Behind the Plate (The Boys of Baseball #2) - J. Sterling Page 0,88
comfortable and it’s familiar.”
“So then, why’d you break up with him?”
That was the question I’d been waiting for. “There were a lot of reasons. We stopped being good together. We fought all the time. That was all we seemed to do anymore.”
“Yeah, I saw some of that.”
“But I mostly broke up with him because I couldn’t stop thinking about you,” I said before adding, “But I didn’t tell Jared that part.”
I watched as Chance swallowed hard, his throat bobbing with the action. “Well, he obviously knows about me.”
“And he assumes you had something to do with it. But I waited. I didn’t jump from him to you. I took my time,” I said, trying to rationalize my decisions even though I knew I didn’t need to.
“You took too damn long,” Chance growled, his confidence back. “And I don’t care what Jared thinks. Or says. You did the right thing by anyone’s standards. And Jesus, Danika, I don’t give a fuck. I just want you.”
“I want you too.”
“It’s about damn time,” he said before moving quicker than I’d anticipated. His hands were suddenly on my back, pulling me lower on the bed as he hovered over me, his muscles flexing, hair flopping over his green eyes.
“Don’t stop,” I pleaded because I’d waited too long for this moment, fantasized about what it would be like to touch him and have him touch me. I’d dreamed about it for months, even when I had no business doing it.
“I’ve wanted you since the first moment I saw you.” He leaned down to kiss me, taking my mouth like he owned it. And he did. He always had, even when it didn’t belong to him. “But there’s no way I can have you once and never have you again.”
“What do you mean?” I asked as I licked my lips, hoping to tease him.
“This. Sex. Us,” he said, still hovering over me, those broad shoulders just begging to be bit. “I want all of you. And not just for tonight.”
“What do you need from me, Chance?” I asked, forcing him to say the words out loud. “Tell me what you need.”
“I need us to be together. I need this to be real.” He wagged a finger between our two bodies. “I need you to be mine. My girlfriend.”
“Then, ask me.” I couldn’t stop grinning because I wanted this too.
“You want me to ask you?” He leaned back on his heels, taking his gorgeous body away from mine.
“Uh-huh,” I all but mumbled around my smile, missing his nearness.
“No,” he said, his face serious, and I got nervous. “If we do this, we’re together. We’re not seeing other people. We’re not casually dating. We’re not friends with benefits. We’re a couple. You’re my girl. And I’m your guy. Any questions?”
“Just one,” I breathed out, so turned on that I could barely stand it. “Why aren’t you inside me yet?”
No More Talking
Chance
“Why aren’t you inside me yet?”
The tone of her voice, all breathless and sexy, lit a fire in my bones and made my dick instantly ten times harder. I’d never wanted anyone the way I wanted Danika. My body craved her. Everything about her called to me and pulled me near. Staying away from her last semester had been a form of torture I never wanted to experience again.
And I knew I’d never have to. She was here, lying on my bed, waiting for me to make her mine. I’d meant what I said. Once we crossed this line, there was no going back. I wasn’t the kind of guy to fuck and leave. To be honest, I rarely fucked at all, but that was out of necessity for protecting my future.
I knew firsthand how the wrong girl could really screw that all up. The only way to make sure that there weren’t any problems of the female variety was to control who was in and out of my bed. It may it have seemed like a drastic measure to take, but growing up as Jack Carter’s son could do that to you.
“God, you’re beautiful. You know that?” I said as I leaned down, taking her mouth with mine.
Her lips were as perfect as I’d always dreamed they’d be. She tasted like spearmint and some kind of fruit. I had no idea which, but I couldn’t get enough of it as I ran my tongue along her lip before diving inside her mouth. She moaned, and I had to stop myself from coming in my pants.