Page 39 of Scores Of The Heart

I’m not sorry one bit. I haven’t been able to stop imagining what it would feel like for him to have his mouth on me again, playing with my body. I wish I’d not pushed him away.

I’ve never felt this sexual before towards anyone, it’s not something that comes naturally, especially growing up with my Mom being so strict with that kind of thing.

I start typing back.

The buzz in my body is off the charts. I love how he makes me feel so good.

Me

Hey Tyler. I meant to message you earlier but I was out with my mom and sister having lunch. No, you weren’t inappropriate, I’m sorry for taking off like that. Believe me, I liked kissing you, too. When do you want to meet for coffee?

Surely that lets him know I’m into it. Despite acting like a deer caught in headlights when he made the moves. I felt like climbing into his lap, but my inhibitions stopped me. Obviously not to have sex with him, but I wanted to feel him close to me.

I squeeze my thighs together now, feeling the wetness he’s caused just from the memory of his scent and his sexy kisses.

I don’t wait for his reply, because he might be busy. Instead, I start up the car and decide to grab a few groceries from the store on the way home and then take Henry for an early walk in the park. Then I’ll run a bath and pour a glass of wine, while I try not to think about using my bullet again for the second night in a row.

I have a feeling I’m going to be using it more and more until I see him again.

I wonder what he would think if he knew.

By the time I get home, I have another message from Tyler and a missed call from my mom. I do not want to talk to her right now. Not the way I’m feeling over our fight. She can go to Hell. It’s the one place she thinks we’re all going anyway, so she might as well join us.

Tyler

How does Oohla Cafe sound before we head off for the game on Wednesday?

That’s right, the guys are traveling mid-week for the next game.

Cindy

Sounds good to me. See you tomorrow. Will you be at the meeting?

Please say yes. I plan to wear something a little more strategic if I know he’ll be there, and there’s no reason he shouldn’t.

Tyler

Sure will ??

I can’t help but feel happy with that, and future coffee plans.

I might be nervous, but I’m not going to let that shine through. It’s like Caitlin said, it’s time. It really is time.

After I have a nice little stroll with Henry, I get a message from Susie saying Emmerson and her friend in Seattle, Maddison, are coming to town in a couple of weeks. Em’s dad hasn’t been well, and she wants to spend some time with her folks. That’s going to be interesting, considering she’s Taylor James’ old flame.

We’re going to meet up with them and have dinner when they get here and maybe even go to a game. Later, I get a message from Emmerson telling me about her trip over here, and how she’s looking forward to us all getting together.

I’m happy that they’re both coming. I’ve met Maddie a few times. She’s good fun and a real hoot. Me and Susie both got along really well with her.

Susie hasn’t had any guys recently on the dating front either. In fact, in some respects, she’s worse than me, and I’m not entirely sure why that is.

One thing I know for sure is how nice it was of Tyler last night to be so sweet to Susie as well as me. Making conversation with her and looking genuinely interested when she spoke.

He certainly came across so different from what I ever expected when we were up close.

I do a little googling after dinner as well as feeding Henry, just before I run my bath.

He did a recent underwear campaign for Ralph Lauren and the photos went viral and left very little to the imagination. I know the guys were all giving him shit for it on the team, but would’ve received a huge endorsement for it. And rumor has it, he didn’t care what anyone thought. All his tattoos were on full display, including the swirling patterns up over his upper chest, then up over his shoulders. My eyes wander down his fine-tuned body and I can’t help but stare down at his package. I mean, it speaks for itself, and it’s just front and center.

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