Page 58 of Defending her Heart

“I had sex with Nash.”

“I knew it!” Rowan slams her palm against the steering wheel and giggles. “He’s been eye fucking you for weeks.”

“He has not.”

“Please.” She snorts.

“It’s just sex. I’m one million percent not ready for a relationship, and he isn’t either. He’s the most private person I’ve ever met. Even if I was ready, he’s not the one for me.”

I don’t need to explain why. After Jason and the two-timing life he led, I have zero tolerance for secrets. Which makes my situation with Nash hypocritical. But this time I’m in on the secret. I think.

I’m sure there are plenty of skeletons in his closet, but having a secret wife and family on the side isn’t one of them.

In the two years we were together, I never met any of Jason’s friends or family. That should have been a red flag from the start. At least I can say I’ve met Nash’s parents and daughter. There could be an ex-wife somewhere out there, but at least I know she’s not part of the picture anymore.

“Wow. No kissing and telling? This is unlike you. Do you have regrets?”

“Kind of the opposite. I think about fucking him morning, noon, and night.”

“Fucking him morning, noon, and night or thinking about him morning, noon, and night?”

“Yes. Yes to all of it.”

“Wow. You’re in deep. You never let a guy monopolize your head so much.”

“It doesn’t help that I spend all day with his daughter.”

“True. So are you guys...?”

“I don’t know, Row. He agreed to a friends-with-benefits thing, but before we got going the other night, he said something about it being only one time. But before I left, I sort of challenged him to give me three orgasms in one hour again, and he said, ‘Challenge accepted.’”

“Three orgasms? One hour?Again?” Rowan screeches, and she’s not one to screech.

“Right? How can I not think about that twenty-four-seven?”

“Has he mentioned anything since?”

“Kinda hard when he’s ghosting me.”

“Ouch.”

“Mhm.”

Ten minutes later, she pulls into the stadium and into a VIP lot Walker hooked us up with so we can avoid the bottleneck of traffic after the game. It’s not so bad by the time we leave anyway since we wait around with Riley. Unless it’s an eight o’clock game, we usually go out after.

Nash has only recently started going out with the guys, and the tiny black lace thong and matching bra set I’m wearing hopes he joins us tonight.

Rowan and I walk across the parking lot and spot Riley. “Can we keep this under wraps for now? At least until I figure out if we’re a friends-with-benny thing or a once and done thing. I don’t want it to be awkward with Riley and Walker.”

“Of course. But she’ll be upset if she hears about you two from someone else.”

“I highly doubt Nash is the kiss and tell kind of guy.”

“No, but the way he looks at you makes it obvious what he wants to do to you.”

“Maybe. Or maybe now that he got his fill, he’ll move on.”

THE REVS WIN. IT WASan ugly win, with both teams not playing their best, but a win is a win. Jackson and Taylor stick around to congratulate Walker, but they leave shortly after since Taylor has a case he needs to get back to. Such is the life of a lawyer.

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