Fool Me Once (New England Bay Sharks #2)

Chapter 26

“I don’t want to go to practice,” I groan, pulling Gemma’s body against mine even though I know it’s a bad idea.

In the past fifteen-plus hours, aside from stopping to take short naps, feed, and let Storm out, we haven’t gotten out of bed.

She giggles, pressing a kiss on my chest. “Duty calls, big guy. You’ve got that game this weekend to prepare for.”

My cock should be limp from all the ways she’s made me come since yesterday, but when I feel her warm, naked body against mine, my dick jolts.

It took some time, but finally, I wasn’t scared of triggering her. Or I wasn’t as scared as I had been, I should say. She asked me to spank her, and, fuck, that was hot. She took my hand and put it in her hair to pull, so I gave it a tug while I blew my load inside her tight pussy and listened to her scream out my name.

Yep, I’m fucking hard again.

“Speaking of, after the game, am I going to be able to eat your pussy while you’re wearing my jersey?” I palm her ass, giving it a shake in my hand. “I fucked my hand to the fantasy of that once, and I’d really love for you to climb on board and make that come true.”

“Maybe if you’re a good boy,” she teases. “You’d better get up. You have to be at the stadium in less than an hour.”

“I’ve got five minutes before I get in the shower.” I pull her tighter against me. “Hey, have you talked to Saylor lately?”

She flips onto her stomach and props her head up to look at me. “Yeah, yesterday. Why?”

I sigh, knowing it’s likely a dead-end road that I shouldn’t bother traveling down when it comes to asking her for information, but what’s it going to hurt to try?

“Silas called me after they met up, and he seemed worried about her.” I run my free hand over the top of my head. “He said she doesn’t seem that happy. He’s worried something is going on that she’s not telling us.”

She grows visually nervous. “Really?” she whispers. “I’ve been so caught up in my own bullshit. I probably haven’t been the best friend to her lately. Do you think she’s okay?”

I’m stunned by her response because I expected her to laugh it off and tell me Saylor was fine but that was the only information I was getting out of her; I didn’t expect her to not know what was going on either.

“You really don’t know what’s going on with her?” I ask, growing even more worried.

If she isn’t telling Gemma whatever it is, it must be really bad.

“I swear, I don’t know,” she answers quickly. “When she first moved there, I thought she seemed a bit off, even though she told me everything was great. But lately, she’s just been really busy. When we do talk, it’s not for very long, or it’s just through texting.”

“Shit,” I utter.

She nods. “Yeah … shit.” She blows out a breath. “Always something, isn’t it?”

“Always,” I say back before sitting forward and kissing her. “I love you, Gemma Jones. You know that, right?”

Her lips turn up, and her eyes crinkle at the sides as she nods. “I do. I really, really do.” She laughs suddenly. “Kind of want to not say it back so you can see how I felt back in high school. I’m pretty sure you thanked me, and then you … well …”

“Fucked you after,” I finish her sentence, cringing. “Wow. What an asshole I was.”

“Just a tad.” She holds her fingers up and squints.

Jerking my chin up, I smirk. “Are you going to say it back or what, Gemma Jones?”

“Say what back?” She tries to play dumb but laughs harder.

Reaching for her side, I tickle her, and she squeals. Her laugh is contagious, and I wish I could bottle it up and save it for the bad days because I know they’ll still be there sometimes.

“Fine!” she squeals out. “Stop, and I’ll tell you, damn it!”

Finally, I stop but keep my fingers close to her skin.

“I love you,” she says, cupping my face with her hands and bringing her nose to mine. “I loved you back when we were kids. I love you now. And I will love you always.”

Pushing my finger to her chin, I smirk against her lips. “That’s more like it, Firefly.”

My cock only grows when she kisses me back even harder. And as she climbs on top of me, I know that I’ll have to speed to make it to practice on time today. But that’s okay because when she lowers herself onto my dick and begins to ride with her perfect tits bouncing in my face … there’s no fucking way I’m stopping her.