Chapter 7
Seven
Ashton
I can’t believe I let the guys harass me. I could have used any number of comebacks. It’s not like I have no wit.
But when it comes to Nova, I have to keep her a secret.
The worst part is everyone on the team knows about Nova and me.
Everyone except my best friend, Luca.
They’re keeping my secret, for now, but it’s clear they may not keep it much longer.
Rowan even bringing up the question about who I’m dating is such a shit thing to do. He was there the night of the party when I hooked up with Nova for the first time.
All of the team was there, even Luca. But Luca just happened to be too preoccupied with Harper upstairs to know what we were doing downstairs and then later in my bedroom.
I flip the fan on in the bathroom, giving me a little privacy before I sit on the edge of the bathtub. Glancing at my phone, I video call Nova.
Her eyes light up when she answers the call. “Hey, stranger!”
Her voice is music to my soul. But seeing her smile, she manages to erase all the fears and doubts I have about the two of us dating.
“Hey, we won.” I smile, the flood of endorphins not entirely passed through my system yet. The beer also helps, gives me an added boost of confidence. Not that I need it. “I miss you.”
“You always miss me.” Nova’s nose scrunches and she blows me a kiss. “Did you score tonight?”
“Only in hockey.” I wink at her, because she’s the only girl I have eyes for. I used to like taking a new girl to bed after every party, but there’s something about Nova that changes my needs.
Or maybe it’s just the fact that I want her, and I worry someone else might steal her away if I don’t lock her down with fantastic sex at every opportunity.
She stares at me and smiles through the video call. “You are something else. Where are you? It looks like a bathroom in the background.”
Grimacing, I realize that being on video probably wasn’t ideal, but I wanted to see her face, hear her voice, stare into her sapphire gaze.
“Yeah, the guys were just asking if I have a girlfriend. I couldn’t get away fast enough.”
“Wow.” Nova laughs and brings a hand up to her lips to keep her voice down. “So, what did you tell them?”
“Nothing. I couldn’t mention you, and I wasn’t going to lie.”
Nova smirks. “So, you ran to the bathroom to hide?” She’s teasing me, but I’m keeping the secret for her sake too. Luca isn’t going to be happy when he finds out I’m dating his little sister.
Well, he’ll probably be angrier at me.
Either way, there’s no good outcome in this situation for me. I can’t imagine him throwing his arm around me and telling me to have fun.
“I came into the bathroom to call you.” It’s a half-truth, but Nova has the ability to see right through me.
“You ran and hid. But it’s okay, I like the benefit of you and me getting to talk alone. Are you sharing a room with my brother?”
I sigh. “Yes.” Another reason the bathroom was the safest place to talk to Nova. It’s not like I can have a private conversation in the hotel room, especially when Luca doesn’t know I’m dating anyone.
“It’s just one night. Don’t sound so bummed.”
“I’m not. I just miss you.” I like being able to sneak across the hallway and cuddle with Nova, climb into her bed and wrap my arms around her. I don’t get to do that on nights when we are away. “What are you wearing?”
Nova grins and glances down at her pajama shirt. “Nothing.”
“Sweetheart, I can see your clothes.”
She rolls her eyes and then slowly draws the phone downward so I can see everything she’s wearing. She’s got a cute matching pajama outfit with penguins. It’s a shorts set and rides up at her hips at just the right angle.
“Do you want to do that again? But slower and spread your legs for me.”
Nova’s eyes widen. “Are you trying to have phone sex with me?” Her voice squeaks, and her nervousness is actually quite sweet.
A virgin in phone sex.
“I was hoping we might be able to indulge each other in a little fantasy phone play.”
Her eyes are wide, and she hangs up on me.
It’s clear she clicked the end call, and it wasn’t a mistake or the phone call being dropped because of the weather.
I shoot her a text.
So, I guess that’s a no.
She calls me back, but this time there’s no video call, just a plain old boring phone conversation.
“Hey,” I whisper, glad that she’s not ignoring me.
“I’m not ready for phone sex. I mean, it involves a lot of talking and describing, and I’m nervous to do that.”
“You don’t have to be nervous around me. It’s not like I’ve had tons of phone sex.” The number of times I can count on one hand—well, more like one finger. Phone sex isn’t a high priority when you’re with a different girl each time.
“I like you, Ashton.”
I can’t help but smile. “In case you haven’t noticed, I like you too, Nova. I could do the dirty talking, and you could just listen. Touch yourself for me. Let me hear your soft whimpers that turn me on so much, baby.”
There’s a soft gasp in her voice.
I smile. “Yes, just like that. But you don’t have to if you’re not comfortable. If you say no, I’ll respect your decision.”
“Tell me what you’d do to me,” Nova rasps, and I can hear her shifting on the mattress.
I wish that we still had a video call happening, but I’ll take what I can get with her.
My eyes close for a moment and I realize I, too, need to get more comfortable. The edge of the bathtub isn’t doing it for me. I grab the box of tissues, toss it on the floor, and move to sit on the ground, my back against the wall, the bath rug beneath me as I stretch my legs out.
“First, I’d kiss a trail of soft kisses across your collarbone. I know how much you like it when I kiss your neck. My tongue would tease that little spot that makes your hips gyrate against me.”
She hums softly; it’s a slight, subtle moan, and it’s enough to make my cock twitch in my jeans.
“What else?” she asks.
There’s movement on her end, and I can’t help but smile. “Take off your clothes for me,” I command.
“Is this you telling me you want them off or you actually want them off?” Her question is so innocent it’s adorable.
“I want your clothes fucking off, sweetheart,” I growl.
There’s a soft rustling on her end. I presume she’s disrobing, and I wait a few moments for her to finish. “Tell me when you’re naked and under the covers.”
“Already there,” Nova says, matter-of-fact. “Keep going.”
I chuckle at her eagerness and dip my head back against the wall.
“I want your hands to explore your body. Let your fingers glide across your chest but just tease your nipple. It’s my lips doing that, my mouth on your skin.
I go slowly at first, watching as your chest rises and falls, listening to the sweet moans that spill from your lips before my tongue circles your nipple. ”
“Ashton.” Her words purr out of her, and it sounds like heaven.
“I love it when you moan my name.” I run a hand over my jeans, my palms sweaty. The bathroom is already stifling.
Each breath is a soft pant, and I bite my bottom lip to keep some semblance of control. Fuck, she turns me on so damn much.
“What next?” Nova asks, her sweet, innocent voice giving me a raging hard-on.
I breathe in deeply and sharply, trying to regain my composure. I cannot come yet. She hasn’t even had one orgasm, let alone multiples.
Nova is the only woman who knows how to make me both so strong and so incredibly weak at the same time. She is my undoing.
I blink through the foggy haze. “Let your fingers skim across your stomach and down lower, but don’t touch yourself just yet.”
“Okay.”
A smile splays across my face. Gosh, I really wish she was on video for this call. Maybe next time, I can convince her to turn her camera back on so I can watch her touch herself.
“My lips caress your skin.” My own breathing deepens as the air grows thicker, hotter. “My mouth kisses lightly up your thighs, toward your arousal.”
Nova’s breath catches with a gasp, and my heart flutters at the sweet sounds that she makes.
They’re such a fucking turn-on. “Do you want me to taste you tonight?”
“Yes.” Nova moans, and I take that as encouragement to continue.
“You sound so fucking sexy. I spread your legs wider, put one leg over each shoulder as I run my tongue along your slit.”
“Fuck.”
The smile spreads across my face. “Are you touching yourself, sweetheart?”
“Maybe?” Her voice catches in her throat.
“Sit on your hands.”
“What?” There’s concern in her tone.
“I didn’t tell you to touch your pussy, yet. Sit on your hands; punish yourself for me.”
Nova whimpers, and my cock strains for release. I’m throbbing, and I can only imagine Nova feels the same way.
“Are you being a good girl and doing as I’ve told you?” I wait for her to answer me.
“Yes.”
I unzip my jeans and unbutton the top, pulling my cock out. “I’m so hard for you. I’m touching myself, but you have to wait. You have to listen to me stroke my cock.”
There’s a bit of precum at the tip, and I use it as lube. “If you had the video on, I’d show you how hard I am for you. My cock is dripping to be inside you.”
Another whimper from her and I’m teetering toward an abyss of pure oblivion, but I’m not ready to go there yet, not ready to make that jump into sweet ecstasy.
“You can move your hands out from beneath your bottom, but only trace along your pussy. Don’t touch yourself fully yet.”
Her soft gasps grow more pronounced. “Are you wet for me?”
“Yes.”
“Good. I’m glad I make you wet. I wish I could taste your sweetness. My tongue would be all over that sexy pussy, and I’d lick you in long, slow motions, working you up into a frenzy.”
“I’m already there,” Nova whispers. “You’re making me ache so much.”
The smile spreads across my face. What I wouldn’t give to feel that throbbing around my cock.
“It’s a good kind of ache, isn’t it, sweetheart?”
“Yes.” She’s breathier, more relaxed, and hell, sounding sexier if that’s even possible. “I want your cock in me.”
“You don’t want my tongue on your clit? Because I want to feel you rock those gorgeous hips against my face.”
“Ashton.” Her moan is delicious, and I don’t feel deserving enough to hear her, but I desire more.
“Move your hips against the mattress. Touch yourself for me.” I crave her body, her heart, her mind. I want all of her.
There are soft movements in the background, and I can only envision she’s doing as I’ve told her. “I want your cock inside of me.”
“Fuck, baby. I want that too,” I rasp. Her words make my shaft throb. I stroke myself, imagining it is her hand, her lips, her head bobbing up and down, taking me deeper.
Her moans grow more pronounced, sexier, as she nears the edge. “Come for me,” I whisper, finding it more of a struggle to speak, to form coherent thoughts as my cock aches for her pussy.
She whimpers and moans. “I’m so close, please, Ashton.” Her voice begs for me to fuck her, and I swear if I could get to her safely tonight, I would.
“You’re doing so good, baby.” My voice is hardly above a whisper. “I love watching and hearing you come.”
Nova moans, her gasps growing more audible as I listen to her chase her orgasm. It’s everything I could have imagined and even better.
After, she’s panting hard, breathing heavily as she seems to settle down. “Did you come?” Nova asks.
“Not yet.” My voice is gravelly. I stroke my cock, head tipped back, my motions faster with my fist. Now that I know she’s reached her climax, I allow myself to hurry mine.
“Come for me, Ashton.” Nova’s words echo in my ear. “I want to taste you in my mouth.”
Her naughty words send me over the edge.
My heart pounds wildly, and I tremble, feeling the swell overtake me.
I reach for a tissue, spilling my seed into it.
I bite down on my bottom lip to keep from moaning out loud.
I want Nova to hear me, but I have to be careful.
I’m not the only one in this hotel room.
I swear my heart is going to leap out of my chest as my eyes struggle to open. I’m sated, but it was worth it.
Holy fuck, that was good. “Thank you for playing along with me tonight.”
Nova initiates the video chat once again, and I click accept.
She’s lying in bed curled up on her side, the lights out, but I can catch a faint glow from her phone. “You were right, phone sex is fun.”
I wish I could be curled up against her, but staring at her will have to be enough. “Video sex will be even better the next time.”
Nova smiles and glances away. “No promises, but if you want to be on video while I have my camera off, I won’t say no.”