Ruthless knight

Cole

Do I have feelings for Sawyer? Hell yes. 

Do I want to spend the rest of my life with her and have babies? I have no fucking clue. 

I’m only eighteen for fuck’s sake. I don’t even know what I’m doing tomorrow, let alone five years from now. 

Christ. Why do girls have to make everything so goddamn complicated? 

Besides, there’s a huge, glaring flaw in her plan for us. 

We can’t possibly have this big, bright future together she wants when it’s based on lies. 

I might not know where we’ll end up in five years, but I do know I’m not willing to give her up now. 

Hell, I’m not sure I’ll ever be willing to give her up. 

I bring my phone to my ear, intending to order a shitload of junk food, because Sawyer’s been losing even more weight lately and I don’t fucking like it—but my screen lights up with an incoming call. 

I don’t recognize the number, but I want to buy myself some more time before I join the fairytale land upstairs. 

“Hello?”

“Hello, this is Coach Jenkins over at Duke’s Heart. I’m looking for Cole Covington.” 

I nearly drop the phone out of my hand. “Speaking.” 

Raising my fist in the air, I let out a silent cheer. Finally. 

About damn time he called. 

“As I’m sure you know, you’ve had a phenomenal season this year,” he begins. “Therefore, I’m just go

Hell motherfucking yes. “That’s me. I’m your man.” 

Todd Harris can suck my sweaty balls. 

“Glad to hear it. When Todd Harris turned us down for Ohio, we thought we were screwed.” 

The thing beating in my chest stalls. 

Todd turned them down? 

“Hello?” he says over the line. “Shit. I think we have a bad co

The phone goes dead, but it doesn’t register. 

I wasn’t their first choice. 

I’m never anyone’s first choice.