Page 25 of The Shake Off

I nodded. “I think it gets said plenty. I’m sure the camera stays on him so long to bring in the female demographic.”

Kit chuckled under her breath. “I have to say, Penn has picked out a good-looking team.”

“Yeah, and there’s something about the all-black uniforms… it’s hot. Makes them look a little dangerous.”

“I agree,” she nodded. “I think Lowe helped design it from pictures she’d found in the Lions archives.”

The camera zoomed in on Ace again, this time he was in close conversation with Parker King, pulling down on his cap as he dropped his head and nodded slowly. I couldn’t say I’d never seen him look so serious, but I didn’t think I had. Even from the way his jaw was working back and forth as he chewed his gum, you could see the tension running through it. It was almost popping, along with the little twitch under his eye as he nodded at whatever Parker was saying to him.

“He’s cute, Pay. Looks like he’s about to dislocate his jaw from that gum chewing though.” She sat back, wine glass in hand, and I could feel her eyes on me. I guessed she was expecting me to agree with her.

“Yep.”

“Was it really that terrible?”

“Nah, but I had high expectations, and the fantasy didn’t live up to the reality.” I giggled, with a shrug. “He needs to get some more practice in.”

The camera was still on Ace, and the pair of us watched in silence as his tongue stretched out the gum in his mouth, then disappeared again.

Dear Lord, that scene should have come with a Pay-Per-View fee.

I rubbed hard at the goosebumps which shot across my body, though I don’t think it helped. I wasn’t cold and I didn’t need warming up. I was hot enough after that spectacle.

Next to me on the couch, I could almost feel Kit vibrating before her giggle burst out. “He looks like he could do some damage with that.”

“I wouldn’t know.”

“What? You mean he didn’t…” Her eyes widened knowingly.

I shook my head slowly. “Nope. It was not an event whereIwas the focus.”

Kit picked up her nearly empty wine glass and drained it. “Wow.”

“Look, it wasn’t terrible. I’ve definitely had worse. I guess I just thought he’d be…” I waved my hand around as I tried to come up with right word, but I got nothing. “Oh, I dunno. I mean, he almost tipped me over the edge a couple of times, but didn’t push hard enough if you know what I’m saying.”

Kit responded with a nod. She looked too shocked to form words.

“And I don’t think it’s too much to ask that if I’m having sex with a guy, he paid at least fifty percent of attention to me too, instead of focusing on himself. It was like he was doing me a favor by letting me suck his dick.”

“Wow, that bad?”

“No,” I smirked, “he has an excellent dick.”

Kit picked the wrong moment to take another bite of pizza, because her gasp of amusement soon had her choking through her laughter, just like mine had, only I was kind enough to get up and grab her some water. I also gave her a good whack on the back.

“Oh my God,” she giggled, as tears poured down her face, though that could have been because of the choking. “That’s so funny. Imagine if he’s like that with all the girls.”

“He must be, but maybe they are all grateful to suck his dick. You’ve seen them at the gates.” I grinned, emptying the remains of the bottle into Kit’s glass and went to get another. “I’m just bummed I didn’t even get to show off any of my own repertoire because it was like he was in a sprint to the finish line; except he was the only one racing.”

“No wonder he fell asleep,” Kit managed to wheeze out and wiped away another tear.

I smirked back at her and gripped my fist around an imaginary headboard. “I was just hanging on – and not in the good way.”

I placed the new bottle on the table and slumped onto the couch as Kit snickered and shook her head, then decided if we were going to watch the game, I could kill two birds with one stone. I reached into the drawer under the coffee table and pulled out my box of nail polishes I kept there for emergencies.

On the screen, the players all started making their way off the field.

“Okay, I’m going to pee now so I don’t miss the first pitch.” Kit jumped up and ran to the small half bath by the front door.

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