Total pages in book: 86
Estimated words: 81694 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 408(@200wpm)___ 327(@250wpm)___ 272(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 81694 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 408(@200wpm)___ 327(@250wpm)___ 272(@300wpm)
Trinity nodded. “Yeah, smart.” Then, she stepped back and turned to me. “Shiloh, this is Maddy Hughes, Blaise’s wife. Maddy, this is Shiloh Ellis, Gage’s girlfriend.”
Maddy held out her hand. “I’ve heard about you. I will admit, hearing that there was a female alive who was Gage’s kryptonite—I’m quoting Blaise on that one—was hard to believe. I’m honored to meet you.” The sincerity in her words made me relax.
I slipped my hand into hers. “It’s nice to meet you too. As for being his kryptonite, well, I was surprised too.”
Maddy laughed, and her eyes twinkled with amusement.
“Speaking of Gage,” Trinity said, “he’s getting unsettled. You might want to go ease that.”
I turned to find him watching me. The intensity in his gaze made my body flush and the area between my legs tingle. “I’ll chat with you ladies later,” I told them and headed through the crowd, stepping over legs as I went to the corner of the sectional sofa he was sitting on.
He patted his leg, and I moved my body between his knees before sinking down onto his lap.
His arms circled me, and I felt his warm breath on my ear. “You smell like fucking cookies.”
I grinned. “Because I made three dozen,” I replied.
“At halftime, I’m fucking you. We can go to my room.”
I shivered, then nodded.
“How’s life been, Shiloh?”
I turned to see a man looking at me who had to be of Italian descent.
“That’s Mattia,” Gage said against my ear.
“Oh, um, it’s been interesting,” I replied, which made him laugh.
“Glad you’re back.”
“And she’s not a bitch this time,” Levi added, walking over to sink down onto a chair to the right of us.
“Levi.” Gage’s threat was clear in his voice.
I leaned forward and sighed, looking at him. “Levi, don’t poke at him.”
He smirked and took a drink from the beer in his hand.
A man stood up, taking the blonde who had been with him at the other end of the sofa, and bowed his head at Blaise before going to find another seat. I realized he was giving up the seat to Blaise. He sat down, then took Maddy’s hand and pulled her down onto his lap.
Gage slipped his hand under my shirt and began to make little circles on my stomach with his finger. I glanced at him, but his attention was on the television. They were talking about the Buccaneers. I knew enough from listening to them yesterday that this was Florida’s team and who they all wanted to win.
I leaned back and relaxed against him. He talked about the players with Levi and Mattia. Huck came in and sat in a large leather chair on the other side of the room. Trinity curled up with him, and he held her like she was something precious and fragile. It had been odd, seeing him with her this weekend. I’d not been around the two of them much before, and seeing that massive man turn into someone else with Trinity was interesting.
My attention was back on the television as the game started when a beer appeared beside me and Gage reached up to take it. I glanced up, and my body tensed. Destiny glared at me before walking over to hand Levi a beer, then wrapping her body around him. She was wearing an extremely short red dress that barely covered her boobs. It was so low-cut that I wasn’t sure how she kept them from escaping. I jerked my gaze off her as she began whispering in Levi’s ear, and Gage pulled me closer to him and pressed a kiss to the side of my face.
Forcing myself to relax was difficult, but I tried. The fact that she’d brought Gage a beer pissed me off. I needed to work on my jealousy with her though because it seemed Levi liked her. Gage moved his hand further up my shirt and tugged the side of my bra down, then began cupping my bare breast. That was distracting. If he was attempting to get my mind off Destiny—or anything else really—it was working.
“She’s not you,” he said against my ear.
I wanted to tell him I was fine. It was fine. But then I’d be lying. Instead, I just nodded. He pinched my nipple and rolled it between his thumb and finger. My breathing started getting erratic. Gage slowly reached down and pulled my bra back up, then moved his hand back to my stomach, where he kept it.
A large redheaded man shouted at the television, and others cursed at the refs. I had no idea what was happening. Gage didn’t shout or yell, which was a relief since my ear was so close to his mouth. I took in the room and watched as people got into what was happening on the television.
Glancing down at Gage’s beer, I realized it was empty. I sure as heck didn’t want Destiny getting him a new one. Trinity stood up across the room and headed for the kitchen.