Page 70 of Go Deep (A Bad Boy Sports Romance)
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Cassidy
Ishoweredand dressed and even put on a bit of makeup, ready to get to the street party. Miranda and Shawn had shed new light on things with Slade, and now that his team had the SECs behind them and were victorious, I had to see him.
I’d found a cute little black dress to wear. It was a knee-length, asymmetrical pattern with one off-the-shoulder sleeve, something I’d bought but never found the place to wear it because I made a habit of spending all my time in class and cheerleading practice, mostly. Tonight, it would do. I put on my shoes, a pair of silver and black high-heeled strappy sandals, and grabbed the matching clutch purse. Then I remembered the necklace and peacock pendant. I hadn’t worn it over Thanksgiving, but tonight felt like the right time to celebrate having them together again.
Miranda sent me a text just as I found my keys, telling me to take the back walkways because of the crowd. Replying to her message is what distracted me when I pulled open my dorm room door to leave. I walked right into Slade’s chest as he stood there with his hand raised, about to knock.
I stood there, stunned and frozen, barely able to blink. My heart started pounding yet I couldn’t breathe. My mouth opened but I couldn’t say a word. I was not expecting to see him here after winning that game. His hand ran up into his messy, blonde hair. I don’t remember the last time I’d noticed his eyes, which looked more emerald than hazel under this light. Before either of us could talk, we had forgiven each other. I just felt it. I’d seen that expression he got on his face when he’d softened up to an idea before.
All of a sudden the energy between us was heavy and thick with need. It seemed like I blinked, and the next second later he had smashed his mouth to mine and parted my lips, fingers anchored in my hair and palms pressed to the side of my face for a kiss I wasn’t ever going to forget even when I was old and grey and grumpy. I closed my eyes and thought of how much we’d been through, and how even now as he kissed me, I had missed him all those times we’d had disagreements.
It felt like making up for lost time, right there at the front door, without words. My hands were tugging his shirt out of his pants and my leg had stretched up one of his legs, not caring that we were about to have at it in the doorway. No one was around anyway, but even if they were, I doubt I’d care. A second later he lifted me up, and I wrapped my legs around his hips as we kissed, letting the hem of my dress ride all the way up past my hips. My hands were now up under his shirt, pressed against his back, wanting to be that much closer to him.
Slade groaned into our kiss and stepped inside, kicking the door closed behind him, then turning around to lean my back against it. I scrambled to undo his belt and freed his hardness. I couldn’t wait any longer. Neither could Slade, because his hand slipped into his pocket and almost instantly was biting into the side of a condom wrapper. I took the condom and reached between us to slip it over him, then lifted my hips, shoving my thong underwear aside to lower myself on him. My hands went into his hair now, gripping the back of his head for leverage while my hips rocked and writhed and met every one of his thrusts with no hesitation.
We were feeding off each other, climbing to frenzied heights, taking and giving and building until I couldn’t keep it in anymore.
“I love you, Slade,” I cried out through my climax, sure that tears of ecstasy and emotional overload would follow. I didn’t even care that I’d said it first.
Slade kissed my neck and gripped my hips, pressing me down onto his hardness until he growled out when he came. Spent, he carried me over to my bed and cradled my back to lower me onto it. Before he let me go, he looked at the pendant and smiled. “I’ve loved you long before I knew what that meant.”
There wasn’t more to say after that, so we relaxed in my bed, listening to the roar of the revelers and music outside, certain that whatever celebrations were in store for us from tonight on, we were going to share them together.
