Page 44 of Pinkie Promise

She’s coming to my place. I’m going to see her again.

“Thank you,” I murmur, both of my palms roaming upwards until I’m holding the soft mounds of her ass. I pull back with hazy eyes, looking down at her lips for another taste.

“Text me your address?” she asks as I press my mouth against hers.

“I’ll pick you up,” I grunt. No way am I having her bail on me.

She shakes her head. “Don’t be silly, you can’t ditch your own party. I’ll have Ash come with me.”

Damn it.I can’t say no when this might help Tanner’s O’Malley situation. I pull away from Fallon’s lips and press a firm kiss against her temple.

“Fine, I’ll text you,” I rumble. “As soon as you’re at the hockey house I want you to text me so that I can come find you.” I think for a moment and add on, “And don’t bring any of your other boyfriends.”

She laughs and then does a mock-sigh. “Fine.”

I skate us to the opening near the exit door and settle her carefully back on regular ground. Watching her slide those long legs from their vice-grip around my abs is going to be playing on repeat while I beat one out in the shower tonight.

Not ready to stop touching her yet I grab her waist again and lean down for another kiss.

“Sorry for freaking out on the ice,” she whispers.

I shake my head. “I was an asshole for bringing you on it without asking.”

“No, that was cute, I swear. I would… like to learn how to skate. With you.”

I shove one of my hands through my hair, loving that idea so damn much.

I also mentally add the visual of one-on-one skating lessons with Fallon to my shower playlist.

“I’ll teach you,” I rasp.

Fallon beams, wiggles out of my grip, and then leaves me staring after her perfect ass.

“I’ll text you,” I call out to her, wishing that her beautiful thighs were still wrapped around my middle.

She flashes me one more smile and then disappears through the exit.

Chapter 13

Fallon

Carter U’s D1 ‘hockey house’ meets every expectation that I had about it and then some. It’s laid out like a traditional multiple story home, only there are multiple bedrooms on each floor, and each floor is a different ‘apartment’, meaning that although the team are all technically housemates, only some of them will be each other’s floormates.

When we get up to the top floor, which is Hunter’s level, every soon-to-be-professional athlete that I’ve ever seen in the college paper is either sitting, standing, or leaning in his living area. There are two dark brown sofas in the centre of the room forming an L shape around a small coffee table, plus one deep navy armchair that is currently being occupied by Tanner.

Tanner’s thighs are spread wide and he’s running one palm through his thick mass of hair, although the sides are trimmed so short that they look borderline military. He’s as tan skinned as Hunter and the intensity of his eyes makes him look downright dangerous.

I don’t know Tanner too well but his reputation precedes him and, from what I’ve heard, he’s a bad boy through and through.

Connell kindly offered to be the designated driver for Ash and me tonight, and when I peek over to the left into Hunter’s open-plan kitchen I see that the entirety of Connell’s football team is already here too.

“Your boyfriend is a hotshot,” Aisling whispers to me, worming her way between Connell and one of his friends so that she can grab a bottle opener from the kitchen counter. Being the It Girl that she is, Ash brought two bottles of champagne with her as a kind ofthanks for the inviteparty favour.

“He’s not technically my boyfriend,” I say to her, laughing when she gives me an over-exaggeratedyeah yeahkind of wink. Connell is watching us with sharp eyes but his expression softens into a smile when he sees me looking.

“Here, let me,” he says, offering his hand out to Aisling so that he can pop the top off the bottle for her. His entire team cheers when the cork goes flying and he flashes them a handsome smile before handing the champagne back to his sister.

Ignoring the hungry stares from Connell’s teammates, Ash takes a pull straight from the bottle and we walk back into the living area.

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