Page 41 of Wanting the Winger

“I love you, too.”

I end the call and give Lainey a look.“What the hell was that?”

She shrugs.“You fucked around and found out.How did your mom hear about me and Shane breaking up?”

“Probably just neighborhood gossip.Maybe your mom told her.”

“It’s probably the only time anything gossip-worthy will happen to me,” she quips.

She has her hair pulled up in a high ponytail, a loose strand resting against one of her rosy cheeks.I want to pick her up, set her on the kitchen counter and kiss the hell out of her.Find out just how pink those cheeks can get.Pull her body flush against mine.

“Can you keep an eye on things while I get a quick shower?”she asks.

My cock twitches with interest.I had to do another round of Stormi the Meateorologist last night before my balls exploded, but with the sound off since Lainey was upstairs.I couldn’t get off until I stopped watching Stormi and started imagining sneaking into Lainey’s room.

I fantasized about her waking up to find me getting into bed with her.She blushed and asked me what I wanted.I told her to be a good girl and undress for me.Just the thought of touching her pussy was enough to get me there.

When I lost my virginity, it was to a woman who was twenty-one.I was eighteen.I was so damn careful in high school, busting my ass to make it in hockey and unwilling to risk getting someone pregnant.

Every woman I’ve ever been with has been experienced.Bare pussies, sexy tats, sometimes even pierced nipples.I’ve always enjoyed women who know what they want in bed and aren’t afraid to ask for it.

But Lainey’s innocence is like a drug to me.I’m sure she’s not a virgin, but she’s shy.I imagine she’s a passive participant, and Shane probably only did the bare minimum.Does she even know how mind-blowing sex can be?

In my fantasies, she has no idea.She gasps and blushes and presses her knees together.I’m so wound up wondering how she’d respond if I tried anything.

I can’t, of course.Not when she’s fresh off a breakup.But fuck, it’s killing me to spend so much time with her and never touch her.Or worse, only touch her in a platonic way.

When she came home from Columbus that night, all I wanted was to fuck the hurt away.I’m not that guy, though.I ignored my urges and only offered her comfort.

“I got it,” I tell her.“You want me to cut up the bread?”

Her eyes flash with alarm.“No!Don’t touch it.”

“What if I just fondle it a little bit?”

She laughs.“You’re such a creep.Don’t fondle my sourdough.”

“Just some dirty talk?”

A light flush blooms on her cheeks.That’s...encouraging.

“Have at it, as long as you’re done when I get back in fifteen minutes.”

She goes upstairs and I hear her turn on some music.She loves ’80s songs.I’m just glad she’s not curled up in a corner listening to “Everybody Hurts” by REM on repeat.She was so upset the night she broke it off with Shane I thought she might be down for a while.

Lainey’s resilient, though.And brave.That time she showed up at my house to tell me she had feelings for me, I reacted the way an adult should act when a minor tells them that.I told her we couldn’t get involved and I couldn’t take her to her prom.

I admired her courage, though.When her parents suggested that maybe she become a science teacher instead of reaching for her own goal of getting a doctorate to become a microbiology researcher, she told them she knew what she wanted and she was going to get it.

People told me I’d never make it in hockey.Especially after I got cut from my high school team.But their doubts were fuel to my fire.I refused to be outworked.

I’d be so damn proud to have Lainey on my arm.She’s a strong, smart, beautiful woman who doesn’t let anyone put her in a box.It might not be fair for me to shoot my shot with her when she’s ready, but I don’t think I could forgive myself if I didn’t at least try.

“No way!”Lainey laughs as she scrolls through the photos on Suki’s phone from yesterday.“How long did it take to clean him up?”

“Hours,” Carter grumbles.“It wasn’t just him.There was mud all over the house.Wait ’til you get to the one of the shower.”

Mara is sitting next to Lainey, and she howls with laughter when she sees one of the pictures.Suki told us she and the girls were walking Darling yesterday and he bolted for the muddy front yard of a house under construction.By the time they got home, Darling, Suki and all the girls were covered in mud.

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