Page 43 of Closing the Distance

“As much as I love to hear your noises, we need to be quiet. My brother is right on the other side of us, and these walls are paper-thin.”

I couldn’t care less about his brother, but I definitely don’t want his parents to hear us. Despite Ty’s words, he doesn’t make it easy on me as he continues to tease my breasts with his mouth while his finger rubs delicious circles against my clit. My back arches and my chest heaves as I try to hold back the moans begging to escape.

“Fuck, you’re so goddamn wet.”

“Ty,” I whisper, my voice shaking.

He rotates us so I’m on my back and then kisses down my stomach, pausing just below my belly button to place a tender kiss while his gaze locks on mine. “I love you, Lexi.”

“I love you,” I say, my whole body feeling warm and not because of what he’s about to do with that mouth, but solely by how his words make me feel. There’s no doubt in them, no “I love you, but I wish you did this” or “I love you but I wish you were this way instead.”

Just I love you.

It’s there in his eyes that I’m enough for him. That I’m exactly what he wants. He may not know my full history yet, but he loves me anyway. And I’m no longer afraid that telling him will drive him away. I know he’ll keep it safe, just like he’s been keeping my heart safe this whole time.

He dips down, kissing just above my clit, then moves to my inner thigh, then the other. He places his face right over where I’m drenched for him and inhales, releasing a deep groan that I’m sure is way too loud, but neither of us seem to find the will to care.

His tongue darts out, sliding through my pussy and then circling my clit like it’s the most decadent ice cream cone he’s ever eaten. His eyes close as bliss streaks across his face, and when they open again, they burn with desire. That’s the only warning I get before he licks and sucks me into oblivion. I come once from his mouth alone, and then a second time when he pushes two fingers into me while his mouth sucks my clit.

My whole body shakes, but I still want more. I need to feel him. I grab at his shoulders, then cup his face, pulling him up to my lips and kissing him hard. He hums against my mouth, my flavor still on his tongue, as he presses his thick cock against my core and pushes inside. We both shudder from the feeling of fullness and even deeper connection.

“God, I love you,” he murmurs, rocking his hips back and then thrusting deep and pulling a whimper from me. “I love you so fucking much, Lexi.”

“Ty,” I start…to say what, I’m not sure because his pace ramps up and obliterates all thoughts as he fucks me with abandon. Our bodies are sweaty, our hands clasped together over my head as his pelvis hits my clit again and again until I detonate like a bomb going off. With one more rough thrust, he follows with a groan, his head dropping to rest in the crook of my neck as his body shudders with his release.

We’re both panting, trying to catch our breath when he collapses beside me, pulling my back to his front and holding me close. He presses kisses to my neck and shoulder, and I let out a soft hum of contentment.

Exhaustion seeps through the pleasure until I can barely keep my eyes open, and as unconsciousness pulls at the edges, I let those three little words free one more time, wishing there was something even stronger than words to convey how much he means to me.

The same three words I’ve never said to anyone else.

“I love you.”

TWENTY-FOUR

It’s later than expected by the time I get home from New York. Our team flight was delayed due to a winter storm, and by the time we landed in LA, it was already midnight. Lexi’s spent every night with me since we got back from our trip to Vancouver, yet there’s a confusing mix of joy and disappointment when I walk into my room and find her asleep in my bed. I love that she’s here—coming home has a new thrill to it since she’s been staying here—but I’m sad I don’t get to talk to her and kiss her because she’s asleep.

God, I’ve really become whipped.

I place my bag in my closet and then head to the bathroom to shower.

My clothes fall to the floor as the water gets hot. The second the warm spray of the water hits my sore muscles, the tension I’ve been carrying drains away. This last game was our worst of the season. I’m not sure what’s going on, but our offense has been getting shut down more often and our defense is struggling to hold our line. The Fierce Four might be famous, but the truth is a defense can’t be successful with only four strong.

I dip my head under the hot water, my arm stretched out to hold the wall while I let the water pound down on my tired muscles. A hand slides up my back, and for a second I think I’m imagining it, but when I glance back, Lexi is standing behind me. She presses her naked body against mine, her lips brushing over my shoulder blade and her eyes heated.

Her hand wraps around my waist, sliding across my stomach and down until she grasps my quickly hardening cock in her hand. My eyes close in bliss when she squeezes and tugs.

“Fuck,” I curse, my muscles tightening with a different kind of tension.

She rotates her grip, her wet hands sliding up and down in a salacious tease, but it’s not the wet heat I want.

I grab her hand, stopping her movements, and spin around, my burning gaze piercing hers when I open my eyes again. “Are you horny, Precious?”

“Yes,” she says, her deep, throaty voice making my cock even harder. I love it when she’s needy for me like this.

I grip the back of her neck and haul her mouth to mine, plunging my tongue inside when her lips part on a gasp.Her hands slide down my sides to my back until they grip my ass, her nails digging in and making me growl. My cock pulses between us, aching to be inside her. But apparently she has other plans because she pulls back, her eyes darker than I’ve ever seen them and the hungry look in them making my heart race.

She drops to her knees and I swallow thickly, giving her free rein to do whatever the fuck she wants to me. She grips my cock in her delicate fingers, her hot gaze staring up at me like she’s daring me to tell her what I want her to do.

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