into his mouth. With his free hand, he tweaked her other nipple, pinching it until she was squirming beneath him once more. He kissed his way across her breast, up her neck, until his lips rested at the shell of her ear. “I’m coming around to third. What’s the call gonna be, Nat?”
He was a fool for giving her a choice. Her body, her flushed face, told him she was his for the taking, but he didn’t want to seduce her into something she’d only regret in the morning. He wanted her with him in this—one hundred percent.
He dragged his hand along the smooth skin of her stomach, working his fingers under the elastic band at her waist slowly. “Make the call.”
She stared at him for several painfully long moments. “You’re out,” she whispered.
He froze, his fingers resting lightly just above her pussy. “Out?”
She nodded slowly. “I think…I’m sure. Definitely out.”
He pulled his hand away, brushing a stray hair away from her face. “I won’t stop trying,” he warned her. “I get three outs. This was only one.”
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She looked at him and he wished he could read what was going on in her mind.
Her face wasn’t telling him a thing. She wasn’t smirking, wasn’t giving him a cocky victorious look. If anything she looked sad, guilty, tired.
“I have to warn you,” she said quietly. “I’m one helluva ballplayer.”
He chuckled, hoping to coerce a smile from her, trying to bring back the lightheartedness he’d seen in her face all day. He pressed his erection into her stomach, grinning when she gasped. “That’s sort of what I’m hoping for, Nat. I’ve actually got a couple of balls right here—”
She laughed, shoving at his shoulders, and he was relieved to see her spunky personality reemerge. “Get off me, you dirty boy. I’m going to bed. Alone.”
He pushed away from her, rising as she did, watching as she pulled her shirt back down. She headed for the stairs but he stopped her, his hands grasping her waist.
“No cheating,” he said.
She looked at him, confused, but before she could ask, he clarified. “No vibrator.
You don’t want me yet, that’s fine, but don’t you dare get yourself off with a piece of plastic, pretending it’s me.”
Her gaze narrowed and he braced himself for a fight. He wasn’t sure why he’d started this battle after all the trouble he’d just gone through to lighten the mood again.
All he knew was that he wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight if he thought she was finding her release without him, retreating back into her safe, lifeless box. She wasn’t going to take any more steps backward. From this moment on, they were moving forward.
“Another lesson?” Her question was laced with anger.
“I won’t be used in a fantasy when you’ve rejected the real thing. It doesn’t work that way.”
She closed her eyes wearily. “Fine.”
“Fine?”
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She gave him a laugh, looking at him again and placing her palm against his cheek.
“Seems a fair enough exchange. So long as the same deal applies to you.” She looked down at his obvious erection. “Hands off.”
He wanted to groan at the case of blue balls he was about to spend his night suffering through. “You are a cold, cold woman, Natalie Miller.” He smiled as he spoke and she giggled.
“I warned you.”
“So you did. And now I’m giving you a warning of your own. I’m gonna score in this game. I’m gonna score big.”
She acknowledged the challenge with a wicked look before turning to climb the stairs. The word “maybe” drifted down as she reached the top and he sighed, looking down at his cock.
“Sorry,” he muttered to the poor appendage. He chuckled as he walked to his own room. It was going to be a long night.
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Chapter Four
Monday
“Come on, babydoll. Rise and shine.”
Natalie opened her eyes to find Ewan leaning over her bed. “You have a nasty habit of waking me up too early in the
He was a fool for giving her a choice. Her body, her flushed face, told him she was his for the taking, but he didn’t want to seduce her into something she’d only regret in the morning. He wanted her with him in this—one hundred percent.
He dragged his hand along the smooth skin of her stomach, working his fingers under the elastic band at her waist slowly. “Make the call.”
She stared at him for several painfully long moments. “You’re out,” she whispered.
He froze, his fingers resting lightly just above her pussy. “Out?”
She nodded slowly. “I think…I’m sure. Definitely out.”
He pulled his hand away, brushing a stray hair away from her face. “I won’t stop trying,” he warned her. “I get three outs. This was only one.”
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Friday I’m in Love
She looked at him and he wished he could read what was going on in her mind.
Her face wasn’t telling him a thing. She wasn’t smirking, wasn’t giving him a cocky victorious look. If anything she looked sad, guilty, tired.
“I have to warn you,” she said quietly. “I’m one helluva ballplayer.”
He chuckled, hoping to coerce a smile from her, trying to bring back the lightheartedness he’d seen in her face all day. He pressed his erection into her stomach, grinning when she gasped. “That’s sort of what I’m hoping for, Nat. I’ve actually got a couple of balls right here—”
She laughed, shoving at his shoulders, and he was relieved to see her spunky personality reemerge. “Get off me, you dirty boy. I’m going to bed. Alone.”
He pushed away from her, rising as she did, watching as she pulled her shirt back down. She headed for the stairs but he stopped her, his hands grasping her waist.
“No cheating,” he said.
She looked at him, confused, but before she could ask, he clarified. “No vibrator.
You don’t want me yet, that’s fine, but don’t you dare get yourself off with a piece of plastic, pretending it’s me.”
Her gaze narrowed and he braced himself for a fight. He wasn’t sure why he’d started this battle after all the trouble he’d just gone through to lighten the mood again.
All he knew was that he wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight if he thought she was finding her release without him, retreating back into her safe, lifeless box. She wasn’t going to take any more steps backward. From this moment on, they were moving forward.
“Another lesson?” Her question was laced with anger.
“I won’t be used in a fantasy when you’ve rejected the real thing. It doesn’t work that way.”
She closed her eyes wearily. “Fine.”
“Fine?”
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She gave him a laugh, looking at him again and placing her palm against his cheek.
“Seems a fair enough exchange. So long as the same deal applies to you.” She looked down at his obvious erection. “Hands off.”
He wanted to groan at the case of blue balls he was about to spend his night suffering through. “You are a cold, cold woman, Natalie Miller.” He smiled as he spoke and she giggled.
“I warned you.”
“So you did. And now I’m giving you a warning of your own. I’m gonna score in this game. I’m gonna score big.”
She acknowledged the challenge with a wicked look before turning to climb the stairs. The word “maybe” drifted down as she reached the top and he sighed, looking down at his cock.
“Sorry,” he muttered to the poor appendage. He chuckled as he walked to his own room. It was going to be a long night.
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Chapter Four
Monday
“Come on, babydoll. Rise and shine.”
Natalie opened her eyes to find Ewan leaning over her bed. “You have a nasty habit of waking me up too early in the
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