Page 62 of Home Field Advantage
Lily shrugs, and a mischievous grin forms on her face. “It worked last time.”
“Lily,” Poppy warns.
“What? He literally has to drive past your house to get to his.”
I have no clue what the subcontext of this conversation is, but it sounds like Lily has done this before. “It’s no problem, Poppy. As long as you’re ready to go.”
“She’s ready,” Lily states matter-of-factly.
Poppy stands and, at the same time, lets out a yawn. “I am getting tired.”
“Is your belly so full that it’s making you sleepy, too?” Sage asks.
“Yes. I’m so full.”
“We can drive you home then.” Sage nods.
Poppy smiles at Sage before lifting her head to look at me. Our eyes lock, and it ignites everything inside me all over again. It’s starting to drive me insane howonelook from her, and she has me ready to get down on my knees for her, give her the world, and then worship her like she deserves.
My cock stirs to life with that thought, but I force myself to stop.
Not here. Not now.
I clear my throat. “Ready?”
“Ready,” she says, grabbing her purse and saying goodbyes.
As hard as it is to control myself around Poppy Barlow, I remind myself that I’m just offering her a ride home.
She lives next door to me.
That’s it.
The drive is too short.
I get that it’s a small town, but couldn’t I have gotten lost or something?Anythingto continue to feel her all around me in my SUV. Her honey and vanilla perfume lingers in the closed-in space, and I’d like it to stay here for good.
Driving past her house, she snaps her head in my direction.
I smirk, pulling into my driveway. “A true gentleman walks a woman home.”
“Can Poppy read me a bedtime story first?” Sage says from the backseat.
“I think she wants to get home, Sage.”
“Pretty pleassseeee?”
Poppy’s elbow nudges my arm resting on the center console before she leans in close enough that if I lean over and press my lips to hers?—
“I’m okay with reading her a bedtime story if you’re okay with it, Dallas.”
And fuck, my name on her lips.
I need more of it.
What the hell has gotten into me tonight?
“Of course,” I say before meeting her over the console, even closer than before. “If you wanted to come inside, you could have just said that.” I wink and pull away before doing something in front of Sage in this car.
