“He’s pretty busy, yeah. Maybe that will change in the off-season.”
“Is he seeing anyone else?” she blurted out. “I hate to ask you, since you’re his bodyguard and probably have to keep secrets and stuff. But… would you tell me if he was?”
“You’ll have to ask Luke. But if he’s making excuses about why he can’t go out with you… maybe you should start looking elsewhere.” I left her standing there and went inside.
Luke was standing in front of the coffee machine. “What are you smiling about?”
“Nothing,” I said, kissing him on the cheek.
Full Stallions practices resumed the following Monday. If anyone was surprised to see me shadowing Luke more closely than before, they didn’t say anything. While we were in the weight lifting room, I overheard him chatting with some of his teammates.
“You’re just… dating? Out in the open like that?” Brody Carter asked.
“Sure. Why not?”
Dallas Lockett shook his head in wonder. “When I started dating my wife, we had to keep it a secret, since she was working as a trainer for the team.”
“Had to do the same with my missus,” Brody agreed. “She was on the cheer team, and my ex was the head cheerleader. It blew up in her face when we were found out.”
“I ran into the same thing with Wendy,” Steve Cooper said. “She was the Defensive Coordinator, pretty much my fucking boss.”
“Quite literally yourfuckingboss, if you catch my drift,” Brody said, elbowing him in the ribs.
Luke laughed along with them. “That sounds lame. I’d hate to have to keep things a secret with Caz.”
I had been eavesdropping long enough, so I loudly said, “I’m glad we don’t have to hide it, either.” I gave his ass a firm smack in passing, which made his teammates roar with laughter.
Luke glared at me. “I’m going to make you pay for that later.”
I bit my lip. “You’d better.”
True to his word, Luke took it out on me when we got home from practice. He manhandled me in the sexiest way possible, throwing me down on the bed and kissing me roughly. He held my arms out to the side while fucking me. Then he rolled me over, squeezed both of my wrists together behind my back, and drove into me from behind so hard and rough that I came twice in quick succession.Lexi definitely heard those screams of pleasure, I thought happily while we cuddled after.
I loved how strong Luke was. I had never been fucked that roughly before, and I realized that Iloved it. There was a weird duality of feeling totally powerless, but also totally safe.Maybe those people who use handcuffs in bed are actually on to something.
“You seemed to enjoy that,” Luke purred.
“So did you,” I replied.
“I like making love to you every which way.”
I leaned across his chest and brushed my lips against his. “Oh, honey. That wasn’t making love. That wasfucking.”
He grabbed a handful of my hair and pulled me back into another kiss. “Give me five more minutes and I’llreallysee how much you can handle.”
Before I could think of something sexy to reply with, his phone rang on the nightstand. He rolled me over and grabbed the phone. “It’s my mom.” He put the phone to his ear. “Hey, Momma.”
I was close enough to him that I could hear her through the speaker. “Luke, it’s about Blair. She got something in the mail that you need to see.”
20
Luke
I barely remember traveling to Philadelphia. I don’t remember much of anything. Cazzie would later tell me I signed autographs for some fans in the airport, and made a joke with the TSA agent about next week’s game, but I didn’t recall any of that. After getting the phone call from my mom, my vision narrowed and the world vibrated in a soft hum. My surroundings rushed around me as if everything else was moving while I stood still.
I had never felt this level of anger before. I wanted to find this guy and beat the living shit out of him. I wanted tokillhim. Deep down in my brain, I knew that kind of rage should scare me, but I didn’t care. I wanted to destroy everything around me until nothing was left.
We arrived at our house in Philadelphia. Two inches of snow covered the lawn, but the driveway and sidewalk were freshly shoveled. I didn’t bother knocking—I threw open the door and stormed inside like the attacker was there, waiting for me. I found my family gathered around the dining room table—Mom, Momma, and Blair and Alex.