Page 76 of Crazy Love

“I know so,” Sam says. “Every single time we’ve ever gone out, like to a restaurant or to Top Golf…anywhere…girls will come up to Penn and he used to flirt and get all these numbers thrown at him.” He rolls his eyes when Penn tries to protest. “You know it’s true.” He leans in and grins at me. “But then, when he came back from the Bahamas, he told me about you.”

I perk up. “Did he really?”

Penn slides his hand down his face and gives me the side-eye. “I told you—you were on my mind.”

“He’s never talked to me about any girl. Not a single one. And then when I saw you together, it was like, oh yeah,” Sam says, nodding and giving us a cheesy grin.

We both laugh.

“You’re killing my intrigue, dude,” Penn says.

Sam’s hand flies out toward me. “You gotta let her know. She’s your wife now. You’re telling me all the time that I should tell Cassidy she’s pretty, or tell her how I like her hair or something like that…” His head tilts and he looks over at me. “Did he tell you that you look pretty this morning?”

You’re so fucking beautiful.Those were the words he chanted as he rode me hard in the wee hours of the morning. I press my cold glass of green juice up to my cheek to cool off.

“He did,” I say, somewhat raspy.

Penn nods, his lips tipping up in a closed smile, his eyes dancing with mischief. “I did, didn’t I? I’ll say it again though, to set a good example. You look really pretty this morning.”

My God, these guys are too much. “Thank you. You look really great too. You too, Sam,” I throw in there, and Sam eases the tension when he sits up straighter and pushes his hair back.

“Thanks,” he says. “I’m trying to get some of Penn’s swagger. What do you think?” He runs his hand through his hair and then does an expression that Penn makes when he’s about to say something funny or sexy, and it’s so fitting, we all crack up.

“I see what it’s like. There’s going to be a lot of ganging up on me around here, isn’t there?” Penn says, when we finally quiet down.

“You are really fun to tease,” I tell him.

He sends me a look that sends desire pulsing through me. “I don’t mind you teasing me one bit.”

I exhale a shaky breath. It’s going to be a constant challenge not to kiss his face off.

Somehow, this marriage, for Sam’s sake, feels more self-serving than I expected it to. The lines got blurred last night, and I like it that way. I’ll just have to stay on top of my feelings a little bit…not let myself get too carried away if we’re not on the same page here.

But damn, it’s hard to do when he looks at me like he can’t wait to get me back in bed.

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

NOT SO BLISSFUL

PENN

I don’t know how I manage to concentrate on anything but Addy over the next few days, but somehow I do. Sam had football practices over the weekend, and then each day, we get him off to school and then head to the training facility. Our first preseason game is tomorrow night and I think we’re ready. My parents pick Sam up from school, and Addy and I have started driving to work together. I work out while she preps food for the day,and then during our practices, she’s setting it all up so it’s ready when we pile into the cafeteria. Everyone loves her already, and no one has had anything but positive things to say about us being together.

I’m still getting teased a lot for settling down, but that’s to be expected.

Sometimes she’s done a little earlier than I am and vice versa, but so far, it’s been seamless. We’ve had nice dinners with Sam and last night, my parents joined us. It’s fun to see everyone interacting with each other. I’m happy to say that my parents and Addy are hitting it off, and Addy and Sam—they seem connected at the hip more every day.

It’s all feeling very domesticated and I’m shocked by how okay I am about all of it. I thought I would have a freak-out by now, and I am floundering a bit to know what comes next, but I’m just trying to be in the moment and enjoy the now. If I think too hard about everything, I might panic a little because it’s just all so fuckinggreat.

Like, too great for words.

Like, speechless great.

Because after we do all these normal things during the day, then at night, she works me over until I’m senseless in bed. Last night, we had barely shut the bedroom door after telling everyone goodnight and our clothes were off within seconds. I took her against the bedroom wall and then carried her to the bathtub while I ran a hot bath. She stepped into the water and then sat down, spread her legs, and motioned for me to come closer. When I did, she pulled me into the water, and it was the most epic night yet.

I’m ashamed to say that I’ve wondered how people can just want to be with one person. No one has ever made me want to go back for more, even if the sex between us was a positive experience.

But every time I’m with Addy, I’m already craving her more. I can’t wait for the next time,while I’m inside her.It’s absolutely insane.

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