Page 71 of Scoreless Nights

Fuck. I didn't want to answer that, but I wasn’t going to lie to her. There had been enough of that shit. “Maybe.” She tensed in my arms, but I tried to keep going and explain. “I’m a lonely guy, Lil. I come across as this fun-loving, hometown soccer player, just living the dream. But most nights are lonely. At least they were before you got here.”

“Am I just convenient?” She didn’t sound angry or put off, she sounded like she really wanted to know.

“You’re the opposite of convenient,” I huffed a laugh. “You’re complicated. Way more complicated than I planned on ever letting into my life. But you’re also worth it. You always have been. You scare the shit out of me.”

“How?” She sat up and looked down at me, confusion all over her face.

“Have you lied to me?” I asked her back. “Because I haven’t lied to you. I’ve wanted you before I even knew what that meant. Always thinking it was just some perversion, or sick feeling I got when you were around. I avoided you to keep from doing something stupid. My dad means the world to me, and I loved going to see him. But when you showed up, I no longer knew who I was anymore. My point is, if you were just a convenience, I would have kissed you a long time ago.”

“Things are different. We’re adults, alone.”

“True,” I sighed and shook my head. “But running out of the back of my mom’s restaurant so your friends didn’t get mad at you wasn’t convenient. Neither was playing two entire games looking up in the stands and seeing you in Tripp’s jersey. Knowing my dad would disown me if he knew about this isn’t conven—”

“I get it,” she laughed, cutting me off. “I’m complicated.”

“But worth it,” I reminded her.

She leaned down and kissed me, so naturally. How was I supposed to ever go on with the way life used to be, now that I finally had her where I wanted her? Jackie’s offer made my dick hide as far away as possible. So did every other girl I passed, or saw, throughout the days. It was like I needed a shirt that said, “Property of Lily'' and an arrow pointing at my crotch. I made a mental note to call my t shirt girl and see about having one made. Lily may be the only one that saw it, but I would wear it around the house every night.

“Hey,” I pushed her back a little as an idea popped into my head. “You’re coming back in two weeks?”

“Yeah, they want me to start pretty soon.”

“Come stay with me. Live here.”

“What? I have plans to find a place with–”

“That Jackie bitch. I won't let you move in with her, Lil.”

“First of all, I’m convinced you’re working for my mother. Second of all, you’re right. I don't want to be around her. But I owe it to Angel to see if she still wants to get something together.”

“You don't owe her anything. Come live here.”

“As…What? Your sister?”

“No!” I shouted. “You know what. We can stay like this.”

“A dirty secret that gives me heartburn?”

“Lil?” I growled at her. “Give us more time. No one has to know. Our parents live twelve hours away. We can tell them you’re staying here until you find a place.”

She bit her lip, thinking it over, but I didn’t want her to answer me right away. If she did, she would say no, because that was the kind of mood she was in after everything that had happened.

Pulling her down on top of me, I kissed her and ended the conversation. Her legs fell on either side of my waist and she pushed herself up a little and looked down at me. Her lips were puffy from our kiss and her hair was down around us.

“If I say yes, then we need to have a talk about some things.”

Shaking my head, I was shutting her down. “We can talk when our heads are clear. Right now, I want you to slide those panties over and ride my cock.”

Her giggle made my heart skip a beat, and I lifted her up a little so she could slide her thong over. Reaching down, she also pulled my cock from my shorts and stroked it a few times before hovering over the top of me. Seeing her so comfortable with me made my chest puff out a little.

Had she been with anyone else, they may not have empowered her the way I did, and it made me even more thankful we did what we did. Then I grimaced at the thought of her taking that initiative with someone else, and I pushed down on her hips, impaling her harder than she was ready for.

“Fuck,” she moaned. It was one of the first times I’d heard her use that word, and I thought maybe I had created a monster.

My monster.

“Mine,” I said out loud, pressing my thumb to her clit as she started to shift her hips up and down on me.

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