She rolls her eyes, but still can’t hide the smile wanting to escape. I let my hand wander higher until its brushes the back of her knee.
Her breath hitches. “Tell me something about you,” she says. “Something I can’t find on Wikipedia. Something about the man beyond the myth.”
“Not a lot here. I play baseball. Got drafted by the Yankees outta college.”
“Bullshit.” She captures my hand with hers, pulling it higher up her leg, inching me towards the heat I so desperately want to claim. Damn, this girl is something else.
“Excuse me?”
“You left out the whole thing about being in the bar business.”
“It was a good investment. The guys I work with are my friends. When I meet beautiful women who hate my first career, it gives me something else to talk about.”
Her expression changes to mock outrage and she completes the look by holding a hand to her heart. “Who’ve you been talking to?”
I lean toward her, letting my fingertips rest a breath away from her panties, smirking at her reaction to my teasing. “Just this girl I picked up at a New Year’s Eve party. She really likes to remind me how much my career path sucks.”
“Someone’s gotta make sure that ego of yours doesn’t suffocate you,” she breathes. No matter how turned on she gets, she still resists with her spitfire humor. Just watching her struggle is damn sexy. “It’d be such a shame.”
Her face hovers inches from mine. I can still remember the feel of her lips at the baseball diamond. We both know where this evening is going.
I close the gap between us, kissing her and slipping two fingers under the lace of her panties. She moans, her mouth soft, and I pull her onto my lap.
CHAPTER SIX
Shelby
Straddling him, I take Knox’s face in my hands and kiss him. I trace the seam of his lips, tasting the burn of whiskey. It’s a potent mixture, each kiss getting me hotter until every part of me screams for more.
I struggle out of the sweatshirt, needing more contact with him. It falls to the ground, leaving my shoulders bare.
Tonight will be enough, I promise myself. Just a special way to ring in the New Year. We’ll wring each other dry and then Knox can go back to New York and I’ll focus on finding a real relationship. He won’t ever know who I am and the guys at the bar won’t find out. But tonight, before we go our separate ways, I plan to put this baseball player through his paces.
His tongue sweeps through my mouth while his fingers slip under my dress and knead my ass. He moves his fingers to tease my opening, withholding any real pressure, and I let out a frustrated moan. I’m already soaked and this isn’t alleviating the problem. Tilting my hips I try to direct his fingers, but he’s intent on taking his time and moves them away.
“I’m in charge here, slugger.” I whimper at the absence of his fingers, but he settles his hands on my hips, pulling me closer. The pressure of his hard cock straining under his jeans alone is enough to push me over the edge. “I’m going to claim your *, baby. You’ll be screaming my name all night.”
Fuck. I catch his lip between my teeth and pull. I don’t surrender that easily. He inhales sharply and he retaliates by slipping my panties down over my ass.
I can feel his cock pressing against me. Even though there are so many layers of clothing between us, the friction is insane.
He trails kisses down my throat finding my pulse in my neck.
“God I am so ready to fuck you Shelby,” he whispers in my ear. “I can’t wait to feel your wet * on my cock.”
I can hardly speak, rocking against his erection. It connects with my clit making me shiver.
“So greedy,” Knox teases. He shifts under me and I let out a moan of disappointment when my clit loses contact with his cock. Gently he lays me back against my couch. His hands slip under my dress and he hooks his thumbs into the sides off my panties. I shift my hips and let him pull them down.
“Overrunning second base?” I tease. He balls up my panties and throws them over his shoulder.
“File a protest.”
Knox stares at my *. I sigh and let my legs fall open further, as he traces kisses up my skin. His whiskers scrape against me and it sends jolts straight to my clit. All that anticipation is paying off. I can’t remember the last time I was this turned on.
I pull my hips up off the couch, ready to accept everything he has to offer.
Knox teases his way up and down my thighs, a nip here and a kiss there, until I’m sure I’ll scream out from wanting him. I shift, trying to force his hand to do what I want. Gripping my hips, he holds me steady and slips his tongue between my lips, licking me passionately. He sucks my clit and the world starts to fragment. I thread one hand through his hair and I bite my finger on my other, trying to force myself to stay in one piece.