“Dig in,” he said. “This is my specialty.”
“Do this often?”
“Only at exactly the right time.”
His tone sounded confident but not the usual Kayden smug.
I said, “If this tastes half as good as it smells …”
I lifted my knife and fork, digging in. It tastedbetterthan it smelled.
I could get used to this.
Didn’t someone say that the way to a man’s heart was through his stomach? Maybe that was Kayden’s plan. Or it was his grand scheme to convince me to walk away from the co-captain role.
He could forget that.
I had to admit that Kayden seemed somehow even sexier sitting across from me than he had before. Yes, it was possible. I stole a few glances and didn’t care if he noticed.
“The way I see it,” he said, “is we’ve got to try to stay out of each other’s way.”
I wouldn’t ask what that meant. I’d never stood in his way. As far as I was concerned, I’d been a model teammate from the start. He was the one who?—
I felt his foot under the table. It hadn’t brushed against mine by accident. But had it been his fault? Had mine touched his?
“So,” I said, “when one of us has to talk to the ref, I’ll do the talking.”
“Are you kidding me?I’lldo the talking.”
“Why?”
“Because the refs will listen to me. They’ll just brush you off.”
“You’re out of your mind. You’ll get thrown out of the game for some of the things you’d say.”
I stopped there. An argument would spark before either of us could do anything about it. And it would ruin this nice dinner. By the way, why had he poured so much effort into this? All I wanted was a civilized conversation with this guy.
I also had to cling to whatever willpower I had left. That meant changing the subject in a hurry.
“So, your roommate’s gone, huh?”
“Yep. Gone to Cleveland for the next few days.”
“Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, eh?”
He shrugged like he hadn’t asked questions. He looked too preoccupied for that anyway. All that mattered was that his roommate was gone, granting him all the privacy he wanted.
And I felt his foot underneath the table again. The way it rubbed against mine eliminated all possibility of an accident.
It’s slipping away from you,my inner voice said.You can’t deny how sexy Kayden looks right now. Hang on tight or you’ll cave in no time.
I didn’t flinch or pull back. When I stared deep into my teammate’s eyes, I wanted to wrestle his power away, but he wouldn’t back down. Memories from the locker room where he’d hovered over me, those perfect green eyes locked on mine, flashed through my mind.
I felt his cock inside me again, his powerful hands clutching my body, and found myself growing rock hard. That made sitting across from him with a perfect meal before me almost impossible.
I sipped from my wine, trying with all my might to keep my urges under control.
Take a deep breath,I told myself.Stay cool.
