Page 32 of Crossing Lines

His tense body relaxed against mine.

Had he been worried I would send him home and tell him we couldn’t do this again? “Jonah, this is unethical, but I’m not sure if it’s technically against school policy because, yeah, I’m not your direct coach.” Shit, I should probably look into this. I didn’t want to get reprimanded already.

Adjusting his head on my shoulder, he teased a fold in my duvet over my chest. “I don’t want to get you in trouble. But I can’t go back to having you ignore me like you did after the Colorado games.”

As an ache wound through my heart, I squeezed him into my side and kissed his head. “Don’t worry. I couldn’t do that again after tonight, even if I wanted to.” Now that I’d had a taste of him, there was no going back. I knew myself better than that. When it came to matters of the heart, I was utterly weak.

He lifted his head, peering into my eyes. “So, you don’t want to ignore me after this?” The corner of his mouth twitched.

“No, I don’t.” I huffed a laugh. “Shit, I couldn’t.” I placed my palm on his cheek, taking in his gorgeous blue eyes framed by almost black bangs. “You were right. I’m a relationship guy, and you might have awakened a monster.”

A full-on smile spread over his face. “I like the sound of that.” He lowered his head again and brushed his fingers across my chest, leaving a tickle.

“We do need to keep this between us, though.” I twisted my lips. How would it even work? Would we let his friends know? “Who did you wave to at the bar?”

“Ace.” He inched closer to my side, his warm, flaccid dick pressed against my thigh. “He saw me leaving with you, so I waved to him.” He sucked in a breath. “He won’t care.”

Shit, the more people who knew, the more chance there was of being outed. “What exactly will your friends think about you leaving with me and not coming home?” My gut knotted. Maybe I should have sent him home in an Uber.

With a huff, he lifted his head and peered at me. “He’s probably hoping I’m in bed with you.”

“Jesus.” My pulse jolted. There were six of them. Word was sure to spread. Raking my fingers through my hair, I said, “Why would he think that?” Did all his friends know how he felt about me already?

“Because they know I like you. They know I want to be with you.” He dipped his gaze to my lips for a beat. “Well, Archer’s the only one who really knows the extent of it.”

And Archerwasmy player. I took a rough swallow. “So, do you think when you get home tomorrow, you can tell them you took me home and then fell asleep on my couch because you drank too much?” I winced. It was sort of a shit move, but I needed time to figure this out before it imploded on me.

“Yeah, I told you I’d keep us a secret if you wanted.” He bitthe side of his lower lip, his brows creasing. In a soft voice, he said, “I’d do anything for you.”

My heart pattered with warmth. Fuck, the things he said to me. They were all the right things. “Yeah, okay.”

“My friends are super loyal. You don’t have to worry about them.” He choked on a laugh. “Well, maybe, except for Mason. He’s a goof and wouldn’t mean to say anything, but he might do it unintentionally.”

“Then let’s keep this quiet as much as we can.” I kissed his cheek and pulled his head down to my shoulder. Would he feel differently about things in the morning when the drinks had worn off? What would I do if he did? End it? I hugged him tighter into my side and nuzzled his dark hair. I didn’t want to think about it right now. I just wanted to be with him, to have what I’d been longing for all these weeks.

“I told you. I’ll do whatever you want. I’m all yours.” He rubbed his cheek on my shoulder.

My heart wrenched. If only we’d met under different circumstances. I wanted to give him everything he deserved, and he didn’t deserve a secret, unethical relationship. “Thank you, Jonah. At some point, I’ll make this up to you.” I kissed his head. “I promise.”

“It’s okay. You don’t have to. I’m just happy to be with you,” he said, wrapping his leg around both of mine. “Goodnight.”

“Goodnight.” I shut off the nightstand lamp, then snuggled in with him and shut my eyes. Tomorrow would come too fast.

CHAPTER NINE

JONAH

Ifluttered my eyes open and stared at a large window, my body lodged against warm skin and my hard cock wedged into it. Gazing down, Ryan’s head of brown curls came into view. I was wrapped around him from behind. Holy shit, last night hadn’t been a dream. I rocked my hips and my cock slid between his ass cheeks. A shiver flickered up my spine. Was he a top or a bottom? We hadn’t gotten that far last night.

He freed a soft mumble, then arched his lower back, pushing his ass into me.

Was that a sign? I pressed soft kisses to the nape of his neck, then nibbled down his shoulder, rocking my dick into his crease. God, how I wanted to fuck him. I’d be a happy boy if we spent the whole day in bed doing dirty things to each other. The last month or so, I’d stored a million things in my head that I wanted to do to him.

Spreading my palm over his chest, I brushed his nipple, and it hardened. Yeah, we were doing this. I teased his nipple and sucked little bites on his neck, then licked over them.

With a groan, he rocked his ass harder into me, then fumbled with his nightstand drawer. In a rasp, he said, “Here, use this.” He twisted his head.

I gazed at his stunning profile, the pout of his plump lips and the slight hook of his nose. “You got a condom to go with this?” I popped the lube open and left him for a second to slather it on my fingers.

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