Page 79 of False Start
The flutter of her lashes caress against my chest as she slowly starts to stir in my arms. Her hands tighten around me, pulling me in closer.
I place a soft kiss on her temple. “Good morning, baby girl.”
“Good morning, handsome,” she replies in a groggy voice.
Shifting, she rolls to her side so that she can look up at me, her gaze filled with so much softness and adoration, and I press my lips to hers. She giggles into my mouth, pushing me away with as much strength as she can muster. “Stop, I haven’t brushed my teeth yet.”
Rolling her over, I pin her body into the mattress with mine. “I don’t care about morning breath. I just want to taste you.” I kiss her again, her muscles relaxing into my touch.
Her body goes soft under me, her hands cupping the back of my head as she tenderly strokes the hairs at the nape of my neck.
I press slow, soft kisses to her lips, her forehead, her nose and her temple, smiling at the giggles that she lets out at each one of them.
We lie there for a few moments before she starts to shift and I let her go, watching as she scurries out of bed and walks to the ensuite bathroom. After a few moments, I hear the toilet flush before the sink is running, and then she’s walking out in one of my t-shirts she must have borrowed from my closet. She comes back to the bed, straddling my lap as she grabs my face and kisses me again. My hands snake around her waist, kneading her ass cheeks before traveling under my shirt and across her back, pulling her closer to me.
“Last night was perfect, Jake. Thank you for taking care of me,” she whispers against my lips.
“I should be the one thanking you for allowing me to see you like this. I hate that any other man got to see you, but I'll be the only one from now on who gets to see this beautiful body and love you the way you deserve.”
Her body slightly tenses under my touch before she’s kissing me again.
We lazily make out for a while, no pressure to take things further. Her body fits so perfectly into mine and I never want to let her go.
After a few moments, we both get up as I pull on a pair of sweatpants and we make our way to the kitchen. I start by grabbing the eggs, milk and cheese from the fridge while Kailyn walks over to the couch and snuggles up under the blankets.
Once I’ve gotten the pan set up and the stove turned on, I crack the eggs into a bowl, add some milk, a little salt and butter, and whisk it together before pouring it into the pan. I let it cook for a few moments before I add the cheese and mix it all together to make a perfectly fluffy scrambled egg. Plating everything, I join Kailyn on the couch as we both dig in and watch whatever’s playing on the TV.
“What are your plans for the day?” She asks curiously after a while of us sitting in comfortable silence.
“Connor had asked me yesterday if I wanted to join him and a few of the guys for lunch, but I told them no. So my day is free,” I say nonchalantly.
“Why did you tell him no?”
“I wanted to spend the day with you. I thought we could cook breakfast, have a lazy day of movies and snuggling and just be together.”
She smiles at me, leaning up and kissing me lightly. “I love that idea, but you should go hang out with them. I don’t want to take away from these moments or your time spent with your team. I'm not running away or going anywhere.”
“Will you come back over when I’m done?”
“How about, if you’re okay with it, I stay here while you’re gone and then later we can do all the things you talked about? Movies and cuddling, and maybe?” She presses a kiss to the underside of my jaw. “If you’re a goodboy, I’ll reward you afterwards.” She kisses down my jaw, trailing kisses to my neck as she sucks at the tender flesh.
I groan at her touch, my hands grabbing her ass as I squeeze the flesh into my hands. “Then, I better be a good boy for you.”
She pulls back, smiling so brightly and I hope to never lose that smile again.
I text Connor, letting him know that I’ll be joining them after all. Knowing that I get to come home to her after this is the biggest reward she could ever give me, and while I want to spend every second with her that I can, I know that she also wants me to live my life and enjoy these moments while we still have them.
Reluctantly, I get up from underneath her and make my way to my bedroom to get dressed. Once I’m dressed and ready to go, I walk into the living room to see her back in my shirt, snuggled on the couch with a cup of tea in her hands. “Don’t you look cozy over there,” I tease, walking around the back of the couch to drop a kiss to her forehead.
“I’m making myself at home.”
Home.
She just called my house home, and it sets my heart racing at a million miles an hour at the thought of this possibly being our home one day soon. I want this to be ours together. The future that I thought I had dreamed up in high school slowly starts to creep back in, and the possibilities are endless.
Some things may have changed and new dreams have emerged, but one thing is the same, every version includes her.
Chapter 31
