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Therewascuddling and a shower.We washed each other’s hair, and it was almost more intimate than getting a blowjob. The lights were on, which meant that I was staring into Axel’s brown eyes as Ishampooedhim.
We both got all boned up again, of course. So Axel poured another dollop of shampoo into his hand and jacked us together while we kissed. I came with his tongue in my mouth and my hands on his ass, and he followed immediately. We were still breathing hard when I put my lips beside his ear. “Love watchingyoucome.”
His hand gripped my waist. “Back atyou,hon.”
When we got out of the shower, my body felt impossibly warm and sated. I chased drops of water off my skin with a towel, then stumbled into myunderwear.
Axel brushed his teeth and climbed into bed before I did. When I emerged from the bathroom, I didn’t know what to do. I walked slowly around the room, into the space between the two beds. I wanted to climb in with Axel, but I didn’t know what he expected of me. Setting my watch on the nightstand, I was still puzzling over it when Axel flipped the covers aside, making roomforme.
I didn’t need to be asked twice. I climbed in beside him, but apparently that wasn’t good enough, because he tugged me halfway onto his chest. I settled onto his pillow, my face in the crook of his neck. He smelled like hotel soap andpureman.
“Been waiting a long time for this, too,” hemurmured.
“Mmm.” I didn’t know what to say. This would be the first time in my life I’d ever slept with a lover. (Amy and I had shared a bed on vacation, but it was well after our ridiculously brief sexual relationship. It in no waycounted.)
The fact that I was in Axel’s arms? It was an unexpected gift. I was determined to appreciate it, even if I knew I only got onenight.
“You know…” Hehesitated.
“What?”
“This should seem…unfamiliar. We haven’t seen each other for years. We’ve never donethis. But it’s…nice. Familiar. Not weird.” He sighed. “Am Icrazy?”
I shook my head, too overcome to speak much. “You’re still you.” It might be the dumbest sentence I’d ever uttered. But that’s exactly how I felt. The Axel I’d always wanted was the same one who lay here with me. My memory of him hadn’t liedtome.
“You’re still you, too,” he whispered. Then he kissed me on the top of the head and it made me ridiculouslyhappy.
ChapterTwelve
Axel
Iwokeup pressed up against Cax, his hard dick poking me in the ass. A little morning sex would have been fun, but the hotel clock showed that it was already eight o’clock. The team bus was leaving at eight-thirty, and I had to beonit.
Sliding out of bed, I was careful not to wake him. He looked so peaceful—his sandy hair against the pillow, his faceserene.
Tiptoeing into the bathroom, I considered asking him for a ride back to Henning. But then I’d have to explain to the team that I’d caught a ride, which would sound odd. And I knew I’d already pushed Cax with this stolen getaway. He wouldn’t really want anyone to see him dropping me off in town. I didn’t want to ask thatofhim.
After I got dressed and brushed my teeth, I found Cax stirring inthebed.
“You can sleep,” I said. “But my bus isleavingsoon.”
He raised his head. “How will you getthere?”
“I think I’ll walk. It’s just a fewblocks.”
He slid his legs over the side of the bed. “I’lldropyou.”
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There wasn’tany time for awkwardness. We jumped into our clothes, packed, and then shoved our bags intohiscar.
In the parking lot of the team’s hotel, Cax picked a spot that was well away from the waiting bus. As he put the car into park, we saw athletes in Barmuth jackets emerging from thefrontdoor.
“Thanks for the lift,” I said, trying forcasual.
He sighed. “Thanks foreverything.” His hazel eyes flickered to mine and then away again. “I had agreattime.”
