Learn Your Lesson

<p>My mother only wanted me to learn one lesson growing up...</p><p>Men are trash.</p><p></p><p>Her father left her, and then&nbsp;my&nbsp;father left us. Being raised by her and my grandmother, I was surrounded by the reminder to be independent and guard my heart.</p><p></p><p>After my one and only experience with a boy in college fell flatter than a pancake, I realized they were right - and I was content to live the life of a twenty-six-year-old cat lady.</p><p></p><p>Until Will Perry blew my quiet world to smithereens.</p><p></p><p>Starting goalie for the Tampa Bay Ospreys and the kind of hot that scrambles your brain, all I was ever supposed to be to him was his daughter's kindergarten teacher. Then, in a twist of events, his temporary nanny.</p><p></p><p>But temporary turns to permanent, and when I move into his pool house, everything changes.</p><p></p><p>He's impossibly grumpy and focused on only two things: hockey, and taking care of his daughter. I'm only focused on using this new income to pay back my student loans.</p><p></p><p>But in that house, I feel his heated gaze beneath that permanent scowl, the way it lingers and warms my skin. And though I know my mother would lose her mind if she knew, my dreams have become midnight fantasies about my long-haired, muscle-lined mystery of a boss.</p><p></p><p>When the tension becomes too much, we break, and we make a deal.</p><p></p><p>He still needs a nanny. I still need a paycheck and for my matriarchy to not disown me. But Will agrees to teach me everything I've always wanted to learn, and I'm all too eager to be his student.</p><p></p><p>I can do this. I'm a grown woman. I can explore my sexuality with the hottest goalie on earth and still remain one-hundred percent professional. And I can&nbsp;definitely&nbsp;do it all without catching feelings.</p><p></p><p>I have to.</p><p></p><p>Otherwise, I'll end up heartbroken in my mother's arms while she shakes her head and asks me if I'll ever learn my lesson.</p>