Page 70 of False Start

I hit it as hard as I could, and this time, it landed in the sand on the other side of the net with Braden unable to stop it.

We erupted, Mary and Clay high-fiving each other as Riley wrapped Madelyn in a fierce hug. When she pulled back, I swept Madelyn into my arms and up onto my shoulders.

“You fucking dove for it!” I screamed over the noise.

“And you’re surprised?” she asked, arching a brow down at me before she held her hands up in victory.

Giana turned the music down enough for us to gloat properly, me running around the court with Madelyn straddling my neck as the rest of our team did a synchronized dance in the middle.

After a few laps, I grabbed Madelyn’s hips in my hands, carefully helping her down.

Every inch of her body dragged against mine as I did, and when she was standing again, we were both breathing heavily, my hands on her waist, hers braced against my bare chest.

Around us, my friends teased each other and laughed and called for another round.

But we were still, her eyes dancing between mine as I swallowed and fought the urge to pull her closer.

All the noise had faded to the background, Madelyn’s skin hot where I held her.

She wet her lips, pressing up on her toes and sliding her arms around my neck.

“Don’t I get a kiss for that game-winning point?”

My chest sparked with possession, and I gave in, fisting my hands in her dress and pulling her flush against me.

“I think it wasmewho scored the winning point,” I combatted, nose flaring as I stared at her lips.

Those lips curled into a soft smile before they were touching mine, and I tasted her next words.

“Technicalities,” she whispered.

And I kissed her.

I sucked in a long, deep breath when I did, and Madelyn melted into my embrace, a whimper escaping her throat when I deepened the kiss. I slid my hands up and over her arms until I cradled her face, and then I tested that rule she’d made about not using any tongue.

I slicked mine against her lips, seeking access.

And she opened.

The moment my tongue swept across hers, she trembled, and I felt a shock of electricity shoot straight down to my cock. Her hands twisted in the hair at the back of my neck, holding me toher, her body arching against me as I wrapped her fully in my arms.

“Alright, alright, get a room, you two,” Braden joked as he jogged past us, and Madelyn broke the kiss, burying her face in my chest.

Braden caught my eye as he passed, arching his brow with a cocky grin, but my attention was pulled back to Madelyn as she backed away.

I snatched her hand in mine before she could go too far, and I held onto it until we slid into the back of one of the cars waiting to take us all back downtown.

My hand moved to her knee then, fingers wrapping around to the inside of her thigh as goosebumps raced from that point of contact all the way up under the hem of her dress.

I didn’t know what the fuck we were doing anymore.

But I knew there was nothingfakeabout what I had planned for when we got back to that hotel.

Madelyn

It was late when we got back to the hotel, everyone hugging and saying their goodnights in the lobby before dispersing.

My adrenaline was still high when Kyle and I stepped onto the elevator. I felt a ghost of a smile on my lips as the events from the night played in my head, and I found myself racking my brain for the last time I’d had that much fun.