Page 74 of The Bad Boy's Homecoming
“I can’t just move to Tampa,” she said, feeling the telltale panic she recognized when something rocked the boat of her life.
“Sure you can.You just put your things in your luggage and you get on the plane with me.”
Now she stepped back and created more space between them.
“Don’t freak out, but I need you with me.”
“Levi.”She said his name with a warning.
“I do, and I know it’s fast, and scary, but it’s the truth.”
“You’re just freaking out because you’re starting over in a new city.You’re alone there.You don’t need me getting in the way of you starting a new normal.”
“I want you to be my new normal.I want to be with you.”
She looked up at him but could only make out his huge muscular form in the shadows that had taken over the room now that the sun was set.His hands were holding hers but he let her take the space she thought she wanted.
“Just think about it,” he said.“You don’t have to decide right this second.Think of it as an open invitation.”
He must have sensed her panic, and instead of pushing her, he led her up the backstairs, to the hall bathroom.Turned on the shower, then stepped back out to unbutton her shirt and let it fall to the floor.They were in shadow with only the nightlight in the room, and she could hide her fear there.Of course she wanted to be with him all the time.She wanted more of him, all of him.But what would happen when he had enough?She would be stuck in Tampa, in love with a man who didn’t want her anymore.It would be ugly and terrible.
“Don’t shut me out,” he said, then opened the glass door again and walked her into the steam and hot water.
She let him pamper her, soaping up her body, and tried not to imagine having him in her life every day.Missy knew better than to follow a man’s career.She’d watched her mother choose one man after another, and each one broke her heart.While Missy had to watch.She wasn’t going to make the same mistake.No matter how much she wanted to be with Levi.
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
Levi
Mr.Maybe
Morning came waytoo early with the hint of daylight peeking through the window, and Levi had barely slept.He had to drive to Savannah to catch his flight back to Tampa today.Spring training would run all week, grueling hot days, but then he could be back next weekend.Missy was sound asleep next to him.He’d kept her up most of the night but they’d both fallen asleep at some point.Now he ran his hand down her arm and wondered what he could say or do to convince her to move to Florida.It was unrealistic and selfish to even ask her.They hadn’t even been on any real dates, and no one knew they were…whatever this was.
Baseball season was intense—162 games, and at least 80 were away games.Although a lot of players’ wives and girlfriends would travel with them, he couldn’t expect her to just drop everything for him.
He needed to show her he could make sacrifices to be with her.
“You’re staring at me,” she said, as one eye fluttered open.
“I’m admiring your beauty.Did you know you have fifteen freckles on your cheeks?”
A small smile appeared on her lips.“No, I didn’t know the exact number.”
“But my favorite one is down here.”He tucked his head under the covers and moved down to her hip where he’d found another freckle the first time she’d let him worship her.He kissed the spot now, marking her, and ran his hand over her full bottom.Her curves were usually hidden but he could sink his teeth in her round, tight, plump bottom and die a happy man.
Next he rolled her onto her belly as he sat back on his heels to admire her naked form against the creamy sheets.
“You are a bad boy,” she purred as he ran his tongue up the back of one thigh, while his hands slowly spread her legs.
“Maybe I am, but only for you.”He dipped his face down to the bed and licked her seam, causing her hips to buck up.
“Oh you like me bad, I see,” he said, then blew a breath onto her damp, pink lips before dipping his tongue back down again to taste her.
She buried her face in her pillow and lifted her hips to give him better access.
He hummed his mouth against her and sucked on her swollen nub, causing her to scream into her pillow.
“I need to be inside you,” he said as he moved up her body, ready to mount her from behind.
