I screwed up my face, trying to remember the night. There was a vague memory of Wyatt kissing his girlfriend, and some filthy ideas I’d since put into practice with Blair, but nothing between O’Malley’s and waking up the next morning.
But something else occurred to me.
“Is that why you pulled away from me?”
She fidgeted with her skirt.
“It took some time, and some conversations with my therapist to process what you’d said. My old way of thinking kept looking to disprove it, but I wanted it to be real so badly that I couldn’t cut and run like I thought I had to.”
It made sense. Safety didn’t seem so safe when you were used to the chaos. A whole paradigm shift was needed to be able to recognize our worth.
“Would it help if I said it again?” I asked, running my hands over her back because I could.
“Maybe.” she tilted her head, a playful smile pulling at her perfect lips.
“I love you, Blair Kennedy.”
A beautiful pink flushed up her cheeks as I licked at her smile, asking her to let me in. She opened up to me and I took her mouth in a kiss that was all about possession. She was mine. Now. Forever.
“Just so you know, we’re officially ditching this friends with benefits thing,” I growled.
Blair hummed.
“You are my girlfriend, and one day soon, you’ll be my fiancée. I don’t want you to doubt what my intentions are here.”
“Getting a bit ahead of yourself, aren’t you? I think we’ll have to talk about the benefits package,” she drawled, surprising a laugh out of me.
I bent my head back toward her and just before we kissed, she murmured, “I love you,” against my lips.
Cian
Six monthslater
Our season endedin May when the Richland Renegades knocked the Aces out during the second round of the playoffs. The team was disappointed, but already talking training plans for the coming season, including new trades and sourcing some promising rookies.
I’d just broken down another cardboard box when the sound of keys in the door caught my attention. Blair burst inside, raced across the room and threw herself at me, knowing I’d always catch her. Wrapping her legs around my waist, she covered my face in kisses as I walked us over to the sofa.
“Good news?” I guessed, sitting down with her straddling my lap.
“I got the job! Dante’s going to keep training me for now, and I’ll be your official PR manager come the first game of preseason.”
I kissed her hard, trying to convey how fucking proud of her I was. She’d worked her ass off to get here, and it made me so happy to see my team recognize how much she deserved it.
She looked over my shoulder, taking in the room around us.
“You’ve been busy.”
When Blair’s lease came up for renewal last month, we decided it wasn’t worth keeping two houses, and seeing as we spent more time here, we decided she’d move in with me. While she was blowing away my team’s executives, I’d been unpacking boxes to remove the trip hazards around the house. Plus, I wanted her settled so she couldn’t change her mind.
“Yup.” I stretched my arms along the back of the sofa, loving the feeling of her squirming with excitement on my lap. And completely unrepentant about the erection straining at my hips.
“Insatiable,” she muttered with a grin, sliding off the sofa to position herself between my knees.
“With you? Always.” I lifted my hips as she slid my sweatpants to my ankles, then ran her tongue up my shaft. She sucked my head between her lips and took me all the way to the back of her throat, humming as she bobbed over me. When she started to squirm, I pulled her up, waving off her noise of protest as I stripped her pants from her legs and lay along the couch.
“I’m not stopping you, I want you to ride my face.”
She pecked a kiss on my lips before following instructions as beautifully as usual. She swung a leg over my head, lowering her hips until I could bury my tongue in her sweet pussy and went right back to playing with my balls as she mouthed at my shaft. Her lavender and honey scent filled my nose as she rocked against my tongue, her mouth becoming more and more enthusiastic as she lost herself in the sensation. I looped an arm around her leg and pushed two fingers deep into her core, giving her something to push back on as I flattened my tongue and lapped at her clit. Her moan vibrated through my balls, making them pull tight against my body. Fuck, the view, the taste, the smell, all of it conspired against me as her hot mouth took me all the way inside again. Adding a third finger, I worked to get her there first, but lost the battle as she scraped her teeth along my length. I came with a curse, my hips bucking uncontrollably as she swallowed through the aftershocks. As soon as I settled, I turned her around so she could fuck my face until she covered me with her juices.
