Page 20 of Masters of the Game: Colton

“Please direct your attention to the flight attendants in the cabin. For everyone’s safety, regulations require your compliance with all lighted signs, placards and crew member instructions…”

Kelly heard the announcement on the airline’s PA system, but at the moment, something else had caught her attention--the gorgeous man sitting beside her on the plane.

Colton Masters had made her time in New York more enjoyable than she could imagine.

And the concert had been the perfect way to end such a glorious trip.

It had also been good to see Sebrina and Parker again.

The couple seemed so happy together. In a few months they would move from Minnesota to Florida.

Parker, a neurosurgeon, would become the youngest chief of staff at a hospital there.

Sebrina, a heart specialist, would be working at the same hospital. Kelly was happy for them both.

Monica and Sebrina’s brother, Michael Ethan Henry Bennett, Jr., who everyone called Mike, had decided to attend the University of Minnesota in St. Paul.

That meant the house, Kennedy, Victoria, Monica, and Sebrina, all lived in at one point, wouldn’t be empty for long.

Mike was also brother to their cousin Kennedy since her father, Michael, had married Monica and Sebrina’s mother, Taye.

As a result, the Bennett cousins shared the same brother.

Kelly remembered Monica telling her about the scandal in the Bennett family regarding her mother Taye, and their cousin, Michael. Michael had been adopted into the Bennett family as a baby. And after he moved back to Georgia with his daughter Kennedy, he and Taye discovered they loved each other.

Even though Michael was a Bennett through adoption and not blood, the family had been in an uproar.

There were some who felt it was wrong for Michael and Taye to even think of being together because, in the family’s eyes, regardless of no blood connections, they were cousins.

It had taken the two elders of the family, Taye’s grandfather, Ethan Bennett, and Michael’s grandfather, Henry Bennett, to decide if the two could marry.

Ethan and Henry had called a family meeting. There’d been a lot of discussion, but in the end, they gave Michael and Taye their blessing. In honor of the two men, Michael officially changed his name to add Ethan Henry as his middle name, becoming Michael Ethan Henry Bennett. In the end, love won.

Kelly glanced at the man sitting beside her.

Thanks to Colton, she found out how great it was to give herself some downtime.

Giving herself a break hadn’t made her any less focused on her job, but it had made her feel less mentally drained.

She awoke each day feeling more energized and well-rested than she had in years.

Of course, that could also be because she’d been spending most of her downtime in Colton’s bed.

After touring several school districts and meeting with the superintendents on Thursday, they’d returned to their hotel room, ordered room service, and then stripped each other naked.

After eating while dressed in the complimentary bath robes, they had watched a Tyler Perry movie on Netflix.

Then they had made love all through the night.

They had shared breakfast together Friday morning before she returned to her hotel room. She had a Zoom meeting with her team and Colton had arranged to have a conference call with Lake.

That afternoon, they’d gone to Coney Island and she’d had the time of her life.

The last time she had been to an amusement park was when she and her mom had gone to Disney World, right after her parents’ divorce.

They’d gone on so many rides, and the rollercoasters hadn’t even phased her mom.

After that weekend in Orlando, Kelly no longer wondered who she’d inherited her daring, adventurous ways from.

“Are you okay?” he asked, leaning toward her.

She looked into his bedroom brown eyes as his gaze seemed to scan her features with a slow, thorough caress. “I’m fine. At least we got a direct flight to LA.”

He returned her smile. “All five hours’ worth. The only good part about it is that I’m spending them with you.”

His words made her feel good inside. “Not sure how much company I’ll be. Long flights put me to sleep.”

He leaned closer and whispered, “If you go to sleep on my watch, I’ll retaliate and keep you up all night when we get to LA.”

Kelly gave him a cheeky grin. “Don’t expect me to complain if you do.”

He threw his head back and laughed, and she loved the sound. It brought pleasure to her heart. “What would you be doing about now if you weren’t on this business trip?” she asked him.

“That’s easy to answer. I would be out on the golf course.”

“You play golf every Sunday?”

“Just about. Either golf or tennis. I enjoy both. Do you know how to play?”

She shook her head. “Golf never interested me. However, I did take tennis lessons as a child. They were fun.”

He nodded. “What else did you do while growing up?”

She shrugged. “All the usual girly stuff. I played with dolls and had pretend tea parties with them. When I got older, I took dance classes and piano lessons. And I was a cheerleader in high school.”

“Any boyfriends?” he asked.

“Hmm…there was Derrick. He was on the football team, and we dated in my senior year. It wasn’t terribly serious. It was just the thing to do at the time.”

He lifted a brow. “The thing to do?”

“Yes. I was a cheerleader, so that meant I needed a boyfriend to cheer for at the games.”

Colton grinned. “I think you were supposed to cheer for the entire team, Kelly, not any particular player.”

“Too late to correct me now. Did you play football in high school?”

“Yes, in high school and in college. All three of us did. In fact, Cortez was the captain of our high school football team.”

“Did the three of you attend the same college?” she asked.

He nodded. “We all got our bachelor’s degrees from Harvard. Cortez decided to remain there for law school. I got my MBA from Vanderbilt, and Cobra went to graduate school at Georgetown.”

She nodded. “So, what about you? Did you have a girlfriend in high school?”

He didn’t say anything for a minute, and it looked like he was thinking. “If you did have one, she must not have meant much to you if you have to think so hard to remember her,” she spoke up and said.

“You’re wrong. Ivonne meant a great deal to me at the time, and I remember her fondly. We dated my entire senior year.”

Was that pain she heard in his voice? “What happened?” she asked, as if she had every right to know.

“She accused me of something that I didn’t do.”

This time, Kelly was certain she had not only heard pain but also irritation. “What?” she asked.

He paused before answering. “She claimed that I’d slept with another girl behind her back. That’s the lie the girl told her. I denied it, but she didn’t believe me.”

“Did she ever find out the truth?” she asked, studying his features.

“Yes, but it was too late. I have a problem when my integrity is questioned.”

At that moment, the flight attendant came by to see if they wanted anything. He didn’t, but she did. That was one thing she appreciated about being in first class. After trying their baked chocolate-chip cookies, it would be hard to go back to coach seating again.

When the attendant returned with the cookies, she inhaled the mouth-watering aroma. Glancing at Colton, she asked, “Are you sure that you don’t want any? I have no problem sharing.”

He smiled at her. “I’m positive but…”

She lifted a brow. “But what?”

Leaning closer to her, he whispered, “Later tonight, I want you to share something else.”

His darkened eyes and sensually husky voice told her all she needed to know. Leaning close to him, she whispered, “I’ll share anything with you, Colton.”

**

“Are you trying to kill me, Kelly?” Colton asked when she rolled off him.

“Now, why would I do that? No, I’m sharing things with you, as I told you I would. And if you recall, that night two years ago, I told you there were several positions I’d heard about and was dying to try out.”

Yes, she had, but he hadn’t known what to expect. “And you learned about all those positions how?” he asked, trying to catch his breath.

“Monica. Landon taught them to her.”

Talk about TMI. Then again, he’d asked.

“What’s wrong, Colton? Didn’t you enjoy them?” she asked cuddling up close to him and grinning.

He grinned back. “Oh, definitely. But you have too much energy.”

“That’s your fault. You shouldn’t have suggested I make the most of my downtime.

Now I have way more energy than I ever had before, and it hasn’t even been a week yet.

Now I see what I was missing out on when I was working and studying myself to death.

By the way, I love this hotel. How many St. Laurents are there? ”

He loved having her naked body cuddled to his side, her legs entwined between his. The scent of their lovemaking was not only in the air but also all in the bedcovers. They’d been making love for nearly four hours nonstop. And he needed a breather.

Wrapping his arms tightly around her, he answered her question. “There are six. Atlanta, Dallas, Boston, Orlando, Manhattan and LA. The one in New York has only been opened a little over two years.”

“Hmm, if I didn’t know better, I’d think Lake is strategically placing his businesses where his brother and sister-in-law own their hotels.”

“Not sure if he is or not. But if he is, there’s nothing wrong with growing family wealth, right along with generational wealth. Quinn and Cortez are the Masters family attorneys for now.”

“For now?”

“Yes, there are three other Masters cousins currently in law school. I can see them forming their own Masters Law firm on the East coast, somewhere near Savannah.”

“Another set of triplets?”

He laughed. “Heavens, no. But they’re close in age. And like me and my brothers, they’re attending Harvard, with plans to remain there for law school there like Cortez did.”

Colton glanced down at her. There was nothing like having a naked woman in your arms, your limbs entwined, and the lush scent of sex filling the air. After trying all the positions she’s suggested, there should be no way he’d want to get inside her again. But he did.

“Kelly?”

She glanced up at him. “Yes?”

Instead of answering, he just held her gaze.

She would know what he wanted without him saying anything.

His engorged erection pressing against her thigh was an obvious clue.

His fingers gently, slowly, and methodically skimmed along the inner part of her thigh, and his erection got even harder when she shivered.

There was never a time when their desires weren’t in sync.

And so far, those desires seemed to have no limits, either.

“You’ve had your fun showing me how daring you can be. Now it’s time to take things back to basics,” he whispered, untangling their legs and settling between her thighs.

Leaning down he covered her mouth with his.

At some point during the flight, he had drifted off to sleep and had dreamed about doing this--taking her mouth with a hunger that never ceased to amaze him.

And the dream hadn’t stopped there. He had been flooded with images of the number of times, and ways, their bodies had joined together when making love, and how much he relished having her in his arms.

Her immediate response always stimulated everything male within him. She always tasted delicious, which only drove him to deepen his kisses, the way he was doing now. And he loved feeling her legs wrapped around his waist, as if holding him hostage. A very willing hostage.

Their tongues tangled as desire escalated between them, and when he heard her moan, that sound he was always able to elicit from her, he released her mouth.

He looked down--the hardened tips of her nipples seemed to be beckoning him to lean in for a taste.

He would later. Now more than anything, he needed to be a part of her.

He shifted his gaze from her breasts to her face.

Her eyes were closed, as if she was savoring their kiss.

“Kelly?”

Her eyes slowly opened. “Hmm?”

“I want you to be looking at me when I slide inside of you.”

Their gazes locked. He felt the throbbing of his shaft as he slowly entered her warm, moist heat.

It seemed to touch every inch of her flesh as he pushed deeper and deeper inside of her.

When he felt her inner muscles contract, his manhood began to expand inside of her.

The bigger it got, the harder she milked him.

When he couldn’t take the intense sensations anymore, he threw his head back and growled, moving inside of her, pounding hard, going deeper with every thrust, over and over again. When she screamed his name, his body began to shudder uncontrollably until he, too, joined her in a powerful climax.

Like all the other times, this lovemaking was over the top, everything it was meant to be. As he shifted his body off her to hold her tenderly in his arms, Colton knew Kelly had a permanent place in his heart.