How was I supposed to spend all that time with him?
How could I resist him?
I will do it because of Sophie.
“Mommy!” As soon as I opened the door, Sophie flung herself into my arms. I held her tightly and inhaled her scent. It was the sweetest smell in the world. I smiled, knowing that whatever Mr. Sommers put me through would all be worth it because it would make Sophie’s life easier.
“It smells good in here.”
“Mrs. Miller has been cooking for hours. I can’t wait until we move in with her, Mommy. The three of us are going to be so happy.” I smiled down at my daughter, saddened that the simplest things would make her happy, while other children had the whole world and still wanted more. She would never know just how much I loved her even if I told her every day.
“Well, Sophie, Mommy got a new job today. So, if it’s okay with you, Mrs. Miller will be tucking you in every night for a few weeks while Mommy goes to this other job.”
“That’s okay, Mommy. I know how hard you work for us. I’m proud of you.” The next words I wanted to say were lodged in my throat, and my eyes had begun to water.
“Sophie Girl, I am so lucky to be your mommy.”
Bryant
I woke up in a heavy sweat, my body damp and my heart rate accelerating. This was the second time tonight I’d dreamed of her. I reached down and touched my cock, the fucker rock-hard. I closed my eyes and thought about her tanned flesh, how the tops of her breasts had been slightly visible in that white dress shirt she had on under her suit.
I held my dick in my hand and pumped my palm over the length, up and down, harder and faster as I thought about her succulent red lips wrapped around me. I could practically feel the warmth of her mouth. I thought about how she would look spread on my bed with her legs wide open, exposing that sweet pussy to me.
God, no doubt that cunt would be so lush, so sexy.
I wanted to have my lips on her, making her so needy that she would beg me for her release.
I felt the pressure in my balls building, and then my own release came rushing forward. I lay there for a moment, letting my mind take in the fact that I’d finally succumbed to a woman. For some reason, she’d gotten under my skin, and it irritated me. I was who I was because I didn’t get distracted by anything. That’s why I found it so fucking ludicrous that I had to prove my commitment to the team.
I was goal-oriented. I had nothing in my life but my sister and Trevor. I liked it like that because it meant I could give my all to the game I loved so much. I didn’t like complications, and that’s what women were.
I also wasn’t the kind of man to take advantage of them for my own gain. It would have been so easy to fuck some random puck bunny every day of the week, but that wouldn’t feel right to me. I’d feel like some asshole…like my father. I’d be just another piece of shit male taking what he wanted from a young woman. Women were to be respected and cherished, not used and discarded like tissue paper.
For the first time in my life, I was distracted by a woman—and not just any woman, but a mother. I knew I should have let her go. I knew she should be completely off-limits, but here I was, longing to make her mine.
From the moment I saw her, I knew I had to claim Holly.
Chapter Four
Bryant
“She’s late,” I bellowed to Trevor as I paced my living room. I’d been going back and forth so often for the past half hour that I was pretty sure some parts of the carpet were already worn out.
“She has a kid. People with kids always seem to be running late. They have to put together that diaper bag or something.”
“She has a six-year-old, not an infant.”
“So, she has a bigger diaper bag.” I just looked at Trevor, knowing my expression was one of exasperation. For someone who was so cunning, he was also incredibly stupid.
“We could go with that other chick, she—” Before Trevor could finish his sentence, I turned to him and leveled him with my eyes.
“Under no circumstances will I do this with anyone other than Holly. Do you hear me, Trevor?”
“She really got under your skin.” Trevor looked at me with a perplexed expression on his face. “You’ve never been worked up over a woman before. Sure, you’re always nice to them, but they’ve never gotten to you like this. Damn, I never thought I would see the day.”