Page 190 of Finding the Forward: Part One
He leaned his head on my shoulder, his scent souring. “You and AJ could come see us whenever you wanted. It probably wouldn’t be for that long.”
“I may not just be able to move wherever when I graduate.” I couldn’t get Mama’s words out of my head and my voice came out tarter than I intended. My career was important to me, too.
“I was talking aboutus, Kitten.” He kissed my temple. “Jonas is in his eighth year; Dean and I are in our seventh. We don’t have that many years with the PHL left.”
“Oh.” That made sense.
“Dean and I have always wanted to be Royals. If we ever get the chance to play for Boston, could we make that work? Even after you graduate? If you still want to teach, there are lots of great universities. I’m sure there are research facilities there. Or again, you could commute here. I don’t think AJ ever plans on giving up his place, so even if we move, we’d always have a base here,” he told me, hand playing with my hair.
“I like Boston. After you retire, you’d move there to the house you got Dean?” I tried to visualize what that would look like, since I’d still be early in my career.
“I hope so. AJ’s firm has an office in Boston. Dean and I figured we’d eventually end up back in there. Jonas would love to coach for BosTec. It would be nice to raise our kids there,” he admitted quietly, gazing at me with hope in those green eyes.
“That would be nice–and the Boston symphony is there.” Home was where they were. I’d never thought about permanently living in New York. Boston though. I could see that. The house Grif bought Dean wasadorable.
His thumb stoked my forehead. “Shit. You were going to move to Rockland, weren’t you? Work for Spencer. Be near your siblings. We could make that work.”
“Spencer wants me to work for him,” I confessed. “I don’t have to. They also have facilities elsewhere.”
Well, it was more like secret teams of researchers in other places working on controversial projects.
“Of course, Spencer also mentioned buying the Daredevils and trading you three to the team, so I could work for him,” I laughed, as my gaze shifted back to Mercy and her team as they changed drills.
“That could work, too. If he wants you so badly that he’d buy a hockey team, he could probably buy a lab in Boston. Or buy the Royalsanda lab.” He chuckled. “We’ll make it work, Verity. All five of us.”
“What if someone gets a good opportunity elsewhere?” I wasn’t thinking so much of myself as Jonas. Those collegiate coaching positions weren’t easy to come by. My coach at Marquess had moved quite a ways to take the position.
“We’ll figure it out together.” He nuzzled my neck. “I know things were a little rocky at first, but everyone likes you. You and AJ getting along makes me so happy. Deanreallywants you to be his alpha, too.”
“I’d like that. But you’re first when we’re ready.” I leaned in and kissed him. Six months until Mercy turned eighteen. That was a good amount of time for us to continue building our relationship.
Though part of me was ready now.
Grif nibbled on my lower lip as my hand crept under the back of his shirt, feeling his rippled muscles under his skin.
“We don’t have to wait,” Grif mumbled between kisses. “We could make it work.”
Banging on the glass startled me.
“Get a room,” Mercy yelled through the glass. She flashed a heart with her fingers and skated off.
“That’s why I have to wait. Once she’s eighteen, she can sign a new contract and get an overpriced loft with Kaiko. Until then, she’s stuck with me.” I kissed him again, my fingers running through his beard.
“She can live in the guest room. Of course, that means you’d have to stay in my room. What a sacrifice.” His scent grew sweet with arousal, with twangs of something I couldn’t quite identify, as his hand ran up and down my pant leg.
I smelled it last night when we were together in the storeroom. It made my core ache to spear his cock with my pussy and keep him locked inside me for eternity.
“Let’s sneak out. I’ll tell Coach I’m sick. You can take me home and mark me.” His voice grew husky, and that scent intensifying between kisses.
“That sounds lovely. But AJ would be very jealous if I bit you first.” I ran kisses down his neck, trying to soothe him before he got too worked up. “One day, I promise. I think I’d like to mark you here.” My lips grazed his collarbone.
Of course, maybe we could have a quickie some place before I had to go into the lab. I rubbed my thighs together in anticipation.
“We’ll call him. He can meet us. The three of us can fuck senseless, then you both can bite me,” he murmured.
His voice held a timbre I’d never heard before. Something not quite needy or desperate butwanting.It tugged at my soul. Not to mention the scene he proposed enticed my pussy.Greedy bitch.
That realistic part of me saidno. The least of it being that I was leaving tonight with the Maimers after the game. It wouldn’t be fair to him to bond with him and leave like that. Bond marks needed to be tended.
