Page 114 of Pinkie Promise

Wanting to play, I decide to tease him a little.

“Oh no, you’re too big for me!” I exclaim in dramatic mock-horror, holding the back of my hand to my forehead like a damsel about to faint. “Whatever will I do?”

He laughs and grabs my waist beneath the loudly splattering water, making me scream in delight as he restrains me from swimming away from him.

He presses a hard kiss to my cheek as I squirm against his hold and then he bites into my neck as he murmurs, “You’ll take it.”

My body grows slack under his forearms and I feel him smirk against my skin. He gives my breasts a rough squeeze under the water before taking my hand like a gentleman, and leading me over to where our friends are lounging.

I hear the loud slapping sound of feet hitting the wet tiles behind us and I turn my head slightly to catch Tanner finally leaving the shower room. His eyes are locked in on Aisling and there’s a hard set to his bristled jaw.

She flicks her ponytail antagonistically and calls out over the blasting music, “Took a while to find a pair of shorts that are small enough for you, huh?”

He gives her a humourless smirk before smoothly heaving his body down into the water.

Even Ash, who has made a point of publically hating on Tanner since our freshman year, can’t help but stare at his gigantic body.

Like Hunter, Tanner is pure home-grown Carter Ridge brawn.

Tan skin, swollen pecs, and abdominal muscles that are thick with brute force. He notices me looking, rolls his shoulders, and winks.

Good Lord.

I quickly turn back to Hunter who looks ready for murder, and he kisses me hard on the forehead before mouthing some choice words at his roommate.

Ash stares at Tanner’s chest until he raises his eyebrows at her. Then she lifts her chin in defiance and turns her back to him completely.

He reaches around her to grab her beer and then he moves in behind her so that he can murmur against her cheek.

“If you’re tryin’ to insult me by giving me your back, I’ll have you know that it’s my favourite position.”

Ash snaps her head around to face him and he doesn’t back away an inch.

“Actually, Iremember,” she hisses, snatching back her bottle before moving quickly to the other side of our circle.

Uh,what?

I stare open-mouthed at Ash and she gives me anI’ll explain latereye roll.

WHAT?No! I need those details now!

How the hell can I have lived with her for these past few years and havenotknown that she previously got with the guy that she hates?

I go to make a beeline for her but Hunter wraps his forearm over my belly, tugging me back against his hardened groin. I release a small yelp that has him grunting against my ear.

“Y’all can talk tomorrow,” he murmurs. “Today you’re all mine.”

I turn my head so that I can look back at him and he strokes his other hand up my throat.

“Not just today,” I whisper back to him, smiling when his eyes go black and sparkly.

Not wanting to get too sentimental in front of his teammates I change the subject and ask, “Where’s your other friend?” The water sloshes around me as I twist in the pool looking for Winter’s boyfriend, twining my arms protectively around the back of Hunter’s neck. “Caden, right? The guy from the South?”

Hunter tentatively touches the bun wobbling on top of my head.

“Caden doesn’t come to stuff like this when his girlfriend isn’t in town. He’s real traditional.”

“Kinda thinking that he might not be the only one who’s real traditional,” I say quietly, pursing my lips to hide my smile when Hunter meets my eyes.

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