The Curve Ball - Samantha Lind Page 0,16

process. “I can’t thank you enough for stepping in so quickly last night to help me out. I don’t know what I’d be doing if it wasn’t for you, Derek, and Jillian right about now.”

“We’re here for you; learn to accept the help when you need it. I’m not going to lie to you and tell you it will all be easy. I’m sure you can just ask Derek how hard it is to be a parent, but the good usually outweighs the bad moments, so I’ve been told.”

“Thanks, Riley,” he says, squeezing my hand in his before letting go.

“Anytime,” I say in a whisper. Being this close to him, touching him like this as he looks at me with such puppy-dog eyes, has my insides shaking. My stomach feels like it’s filled with butterflies as he stares at me. I watch him intently and his eyes drop ever so slowly to my lips, lingering there for a second. The tip of my tongue sneaks out and wets my lips. I can see his Adam's apple bob as he swallows hard. His eyes flick back up to mine, and the usually bright blue has darkened. I drop my eyes to his lap and can see the bulge in his sleep pants. Now I’m the one audibly gulping as I swallow. I jump up from the couch, grabbing for my phone before it clatters to the floor. “I’m going to go to bed. Get some sleep before Evie wakes up to eat again,” I quickly tell him as I rush for my room.

Once inside, I close the door and lean against it, sliding down until my butt hits the floor. I don’t know what’s come over me today, but I can’t stop thinking about Justin kissing me. What it’d be like for him to fuck me, not that I have any experience with that, seeing as I’m still a virgin. What a fucking cliché I am, the virgin nanny falling for the single dad. Not to add in the fact that he’s my brother’s best friend. Derek would flip his shit if JJ and I ever did anything, but what my brother doesn’t know won’t kill him, either.

I finally pull myself up off the floor and head into the bathroom to get ready for bed. I slip into some sleep shorts and a tank top once my teeth are brushed and my face has been washed. I pull my long locks into a messy bun before flipping the light in the bathroom off. I use the light from my phone's screen to light the way through the room, trying to keep as quiet as I can so as not to wake up a sleeping Evie. I check on her, finding her sleeping soundly right where I laid her down earlier. I slip between the sheets and pull out my Kindle, getting lost in the pages of Kaylee Ryan’s newest release.

Seven

Justin

I wake up the next morning, my balls still blue from last night, and that’s even after I rubbed one out before falling asleep. The way Riley looked at me after she caught me watching her lips had my dick so fucking hard. I could have taken her on the couch so fast, but she jumped and ran. I chastised myself the entire time I thought of her while I was stroking my cock in the shower. I can’t think of her like that. She’s not here for me to lust over. She’s not here for me to touch. She’s definitely not here for me to fuck. She’s one thousand percent off-limits. She’s here to take care of Evie, and I need to remember that. The last thing I need to happen is for Derek to get wind that I’ve been lusting over his sister and kick my ass, and for me to lose my best friend in the process. He’s already warned me to stay away from her. He’s privy to my playing ways. Women have always been a dime a dozen, lined up and ready to suck my cock when I need it. I don’t do the settle down, flowers, and relationship game. I have a feeling that with a baby in tow, my life is about to change.

I look down and find my cock standing at attention, tenting the sheet that covers my lower half. I guess thinking of Riley is all that it is going to take to get me hard. Fucking great.

I ignore my cock, slipping out