Page 56 of Fielder's Choice

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Lane

Themomenttheelevatordoors close behind us in my building, I pull Olive against me, capturing her mouth.

Our tongues are tangled during the entire ascent up to my penthouse.

When the doors open, I walk us backward to my sofa, never breaking our kiss, as we strip ourselves out of our shoes and jackets, tossing them to the floor.

With Olive now straddled across my lap, I just enjoy the feel of her on top of me, relishing in our closeness.

I honestly can’t remember the last time Ijustmade out with someone, but I could do this for the rest of my life and be perfectly happy. Olive’s kisses are drugging, and I’m already a fucking addict.

She may not have experience with sex, but goddammit, does she know how to kiss.

Olive pulls away from me, resting her forehead against mine with her chest heaving. “Lane… holy shit.”

My laugh is a deep rumble. “I understand the feeling. You are fucking amazing, Liv.”

“Not so bad yourself, Hotshot.” Her smile is blinding, and I’m lost in her light. “That was…”

“Incredible,” I answer for her, pecking her lips again. “Fucking incredible, baby. I could kiss you all damn night.”

She takes a deep breath. “What are we doing here, Lane?”

“Kissing,” I respond, rubbing my hands over her thighs. “And I wouldreallylike to keep doing that.”

“Is this too soon?” she asks quietly, averting my eyes.

“No.” I bring a hand up and rest it on her cheek, tilting her face toward mine again. “I know we’ve only known each other a few weeks, but it’s been enough time for me to learn more about you. I like you, Liv. A lot. I’ll take things as slowly as you need, but I want to make sure you know that this is something to me.Youmean something to me. I want to explore what we have between us and see where this goes.”

Olive looks at me with nothing but warmth. “Okay.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah. As long as I’m not too much for you, old man.”

I throw my head back and laugh. “You’ve got jokes, huh?” I tickle her side while she squirms. “I might be older than you, baby, but I’m a professional athlete. You better hope you can keep up withme.”

“I’ve always liked a challenge.”

I palm the back of her head and bring her face back to mine, kissing her deeply as I let go and do something for myself for the first time since Sage was born.

Olive presses her chest against mine, and I nip her bottom lip, swallowing the light moan she lets out when I do.

Fuck,that was a bad idea.

That sound travels straight to my dick, and there’s no way Olive can miss that while she’s sitting on top of me.

“Lane,” she gasps. “Are you…”

I chuckle and push her hair behind her ear. “Yes, baby. I’m hard right now.”

“All we’ve done is kiss…”

“And I happen to thoroughly enjoy kissing you, Liv.”

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to do that.”

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