toss her under me, silky brown locks frame her beautiful face. “Only the ones with strange accents who can move their hips at supersonic speed.”
She wrinkles her freckled nose, curling her fingers around my neck. “Wow. That sounds like an interesting guest.”
“You should see how she rides my dick.” She snorts out loud at my dirty words and her face blushes under her tan. “But you’ll have to wait on that.” I kiss her forehead and she looks up through long lashes. “Having you right here is enough for now. Sleep.”
Her breaths slow. As she sleeps, a soft hum vibrates against my arm and I wonder if she’s dreaming of me. Has she been able to move past our time together? Because this last month she has lived behind my closed eyes. I couldn’t have evicted her if I tried.
“I hope you don’t mind, I planned dinner.”
She pulls one of my team sweatshirts over her head. It swallows her, hanging above her knees, but it’s sexy as hell seeing her in it. Flipping her brown hair out from under it, her lips quirk up.
“Not at all.” She glances down at the oversized sweatshirt and holds her arms out. “I guess I should change.”
“Um, no you’re not. I like you in my shirt.” She snickers as I draw her to me. I can’t stop touching her. “We’re having dinner here. And… my best friend and his wife are coming.” I sigh with the last part. They invited themselves, but I could have said no. Hindsight, I should have. Way to overwhelm her, Ryker.
“You were that sure I was showing up, huh?”
I give her a peck on the tip of her nose. “I told you from the very beginning that I’m irresistible.” I skip the part where I had my doubts and worried that the dinner would have been more of a sympathy get together than a welcome dinner.
“I can’t argue that. Especially now,” she jokes, pushing up to give me a chaste kiss. “I won’t change, but I need to do something with this wild hair.” When she pulls out of my grasp, my fingers are already itching to reach for her. What the fuck? This needs to be controlled before I smother her.
“I hear you’re a baker,” Addie says. “Or as Ryker has mentioned, his new sugar dealer.”
She glances over at me from across the table. “Yeah, his addiction is out of control.”
That’s the truth. Except she’s the addiction.
“You ready for Sunday?” Aiden finally chimes in after being quiet the entire dinner. Always the one to analyze a situation first. Aspen found out that Addie was a crime scene investigator and she’s been drilling her about it so his aloofness wasn’t obvious.
Aspen puts her wine glass down with her brows furrowed and asks, “What’s Sunday?” In the corner of my eye, Aiden shakes his head. I hadn’t told Aspen yet. I haven’t had a chance.
“Our last game of the season.”
Her smile grows and her voice turns up an octave when she says, “I’m going to an American football game?”
Her excitement is why I wanted to bring her here now. “Sorry, I hadn’t told you yet,” I direct my glare toward Aiden, “this bastard beat me to it.”
Palms up with a gaping mouth, he huffs. “How the hell was I to know that you didn’t tell her about the most important game coming up?”
“All games are important,” I clarify.
He shrugs a shoulder and bobs his head. “You know what I mean.”
“What’s special about this one?” Aspen asks.
“It’s the last game of the year—”
“And they have to win,” Addie interrupts me, “or they’re out of the playoffs.”
One of the best things I like about Addie, she loves football. But she needs to shut the hell up. I don’t need a reminder about the importance of winning. I give a hundred percent to win every damn weekend. There’s enough pressure thrown at me from everyone else.
I lean back in my seat and cross my arms. Addie reads my irritation. She winces and mutters, “Sorry,” and stuffs a chunk of steak in her mouth.
“Ryker, are you sure this was a good time for me to visit?”
“Yes. I brought you here so you could watch a game. Don’t listen to them,” I wave my fork at my friends. “Every game is as important as the last. This one is no different. I have practice during the day, but I figured you could explore the city while I’m gone. Pete will drive you wherever you want