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“Sorry about that. I invited them because I thought it’d make you more comfortable. Sorry if it wasn’t.”
She shifts in the seat, turning toward me, her hand on my knee. “It wasn’t.”
“Do you want me to take you home?”
“No.” She stares at me with a look of complete disbelief. “I shaved my fucking legs, wore lingerie under this dress, and no panties.” I gawk at her and then start to laugh. “No fucking panties, Leo. We’regoingback to your place.” She spreads her legs, takes my hand, and places it between them. Oh, God. It’s like heaven. A warm, soft heaven I’ve missed so much.
I remove my hand—because if I don’t, we’ll be fucking in the car soon. I reach forward and press the button to start my car. “My place it is.”
* * *
I layher gently on my bed, my hands cradling her face. “If you want me in your life, I’m here. If you don’t, well, I’m here too. Whatever you need. I’m not going to just walk away from my responsibility.” I kiss her forehead and then her temple. “I know what Dave did and that hurt you felt, and your first boyfriend… and your dad. I’m here foryouand what we created. I’m not here for any other reason. Just that I want to be.”
“Leo?”
“Yeah.”
“My hormones are going crazy. If you don’t fuck me,right now, I’m going to take care of it myself and force you to watch.”
“Well, fuck.” I let out a laugh, moving between her legs as they fall away, giving me access. “That soundshot.”
Her lips move back to mine as I move with her, but I pause again, needing to know one thing. That when we’re done in this bed, that she will stay. Every other time she’s left, and now I can’t stand the thought of her leaving. “And when it’s over… please don’t leave.”
She says nothing but brings her mouth back to mine.
Let’s pause here with us kissing. I’ll get to the sex in a minute. I will. But I have something to say first. This isn’t out of the blue, I promise. I have a point here, but when you get drafted into the NHL, you’re eager to show the team they made the right selection against hundreds of other players. The same goes for Callie and me. She’s finally let me in, selected me to be that guy for her, and I’m eager to do just that.
Only, I really have no idea where to start.
It’s like I’m a rookie again, and all the nerves of that first game return.
Now back to the sex. Do you see me between her legs as we’re desperately going at it like wild animals? I don’t know if she’s loving this shit or thinking she’s made a mistake, but do you notice the expression on her face every time I kiss her? This girl, she loves me. I know it. I can feel it in her touch and the closeness we have. The tenderness that passes between touches. Do you see it? Is it just me getting ahead of myself?
I don’t think it is when I roll her over to finish doggie style, and she moans, “God, nobody fucks me like you do.”
My lips are at her neck, and they hesitate, and I pause, a smirk on my lips, my fingers working on her clit. My heart pounds in my chest, because yeah, trying hard over here to get this girl off, but something hits me.
She chose me.
She’s giving me a chance, and it’s up to me to do something with that.
“I’m the only one who gets you off from now on,” I growl, wanting to take claim. She’s carrying my baby; of course she’s mine now.
Too soon?
Okay, but still, she is mine, whether she knows it or not. She and our baby will have my name someday.
“You’re the only one,” she whispers right before she screams my name, her head against my chest as I bring her closer.
At least we agree on something.
CHAPTER16
MAN ADVANTAGE
CALLIE
When one team is penalized and one of its players is sent to the penalty box, the second team maintains a man advantage for the duration of the penalty (Major penalty) or until a goal is scored (Minor penalty). If two penalties are called on one team, there will be a two-man advantage. If more than two penalties are called on one team, the man advantage is limited to two men.