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“Here it is, darlin’. It’s not much, but it’s home.”
She looked around with interest, taking in the room which was just a smaller version of the VIP suite she was staying in.
“This looks just like Uncle Bill’s room,” she said, sounding slightly disappointed.
“What did you expect, mirrors on the ceiling and a sex swing in the corner?”
She shrugged, then grinned. “No, but I figured you’d at least have some restraints built into your headboard or something.”
My eyebrows shot up in surprise. “Sorry to disappoint you, darlin’.
“That’s OK,” she said, patting me on the chest, “My headboard has slats that would be perfect to use with handcuffs.”
My cock twitched, but before I could act on it she noticed my old Louisville slugger resting on hooks mounted to the wall, with my newer bat hanging just underneath it.
She walked over and ran her fingertip along the grain of the wood on both, then glanced over her shoulder at me.
“My very first bat is the one on top. My mom told me to get rid of it after that night. Even after she cleaned it off, she was afraid there would be traces of blood on it that the cops would find if my dad reported me, but King let me keep it at his house. I think he knew that it meant a lot to me, so he held on to it until I prospected,” I confessed. “I’ve bought several others over the years since they crack or snap after a while. I always get the wooden bats though. I think the one on the bottom is the ninth one I’ve had…maybe the tenth.”
“Should I ask what you use them for?”
I shook my head. “Mostly just batting practice, but they are used to make a point now and then,” I admitted.
She narrowed her eyes and studied me carefully. “Club business?”
When I just nodded, she said, “I would have thought since you used to be an MMA fighter that you would just…use those skills when the need arises.” The careful way she phrased it made me grin.
“I’ve been known to do that too, but the bat is much more satisfying, and it keeps me from busting my knuckles open.”
I grabbed the clothes I needed, then we took them back to the VIP suite. Even though I was dying to touch her again, I knew that it probably wasn’t the best idea, given that she’d been on a fuckin’ emotional rollercoaster all day.
We ended up watching a movie, and Lauren fell asleep on my shoulder half-way through it. I picked her up to carry her to bed, and she stirred long enough to slip off her bra –without taking her T-shirt off, which was a damned shame – then removed her jeans.
Slipping beneath the covers in just her shirt and a pair of white lace panties that barely covered the sweet cheeks of her ass, she was asleep in minutes.
I undressed and stretched out beside her, wondering how long it would be before I could tell her that I was in love with her without her thinking I was full of shit like her ex had been.
Chapter 22
Lauren
I woke up with Jase spooning me, his arm draped over my waist and one of his legs sprawled on top of mine. He was lying so close to me that I could feel the steady rise and fall of his chest. Best of all, his hard cock was pressed into the crease of my ass. Hello, morning wood.
I shifted a little, and Jase stirred behind me.
“G’mornin’,” he mumbled, nuzzling his face into the crook of my shoulder and then kissing my neck.
I shivered at the sensation as goosebumps erupted on my flesh. Jase lifted his arm from my waist and ran his hand leisurely up over my stomach, sliding under the hem of my T-shirt and then cupping my breast. I caught my breath when his thumb grazed over my nipple, then gently tugged on it.
“Now this is a nice way to wake up,” he murmured, and I laughed softly.
“I didn’t realize you were such a cuddler.”
“Neither did I, darlin’, but I could get used to this.”
He rolled onto his back, taking me with him and then somehow lifting and flipping me so that I was straddling him. I stared at him dazedly, trying to figure out how the hell he’d managed that. He just smirked up at me.
“Nice moves,” I teased, then ran my fingers through my unruly curls to try to tame them and sweep them back out of my face.
