Page 94 of The Foul Out

Kyle: No. That wasn’t what I meant. I just wanted you to know. I brought her the headphones. Jace and I talked. It was fine. No issues. I just wanted you to hear it from me.

Me: Thanks

Kyle: Right back at you. Onto another topic… Is there really nothing I can do to get you to come to my place instead of yours?

Me: Well the guy at the front desk is really wrecking this surprise.

Kyle: What????

Me: If you really want me to come to your place can you come get me from the lobby?

The elevator doors opened,and Kyle stepped off, dressed in a white T-shirt and gray sweats. He hadn’t even bothered with shoes.

His eyes lit as he saw me. “Damn, Crabby, you look hot.”

I was wearing a simple black wrap dress and heels. It wasn’t an elaborate outfit by any stretch of the imagination. But the way he ate up every inch of me as he approached made me feel like a goddess.

When he stopped in front of me, he dipped low and pressed his lips to mine in a breath-stealing kiss.

“Happy to see me?” I teased when he pulled back.

“Always.” He turned to the man behind the desk who had been giving me a hard time. “Wesley, meet Harper.” He tugged me into his side. “And remember this face, because anytime she’s here, she’s allowed up, got it?”

“Sorry, man. Didn’t know you’d wifed up.” The man’s dark eyes shifted to me. “If you need anything, let me know. A big part of my job is keeping the fans out. Now that I know you, I promise I’m helpful.”

“Wes really is.”

I turned at the sound of a familiar voice and found Rory and Mason standing behind us.

“I thought you were staying home with that book you’ve been obsessed with,” Kyle said to his teammate, who was dressed in dark-wash jeans and an overcoat.

“Yeah.” He lifted a white kindle. “Aurora got me hooked onACOTAR, so I read while I rode with the car service to pick her up.”

Rory shrugged. “Our schedules keep us apart a lot, so Mason insists on picking me up and dropping me off so we at least get the car rides together.”

Mason wrapped his arm around his girlfriend and tucked her close. “I can’t help but miss you when you’re not with me, Aurora.”

“I had fun tonight.” Rory smiled at me. “I hope you come out with us again. And I swear Wren isn’t usually so cagey.”

Kyle took my hand and led me to the elevators. “What did Wren do?”

“Nothing,” I assured him. Avery’s friend really wasn’t a problem. “It was my fault. I was trying to put together who went with who, because I’m still getting to know everyone, and I was running out of players.”

“She guessed that Wren was dating Coach Wilson.” Rory chuckled as the stainless-steel doors slid open.

“And that bothered Wren?” Kyle cocked a brow and pulled me onto the elevator.

“I know, right?” Rory laughed.

“Weird. She usually jokes about that herself. So much so that Avery gets annoyed.” Frowning, Mason swiped his key fob and then pushed the buttons for the top two floors.

“She got flustered and then ended up leaving early. I felt bad,” I said, shrugging. “But Avery promised that she’d just gotten home from a business trip and was jet-lagged.”

“I’ll ask Dragon about it.” Kyle reached into his pants pocket.

“No.” I grabbed his hand through his sweats to stop him. And as I did, I accidentally brushed my pinky against his cock. My breath caught in my lungs, and I froze.

He simply chuckled. “You can grab me all you want when we get upstairs. Trust me, I’m as eager as you, baby.”

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