She nodded. “Understandable. I mean, really, Tucker, I understand. You’ve worked your ass off to get where you are. Once I found out what my father did, I understood the choice you made.”
She was letting him off the hook, and that wasn’t acceptable. He shook his head. “No, it wasn’t okay, Aubry. I didn’t want to tell you what he said because I didn’t want to put you in the middle between me and your father, forcing you to have to make a choice between us. Second, I should have chosen you. Right away, I should have chosen you. Because without you, this career means nothing to me.”
Aubry’s heart did that squeezing thing again, like it always did since she’d fallen in love with Tucker. She swallowed, her throat gone dry as she struggled for a response. “I . . . your career is everything to you.”
“Yeah, it is. But when I tried to keep my distance from you, baseball didn’t have the same spark. So while I love the game, I love you more. And I’m so sorry that I didn’t realize that right away. Please forgive me for hurting you.”
Now the tears fell, and she blinked them back. “Tucker. I love you, too.”
He pulled her into his arms and kissed her, and it was like an explosion of warmth and love and the passion that had always been there with him. It was as if everything in her world was right as long as he was holding her.
“I’ve missed you,” he said, rubbing his lips against hers.
She felt the heaviness of his hard cock pressing against her hip. “I’ve missed you, too. Make love to me.”
He picked her up and carried her into her bedroom, then set her on the bed. He stood next to the bed and pulled off his T-shirt, then unzipped his pants, kicked off his shoes and let his jeans drop to the floor.
Aubry arched a brow. “Commando, huh?”
“I was in a hurry.”
She reached for his cock. “Works for me.”
She stroked him, tipping her head back to watch his face as she wound her hand around him, then put her mouth on him. His loud groans were her undoing, making her dampen and quiver with need.
He pulled his cock from between her lips and pushed her back on the bed.
“I need my cock inside of you.”
He tugged on her capris and pulled them off, along with her underwear, then dragged her shirt over her head and made quick work of taking off her bra. Once naked, he swept his hands over her body.
“I’ve missed you like this. Naked, with my hands on you.”
She shivered under his touch, those amazing goose bumps she got whenever he touched her. “Yes. Touch me.”
He cupped the globes of her breasts, then rubbed his thumbs back and forth over her nipples, making her ache. As he snaked his hands down over her ribs, she parted her legs, giving him access to her sex. He cupped her, rubbed her clit and slipped his fingers inside of her, making her gasp at the shattering sensations he could evoke so quickly.
She hadn’t made herself come since the last time they were together. It had been too long, and she was so ready she could go off right now. But, like Tucker, she wanted to come with him inside her.
“Now,” she said. “I want you inside me now, making me come.”
He got a condom and put it on, then pulled her to the edge of the bed and bent one of her legs, wedging it between his arm and body to hold her in place while he entered her. Then he leaned forward, thrusting into her with slow, deliberate strokes.
“This is where I belong, Aubry,” he said as he moved within her. “This is where you belong.”
“Yes.” She arched her hips, giving him deeper access.
He bent and stretched lengthwise across her body, cradling her head between his hands, and kissed her. She was lost in him, drawn into the mix of love and sex, of emotion and powerful physical sensation.
“I can feel you tightening around me,” Tucker said as he withdrew, then pushed into her. “Can you feel my cock swelling?”
She swept her hands over his shoulders, raking her nails down his arms. “I feel everything.”
And when he ground against her, she splintered, unable to hold back her wild cry as she released. Tucker took her mouth, groaning against her lips as he came. She held tight to him as she rode out the waves of her shattering orgasm that left her limp, but oh so satisfied.
“Mmm,” was all she could say afterward.
“Yeah.” He pulled away and disappeared to deal with the condom, then came back. He sprawled on his side next to her and played with her hair.
“Do you work tomorrow?” he asked.
“No, I’m off.”
“Good. We can stay up the rest of the night having sex.”
She laughed. “Are you sure you have the energy for that? You’ve had kind of a busy night.”
He toyed with her nipple, watching as it perked to a tight point. “Babe. I’ve got stamina to spare.”
She looked over at him. “You’re running on adrenaline. Eventually you’ll crash.”
“Maybe.” He bent and licked her nipple, then blew on it, making her laugh. “We’ll see how long I last then. I give it four or five more times.”
She rolled her eyes. “I’m not sure I’ll last for four or five more times.”
“Lightweight.”