs. “They’re animals. I think Mom was too tired by the time they
were born to bring them to heel.”
Viggo and Oliver are as different as night and day but just as inextricably
bound. Exactly twelve months apart, they’re often mistaken as twins, because
now, fully grown, they’re the same height, the same lean build, the same pale
eyes as me. Their only obvious physical difference is Viggo’s hair, which is rich