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Her hands, her body, feel so good, so right pressed into me. The pleasure. The need could kill me. But I can no longer deny myself the touch I’ve hungered so long for.
Let me have this, I beg the gods. I’ll never be this close to heaven again. I let out a sigh and relax into the mattress, savoring her touch, her presence. Just this once.
CHAPTER 9
Oakley
After a few more strokes he finally relents and lets his body relax. If Mom is right and he wants me as much as I want him all this pent-up tension in his body makes sense.
I know how tense I get when I’m close to him and try not to reach out and touch what I so desperately want. The restraint it takes to not let him see my desire. Have we really both wasted all this time?
Tonight, I plan on doing a lot more than give him a shoulder massage. Tonight, we get the truth out in the open. One way or another.
When he finally relaxes and lets me work the tension from his back and shoulders, I feel like I’m making progress. Now for the hard part.
“Did you date Sabrina?”
He tenses immediately. “Hell no!”
“Why not? She’s beautiful.”
“She’s not my idea of beautiful. I prefer natural women.”
“I get it. I like guys that are grounded.”
“Then what the hell did you see in Trevor?”
“That’s complicated.”
“I’m listening.”
“There’s this guy on the team that I’ve had a thing for. He’s never noticed me.”
Dash tenses under my palms. I’m taking that as a good sign. “I was a little tired of sitting home all the time and Trevor kept hounding me. I told myself I’d do one date. Which turned into an article for my boss. He liked that I was dating the star Center of the Blades and Trevor also liked the coverage he was getting. It was easier to go along with it and it let me be with the team more.
“Trevor was already getting on my nerves with his suggestions for articles I could do onhimand places he wanted to go where we’d be ‘seen’. When he said he had to be somewhere else for Christmas I was relieved. After he returned, he started pushing for the publicity options again and insisted I come to these games and be with him.
“I was so over Trevor by that point, but I was a little worried he was going to propose. There was no way I could have said yes and was stressed with thinking he’d cause a scene.
“Honestly, I prefer the out he handed me to the one it could have been. I don’t think he handles rejection well.”
“He embarrassed you,” Dash snarls.
“Maybe, but you stepped in and fixed that.”
I take a deep breath for courage before asking what I really need to know. “How come you never brought anyone to the house when you came to visit with Gordy? You know you could have,” I press.
“There hasn’t been anyone in a long while.”
“Dating Trevor wasn’t all bad. It did get me the lead sport reporter experience on the paper.” Inhaling, I go for broke. “But I’m glad the façade is over. And even though you were forced into it, I’m glad I’m with you. You’re the one I’ve always wanted anyway.”
His body instantly tenses under my palms. So much time ticks past I wonder if he’s even breathing.
“Dash?”
Twisting, he reaches an arm behind him. Snagging my waist, he rolls us both. Settling me under him, he braces himself above me on his forearms doing a plank over me, so our bodies don’t touch. “Say that again.”
“You’re the one I’ve always wanted. The one I compared everyone else to.” Stroking a finger down his chiseled jaw I continue. “Am I just Gordy’s little sister? Is that how you see me? Or could I be more?”