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His deep laugh settled in my lower region, my body already sparking to life with desire. “God, trying to just be friends with you was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I wanted to kiss you from that very first moment.” He pushed my t-shirt off my shoulder to kiss my bare skin. “You’ve always been the most beautiful woman in every room you’re in.”

I batted my eyelashes. “We really were so oblivious, weren’t we?”

Parker cupped the back of my neck, pressing a soft kiss to my lips. “I love you, Audrey Rose. So fucking much. Like my heart might actually burst inside.”

“I love you, Parker Phillip.”

Our soft and gentle kissing quickly turned into more. Rocking my hips against him, I was overly aware of his hardening erection underneath me. How the only thing that separated us was my thin panties beneath my skirt and his workout shorts.

“I want you,” I murmured, staring into his beautiful golden flecked brown eyes. That wonderful shade of amber that felt like my entire world.

“Bed?” He asked, shifting his hands to grip my hips.

I shook my head, pulling the t-shirt off over my head. “Don’t want to wait. Just want you inside me.”

Parker groaned as I slipped my hands inside of his shorts, his cock popping out. God, he was gorgeous. Long and thick, but somehow the perfect size. I ran my thumb down his length before circling the crown.

When I looked up at him, his eyes were dark.

“Put me inside of you,” he ordered. I liked it when he was all bossy and dominant. It was so far from what I expected when he’d confessed that he’d never had sex before, but I liked the growly in charge Parker as much as I loved the sweet, shy one.

Pushing my lace panties to the side, I lifted my hips, guiding him into me. We both let out a moan as I sank down onto his length, and it was glorious. I loved feeling this full.

Dropping my head back, I slowly rolled my hips against him as Parker sucked my nipple into his mouth through the lacy pink bra I was wearing. It was a matching set, and I swear every time he saw my panties were pink, there was a spark in his eyes.

He reached around my back, flicking the clasp even as he kept his mouth on me. The straps slipped down my arms, and then I shimmied it off, dropping it behind me. I loved the way his eyes roved my body, taking in my pink nipples that were hard from his ministrations.

Like I was sexy. Beautiful.His.

Sometimes I felt ridiculous, all of my pink and sparkles, but then I remembered how much Parker loved it when I was truly myself, and I realized I didn’t care what other people thought. I dressed the way I wanted because it mademehappy.

And it didn’t hurt when Parker looked at me with desire in his eyes, either.

I rocked against him, each movement slow and sensuous, as he thrust his hips up to meet me, and it didn’t take long at all before we were coming together, our bodies wrapped around each other on the couch, like nothing in the world at all could tear us apart.

Looking into his eyes and kissing him tenderly even as he remained inside of me, I knew nothing ever would.

CHAPTER 36

Parker

Here we were. The Castleton Chipmunks lacrosse team had made it through all the rounds of the playoffs, and we’d made it to the championship game.

After everything I’d been through this last year, I couldn’t believe I was here. Maybe I was lucky because all of it—everything I’d gone through—had brought me here. To Audrey Rose. To the love of my life.

She always had been. And I knew deep in my bones that I’d been waiting for her. That it wouldn’t have been like this with anyone else.

Because the girl in the second row, screaming for me, wearing my jersey with my number painted on her cheek—she was the best thing that had ever happened to me.

She was the reason I was going to be captain of the team next year. Because somewhere along the way—while pretending to be her boyfriend and acting in a starring lead in a musical, for fuck’s sake—I gained the confidence I needed all along. And I forgave myself for everything with Millie.

Without Audrey, I never would have realized just how dull my life had been before. I hadn’t truly been living or enjoying the world around me. I’d just been going through the motions: class, practice, the gym. It had been a life, but not one that brought me joy.

My ex and I had never been right for each other, and I hated it took her cheating on me for me to see that. But she wasn’t a bad person. I might not have wanted to be friends with her again, but I could see how she must have been hurting. Our relationship had made sense—we had a class together, and she liked me. I liked her well enough, so when she’d asked me out, I’d agreed. But I’d never given her the attention that she deserved. Because thepassionwasn’t there.

Not like it was with Audrey.

But it was more than that with her, too. Audrey and I had this deep foundation we’d built together of trust and respect. We didn’t keep things from each other—not the important things. How easy would it have been for her to never tell me about Duke? But we had.

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