an hour with Cat. We’re going over the draft choices for next…” Gia went silent, shoulders pressing deep into the mattress when Kai immediately took her clit into his mouth. “Not…fair…”
Maybe it wasn’t, he thought, going about his business, watching her reaction, listening to the sounds she made as he pushed her lips apart with his thumbs. But Kai quickly realized fighting dirty with Gia was the only way to get her to stop making excuses. He hadn’t lied to her that night in the shower. She was his, no matter if she believed it or not. But he had a hard time making her realize that when they were anywhere other than in this room.
“Kai…oh…oh…deeper… please.”
He listened because he knew that’s what she needed. Gia knew her body. She knew what made her feel best and Kai was a fast learner. He knew how to touch her, to love her and they both knew it. But Gia still hadn’t admitted that she wanted him beyond these apartment walls. She hadn’t agreed to dates or anything in public where Keola or Nalani wasn’t there. Gia had admitted she couldn’t do without Kai’s touch, without what he did to her, but that didn’t mean she’d ever agree to needing him.
She was scared of herself, of the world outside of the haven they’d made here. She was worried what would happen if anyone found out about them. Kai wouldn’t settle. He wouldn’t let her pretend that there was nothing between them, but he was learning to pick his battles. Gia outside of this place would happen. For now, he’d take them just as they were.
“Yes! Oh, God, Kai!”
He held onto her, pushing her closer with his hands on her ass, keeping her against his lips, her fingers tugging in his hair as she filled his mouth.
“I told you I was tired of this, Kenya.” The voice came from the hallway. Gia was still moaning, still coming down from her orgasm, her grip still on Kai’s hair. But he knew that voice. He knew who the woman spoke to.
Fuck, he thought, trying to take Gia’s fingers from his hair.
“And I told you to stop calling me,” Cat said, her voice high and angry. “I don’t have time for players…on or off the field and I told you…Oh God!”
“Shit!” Kai said, grabbing a pillow to cover Gia.
“I’m sorry!” Cat said, turning away from the bed with her hands waving like she was trying to dry her hands. “Oh, God, Gia I’m so sorry. So!”
“Get out! For the love of God, get out of here…” Gia said, her face turning pink as she threw a pillow at her assistant.
“I’m going! I’ll just wait in your…”
“No! Go. I’ll call you…later. Oh God!” She bolted off of the mattress, grabbing her robe to cover herself as she stepped behind the half ajar door and waved Cat from her room.
“I’m so sorry! I swear…I didn’t mean. I have the keycard you gave me! I…I’ll go. I’m…sorry!” Cat’s voice was panicked and breathy as she moved down the hall.
“Shit! Oh…fucking shit!” Gia said, throwing her robe to the floor as she moved around the room, grabbing clothes she’d discarded the second Kai had walked through her front door. “This is a disaster. This is fucking…”
“Hey,” Kai tried, standing in front of her, trying to keep her from losing it completely. “She’s not going to say anything.”
“Of course she is,” Gia shouted, hands over her face.
She didn’t try to fight Kai when he led her to the bed, kneeling in front of her. “You pay her well, you told me that. And she’s loyal. You said it yourself…you and Cat are friends.”
“But that doesn’t mean…”
“Nani, this isn’t that big of a deal, honestly. Try to calm down and…”
“Calm down? Are you crazy?” She shook her head, brushing past Kai as she moved into her closet. He’d only seen her like this one other time, two weeks before when Keola walked into her living room and found a pair of Kai’s boxers stuffed between the cushions.
“These aren’t yours,” his daughter had accused, head tilting as she watched Gia’s eyes round. Then, a light seemed to come on inside his keiki’s head and she connected the wrong dots. “Miss Gia, do you have a boyfriend now?”
“No!” she’d tried, glaring at Kai when he laughed at her. “Of course not. Boys are gross.”
“My makuakāne is a boy,” Keola had reasoned.
“Yeah, but he’s the grossest.”
“I…shit, what am I gonna tell her?” Gia said, shimming