Page 79 of Stealing Home

Cole smirks and grabs me by the hips and moves me with ease, to straddle him with one leg on each side of him. I laugh at his antics and place an arm on each of his shoulders.

He leans in and kisses me. As he snakes his tongue out to run across my lips to open for him, my hands move to his hair at the back of his head. I have no question that this man is all about me right now. He has one hand on my waist and the other has made its way under my shirt and is working its way up my back until it’s at the back of my neck where he grips me.

Why is that so sexy?

Cole moves from my mouth and starts placing kisses across my jaw and down my neck. Fuck. I haven’t been with anyone since the last time with Toby. Just kissing this man has me getting so worked up and I’m not the only one. I can feel Cole harden below me. He isn’t small in the slightest. I move back and forth over him and damn; he feels thick too. The only thing separating us is just our clothes, but I can still feel him.

Cole lets out a groan when I move back and forth again. I let out a small whimper. He comes back up my neck to my jawline and then back to kissing me. Cole slows the kiss down from the feverish tempo we had before, placing one last kiss on my lips and leaning his forehead to mine.

“Baby, we need to stop because I really need to talk to you about something important as much as I would love to continue this,” He tells me and I can tell he’s serious.

I’ve only ever seen Cole look this serious when he’s on the field, so I know I need to let him get whatever he has to say out.

“Okay. What’s going on?” I ask him as I go to move back to my spot on the couch he moved me from.

Cole grabs my legs so that they’re now laying across his lap.

“Like I said, I’m not the boyfriend that would tell you who you can and can’t be friends with or be around, but with thatsaid, I ask that you not to be left alone with Dylan Crawford.” he spurts out.

“Can I ask why?” I hedge.

“He said some things that not only I, but some guys on the team didn’t take kindly to about you after you and Heather left,” he tells me.

“Okay, I will do my best, babe. But if it’s for work, you know I can’t say no. I’ll try to have someone with me, but I can’t guarantee it.” I tell him.

What the fuck?!Dylan Crawford. I literally said all of like twenty words to him while Heather and I stopped by Cole’s today. Cole seems really weary of the guy. He was nice to us today, but I trust my man.

Sheesh,my man. I didn’t think I would say words like that anytime soon. I didn’t see this man coming at all. Life has a funny way of working.

“I know. Maybe you can just make sure you have your phone on you?” he asks.

“That I can do.” I confirm.

“Thank you for not acting like I’m being controlling or possessive,” he tells me with such sincerity.

“I know this is coming from a place of caring, Cole. How can I tell you that you are being ridiculous? I’m pretty confident that if you are having a conversation with me, then Ty is having one with Heather, too. Am I right?” I ask.

“Yeah, he and I both said that we didn’t trust him around you and her,” he confirms.

“See. I know you guys pretty well by now.” I tell him.

“I guess you do.”

“Can I ask what he said?” I ask.

“He said you were fucking hot, and that’s a no brainer because you are. He said we seem close and asked if I could hook him up with you. And I didn’t peacock and tell him you werealready with me when he asked if I was afraid of competition. I told him it didn’t matter if I was interested or not, he was not to pursue you and that originally came from Ty, not me,” he informs me.

“Excuse me? Ty has said what?!” I ask.

Knowing Ty, it’s for a good reason, but this was before he even really knew me. I just want to make my own decisions.

“I know, I know. He didn’t want one of the guys fucking around with you and it not working out and then you leaving Heather high and dry. Heather also loves and adores you and he didn’t want to see the friendship you guys have diminish because of someone on the team. I didn’t say shit because I was working on getting you to give me a chance and his speech didn’t include me since I had Heather’s stamp of approval.”

I huff out a breath. Okay, I get it. But that doesn’t mean I have to like it. It is very sweet that Ty loves Heather that much.

“Fine. But I’m so going to give him some shit about it. Please continue.” I tell Cole.

“Your sass is going to get you in trouble one of these days, ma’am.”

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