Page 35 of Hard Ball

And just like that, a switch is flipped. My hands grasp her thighs, lifting her as I push my ever-growing erection into her needy pussy. I hold us there, my lips against the curve of her neck, making my way back to those lips I’ve dreamed about for weeks. Her hips rotate, trying to get relief but finding none. She moans into my lips as her tongue meets mine, and she tastes even better than before. If that’s even possible.

She starts grinding her core against me more and more as I groan into her skin, feeling my cock strain against the fabric of my pants.

“Couch,” she groans against my lips as I take her in a punishing kiss and push her further into the door.

It takes me a second to register what she wants, and the minute I do, I turn us, her ass in my hands as I squeeze her closer, making a needy sound leave her lips. The moment we hit the couch, I know she made the right choice because her core is directly over my cock, and it’s fucking glorious. Her lips travel down my neck, making my head hit the back of the couch with a groan. My noises must spur her on because she starts grinding against me at a pace that rivals my need for her. My fingers trail light circles against her exposed thigh as I slowly make my way up to the hem of her dress. The minute my fingers brush the lace of her panties, my mind goes numb, and I don’t even register a phone ringing. It’s not until Harper breaks away to take a breath that I realize it’s my phone that’s going off.

“Fuck,” I growl against her lips. “That’s mine.” I lean my head back, finding her eyes searching mine. I see a slight smirk across her lips and I mirror it.

“Ignore it,” she pants, coming back down as our lips connect once more, my hands wrapping around her waist.

There is no way I’m stopping this.

“Sunshine…” I growl as she takes my face in her hands and crushes her lips to mine.

If I take away anything from this moment it’s that Harper can fucking kiss. Her lips are heaven against mine as my cock grows impossibly hard, reminding me how much I want to be inside her right now.

Our lips separate, both of us breathing hard as her fingers trace the ridges of my chest, over my stomach and down toward my belt. My breath hitches as her fingertips find the soft skin just above my jeans and my eyes close, wondering if I can last long enough to make this good for her. At this point, I feel like a teenager trying not to come in my pants as her hips continue to grind. Just as her nails grasp the leather of my belt, my phone goes off again.

“Shit,” I mutter, hating whoever is on the other end of that call. “I need to get that, it could be urgent.”

She reluctantly nods, the blush on her cheeks making me want to kiss her all over again. She stands as I jog to get my phone out of my coat pocket.

“Hello?” I ask in a ticked-off tone, hearing Harper chuckle behind me. I glance back at her, seeing that she pulled down her dress and I wink, trying to listen to whoever is on the other line.

“Josh,” Bob says on the other end. The hairs on the back of my neck stand on end because he never calls me this late. I honestly thought he couldn’t physically stay up this late. “Team meeting first thing tomorrow. I want you here before everyone else, I wanna talk to you. See how you’re doing.”

My eyes roll because he’s micromanaging and I’m a few seconds away from telling him how much I hate it. Of all the nights he could have called, it had to be this one.

Fucker.

“Yeah, yeah. I’ll be there.”

Harper’s eyes fall, the disappointment plain as day on her beautiful face. All I want to do is stay here and finish what we started but the moment is gone and we both know it. I hang up the phone, put it in my pocket as I make my way over to where she’s standing. I lift her chin so our eyes meet because I need to make sure she knows there isn’t an ounce of doubt about the way I feel about her in this moment.

“You need to leave?” I give her a slight nod before I place a light kiss on her forehead.

“I now have a very early morning tomorrow.” I look at my watch and groan. “Or should I say today?”

She smiles and for a split second, I see that doubt flicker across her eyes. Nope. Not happening, so I take her face in my hands once more and tilt her head back.

“Trust me, Sunshine, I would much rather be here with you and finish what we started.” I kiss her, restraining myself as I pull her close so she can feel just how much I want to stay. “This is all you, okay? No one else can do this to me.” Our eyes meet as I lean down and kiss her softly.

“I get it,” she murmurs, and I take a moment to thank whoever brought us together.

“Good, because I need more of that,” I say, pointing to the couch as that blush rises over her skin, causing me to chuckle. I bring her in for a hug, her arms wrapping tight around my middle. “Can I see you again?” I ask, hoping for once that the answer is different, and when she nods her head against my chest, I can’t help the shit-eating grin that lights up my face.

“Hand me your phone,” she demands. When I hand it over, she programs her number and hands it back. “There, it’s all on you now.”

I roll my eyes playfully because we both know it’s been all on me this entire time. I lean in, pressing my lips to hers because I can’t seem to stay away. I reluctantly pull away before I throw caution to the wind and stay the night.

“Don’t worry, after what we just did, there is no fucking way I’m staying away.”

She raises a brow as I lean my forehead against hers, loving the fact that her eyes close once we’re touching.

“I know,” she whispers. “Go before you’re too tired to wake up tomorrow and your coach benches you.”

“As if he could…” I tease, giving her one last kiss before grabbing my coat and pulling the door open. I pray she doesn’t change her mind before I see her again.

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