The Sweet Talker

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I've sworn off hockey players. Until the pregnancy test turns pink.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Noah Scotch is revered in Boston a veritable god on the ice. I'm a nerdy newly minted college professor who would rather color code my planner than hit the club scene. Noah shouldn't look at me twice but when he does I falter.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Who can blame me?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The sweet talker with the deliciously chiseled abs and sinful chocolate eyes is a force. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>On and off the ice.</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> One hot and intense night with Noah has me second guessing my lack of a dating life.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Friends with benefits? He offers I dive in headfirst.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Growing up in a hockey family I know better than to get serious with a player. But the more time I spend getting to know Noah the more my intention to keep things casual rings false. Now I've got a hopeful heart </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>and</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> a baby on the way.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I just need to tell Noah. But when I do will I end up with everything I never knew I wanted? Or on my own? </strong></p>