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Alice

T he press box was loud. Alice had been warned that things when they played Florida things tended to get out of hand, but she was not prepared for it. She came in floating after the conversation she’d had with Taylor. He loved her. He’d said it. She felt it. It was everything.

Now here she was, watching the man she loved score goal after goal. When she’d gotten the suit cam pictures to post, it made her smile and melt. When she’d gotten the videos of his goals, she was so happy. When he’d gotten in a fight, she was tangled in a whole mess of emotions. All the reporters in the press box must have thought she was nuts by the way she jumped out of her seat. Then she had just been straight up, jumping up and down as he got his hat trick and won the game.

She had been using the down time from posting to try for her series of drawing around the team and Mr. Wizard, but this game had been busy. From the goals to the fights and hat tricks, she’d been busy most of the game.

She was ready to get home and see Taylor. He was so fucking sexy on the ice.

“Alice,” said a happy, familiar voice behind her.

“Daddy,” she said, turning with a smile.

He returned the smile and held his arms open, and she walked right into them and hugged him.

“It’s sure nice having you around. What did you think of the game tonight?”

“It was a good game. Taylor did such an amazing job tonight.”

Her father’s gaze fell on her. Part of her wanted to brush it off but a much bigger part of her didn’t want to hide it anymore. Taylor had said he would be here with her, but she wanted to tell him.

“He did. Didn’t he?”

“Dad... do you want to go to Mary Anne’s for ice cream?”

He stopped walking and looked at her with a genuine smile. “I would love to. We haven’t done that in years. I’ll meet you there.”

After making her way out of the arena and to the diner, she was sitting at a booth near the back, waiting for her dad.

Her phone buzzed on the table.

Taylor: Are you at your house?

Alice: Nope

Taylor: Are you at my place?

Alice: Nope

Taylor: Where are you?

Alice: I’m at Mary Anne’s getting ice cream with my dad

Taylor: Is he there now?

Alice: Not yet

Her phone rang, and Taylor’s face showed up. She picked it up, wearing a stupid wide grin.

“Hey, you,” she said.

“Hey, sunshine, what’s going on? I need to see you.”

She could sense the desperation in his voice, and it was one she shared, but she was going to tell her dad.

“I need to see you, too... but I think I’m going to tell dad we are dating. If that’s okay?”

The nerves crept back in.

“Do you want me there? I’m just finishing up here and can meet you there.”

“No, I’ll just come find you when we’re done.”

“Okay, call me when you’re done.”

“Okay, my dad’s here. I gotta go.”

“Okay, Alice?”

“Yeah?”

“I love you.”

She sighed as her body almost turned into a pile of goo right there in the red booth at Mary Anne’s. “I love you, too. Get ready. We have a hat trick to celebrate.”

“I can’t wait.”

Alice set down her phone as her dad waved at her from the door. She waved back, and he made his way over.

“Hi, sweetheart,” he said, slipping into the booth across from her. “This is such a nice surprise.”

The waitress stopped by. “Do you need menus?”

“Nope, I think we just need two hot fudge sundaes?” she said, looking over to Alice to make sure.

“Yep.” Alice grinned at him.

“Alright, I’ll bring those right out,” she said before disappearing into the kitchen.

“So, how do you like working with Sasha?”

“Sasha’s great,” she answered honestly.

“She is. She’s really helped the organization a lot with her ideas. I bet you were busy tonight, posting game updates.”

“I really was. It was such a good game.”

He just nodded. “It was. The guys had a good night.”

“One guy in particular,” she said, trying to keep her smile from going all big and goofy.

“Taylor did have a good night,” he said, eyeing her carefully.

“So, I have to tell you something,” she said as the waitress made her way over to them and set the sundaes down.

Part of her wanted to chicken out and just eat the delicious ice cream. But she was ready to be with Taylor out in the open anyway she could.

“I’m kind of dating him,” she said before stuffing her mouth with a big bite of ice cream.

Her dad just tilted his head. “Are you really?”

She nodded.

“How long have you been seeing him?”

“A couple months.”

“Really? Taylor?”

She just nodded again.

He hadn’t said much, but his smile relaxed her.

“He treats you well?”

She sighed and couldn’t help the goofy grin she’d been trying to hold off. “He does.”

“Good. Let me know if that changes, but I’m happy for you. If you have to date one of my players, he’s the one I would have hoped for. He’s kind with a good head on his shoulders,” he said with a small nod.

“He is.”

“Tomorrow is a rest day for the team. What do you say the three of us go out for lunch?”

“I’d like that,” she said, taking another bite of ice cream.

“Me too.”

They finished their sundaes, hugged each other, and got ready to head home.

She got in the car and called Taylor.

“Hey, Rainbow, how’d it go?”

“Good.”

“I’m not going to have to do bag skates for having sex with Coach’s daughter?”

She laughed. “Well, I didn’t get into all that, but he’s happy as long as we’re happy. He asked if we wanted to go out to lunch tomorrow.”

“Did you tell him yes?”

“I did. I hope that’s okay.”

“Of course it is. Now, are you coming over here?”

She smiled. “I was planning on it... if you want me to.”

“Alice, of course I want you to. Get over here. Now.”

“Be there soon.”

She should stop by her house and get another change of clothes, but she had a few things over there... and she was hoping she wouldn’t need any clothes for what she had in mind. The pictures she’d posted on the team’s page kept scrolling through her head. She needed that man naked and underneath her more than she’d needed anything in her life.

She made it to his condo and knocked.

He answered the door but didn’t say hello. He pulled her in and shut the door behind her as his lips came crashing into hers.

Fuck yes!

They pulled at each other’s clothes between kisses. They made their way to the bedroom, dropping clothes. By the time they got there, they were naked and ready to take each other.

“Fuck, Alice, you’re so hot,” he said as he pushed her onto the bed.

“Taylor, please,” she gasped.

She was drunk on need for this man, having never allowed herself to believe that she could be loved in the same way she loved someone. While she still wasn’t sure it was the same, it was enough.

“Alice,” she said as he pushed her legs wide. “I’m about to make you feel so good.”

“Yes,” she moaned as anticipation buzzed through her.

He pressed a kiss to her inner thigh, igniting fire inside of her. His tongue licked up her thigh, and she pushed herself up on her elbow and saw he had just licked over her tattoo.

Then she caught his eye.

He fucking winked at her, telling her to “get comfortable,” and she just about combusted on the spot. Then he settled in between her legs, and he ate her like she was his last meal.

He continued to lick and kiss and suck on her pussy. He had only done this a handful of times, and he was the first man to ever do it. Though she was pretty sure he was a genius, her handsome fucking sex genius.

Sliding a finger inside of her, he continued working her, and he sucked her clit into his mouth. And that was it. The coil winding deep inside of her exploded, and stars exploded behind her eyes as her body convulsed and pulsed. Suddenly, she felt a gush as his fingers continued working her. Her eyes flew to him in embarrassment.

“Fuck,” he said, his eyes glued to her core.

“Did I just . . . ?”

“Squirt? Yeah, you fucking did.”

“Sorry.”

“Don’t you dare apologize. That was one of the hottest things I’ve ever seen.” He fell back on his haunches. “Scoot up.” He rose to his feet.

Crawling over her, he reached for a condom. She wanted him, wanted to tell him how much, wanted to tell him she loved him. But she was speechless.

He looked like a fucking sex god moving over her.

Between her legs, he smoothed the condom down his length. He notched himself at her entrance. “Are you ready?”

All she could do was nod, overcome with emotion.

He pushed in slowly and closed his eyes as he was sheathed deep inside of her. They stayed like that, still and connected, for what seemed like a lifetime. When she finally opened her eyes, he was right there, looking at her, with the same love and emotion she was sure were in hers.

Pulling his face down, she kissed him deeply as he moved inside of her.

She broke the kiss in an attempt to catch her breath, but the emotion in his eyes did nothing but make tears well up in hers.

“Alice,” he whispered. “Are you okay?”

“Yes, I’m good. Don’t stop,” she said as she wrapped her legs around his waist, pulling her deeper into him. “I just love you.”

Pulling back, he looked her in the eyes while he slowly fucked her, building her up and breaking her down.

She was his. All of her. Her heart, her body, her mind. All of it belonged to this man.

“I love you, too, Alice. I’m so fucking in love with you.”

Those words just about did her in. She felt another orgasm building deep inside of her. Her hips met his, thrust for thrust, causing him to grind on her clit. The orgasm building swelled until it was just about to burst out of her.

“That’s right, baby. Give me one more. Come on my dick.”

And as she did as she was told, she fell apart. Pumping in and out, he made love to her until he lost himself with her name on his lips. It may have been the best moment of her whole damn life.