Breacking Piont – Mads Rafferty

She stops, her cinnamon-colored eyes lifting to mine. “Are you sure? I don’t want to intrude.” “If anything, I’m intruding.” The corner of her lip twitches. “In your own house?” Rubbing the nape of my neck, my cheeks heat. “Right.” I quickly change the topic. “Need any help?” She frowns. “It’s okay. You don’t have to help.” I shrug. “I don’t have anything going on this afternoon.” Her lips purse, her eyes raking over the mountain load of groceries.

“You can help if you want. I’m just meal prepping for the next three days.” “Done. Just tell me where you need me.” Jumping off the kitchen bench, I wash my hands, noting how despite offering to help, a small furrow forms between her brows, her movements more hurried than usual.

Is she stress cooking? Drew used to do the same thing. You could tell when he was cooking because he wanted to or when he was doing it to take his mind off something because his hands were frantic, his cuts and slices heavier. “Are you okay?” I ask quietly, coming up beside her and taking the potatoes and peeler she hands me.

Her shoulders tighten. “Why do you ask?” “I don’t mean to pry, you just seem to be in a hurry.” Her shoulders drop on a deep exhale. “I’m sorry, I actually do need to be out of here a little early. I was hoping to have most of my work for the day done by three.”

It’s outrageous of me to be disappointed that the first available afternoon I have off she can’t be here, and yet I am. And if I didn’t know any better, I’d say the sudden heartburn racing up my chest is because of it. “That’s all right. How come you have to leave?” “No reason.” The peeler slips from my hand. A layer of potato skin flies across the bench and lands on the marble counter with a wet slap.

She’s being cagey. Is she…going on a date? The thought makes my chest tighten to the point I have to put the peeler down and gulp water to try and ease my now clammy skin. Bella busies herself with slicing into meat, her playlist drifting from her phone beside her. I’m grateful she’s distracted so she can’t see how much this affects me, but I’m also concerned that she’s so distracted because she’s thinking about her date tonight.

Am I being ridiculous? I’m certain I am and yet the tightness in my chest, the hot burning sensation beneath my skin…am I jealous? Of an imaginary date? I thought the puck bunny question last week after the game meant she wasn’t seeing anyone either. Perhaps I’m jealous for the same reasons she asked about puck bunnies—I don’t want people to think I’m being cheated on.

Yet a small, teeny tiny voice in my mind knows that isn’t the case. “Big plans tonight?”

Copyright © 2025 by Mads Rafferty Published by Mads Rafferty. Cover Designed by Thea Magerand Edited by Makenna Albert All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

I do NOT consent to the use of AI training. The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to places, events, or real people, living or dead, are entirely coincidental and not intended by the author. ISBN: 978-1-7641560-0-4 Formatted with Vellum 1kitap1.com/en 1kitap1.com/en This book is a love letter to the hopeless romantics, never let them turn your heart cold 1kitap1.com/en Contents A note from the Author 1.

Bella 2. Grayson 3. Bella 4. Bella 5. Bella 6. Grayson 7. Bella 8. Grayson 9. Bella 10. Bella 11. Grayson 12. Bella 13. Grayson 14. Bella 15. Grayson 16. Bella 17. Grayson 18. Bella 19. Grayson 20. Bella 21. Bella 22. Grayson 23. Bella 24. Grayson 25. Bella 26. Bella 27. Grayson 28. Bella 29. Grayson 30. Grayson 31. Grayson 32. Grayson 33. Bella 34.

Grayson 35. Bella 36. Bella 37. Grayson 38. Bella 39. Grayson 40. Grayson 41. Bella 42. Grayson 43. Bella 44. Bella 45. Grayson 46. Bella 47. Grayson 48. Bella 49. Grayson 50. Bella 51. Grayson 52. Bella 53. Grayson 54. Bella 55. Bella 56. Grayson 57.

Bella From Mom 58. Bella When you’re ready to love 59. Bella Epilogue Authors Note 1kitap1.com/en A note from the Author Hello beautiful readers, Before you embark on Bella and Grayson’s story I want to mention that this book is not just an ice hockey romance. It tackles the very real and hard topics of grief, depression, cancer and substance abuse.

Please proceed with caution if those topics are triggering. I would also like to quickly touch on the fact that there are mentions of OCD that I have pulled inspiration from my own experience and it may not be portrayed with what some typically have in mind when they hear “OCD”.

I kindly ask that you keep an open mind if it happens to not fit your typical OCD narrative. And if it does, I hope it makes those who live with it feel a little seen. It is not a topic I dove into deeply because I honestly didn’t want to centre Bella’s entire personality around it because she’s more than what her thought patterns are.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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