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Andie moans and stretches next to me before placing a kiss on my chest. Her bright green eyes peer up at me. She smiles and buries her face.
With one arm around her, I pull her on top of me, and her quiet laughter fills the room this time.
“Good morning.” She crosses her arms on my chest and rests her chin on them.
“Morning.”
Her curls are everywhere, and her small frame is warm and soft on top of me. I link my arms around her to hold her there. She inches slightly forward to press a subtle kiss to my lips, but then she bites my bottom lip playfully, and a groan erupts from my throat.
I roll, flipping us over and sending her to her back. I kiss her mouth, neck, and shoulder, taking my time.
“Aren’t you football players supposed to play it cool during the season?”
“Baby, I’ve played itcoolenough seasons. You’re here, and it would be impossible not to–”
She laughs and writhes as I run my hand from her ankle all the way up her thigh and over her hip. I’ve learned that Andie is incredibly ticklish, and I love it so freaking much. It’s my non-verbal way to match her constant verbal shit-giving attacks.
“Stttoooooppp,” she whines.
I halt my torture, pinning both her hands over her head. “Do you have any idea how insanely beautiful you are?”
Her sleepy green eyes narrow. “Are you stealing my line, Pretty Boy?”
“It’s not a line if it’s a fact. That day in the elevator, I thought you were the most beautiful woman I’d ever seen.”
“You’re out of your mind. You looked at me like I was some ragamuffin who wandered into the stadium looking for a hot meal.”
I lean down to brush my lips over hers. “You are soooo wrong.” I find her neck. “You had on those tight holey jeans and that black rocker chick shirt that hung off your shoulder. When your eyes hit mine as you started to give me shit for the very first time, they took on a vibrancy that is completely unique to you. Never having experienced someone like you before, I’m pretty damn sure I started having heart palpitations which didn’t do my panicking ass any favors.”
She tries to move her hands, but I don’t let them go, lacing my fingers through hers.
“Listen, loser, don’t think just because you’ve got me in your bed and whispering sweet things like how beautiful I am will cause me to be nice to you.”
I run my lips over her jaw. “I don’t ever want you to be nice to me.”
She grins as another round of baby babble comes from the monitor. “Now, if we're addingnotplaying it cool to our mutually agreed to list, then we’re going to have to continue this later. Ax won’t patiently wait for food much longer.”
I kiss her one more time and roll off her, letting her climb out of bed to get Ax. I feel like the luckiest man alive, and I’ve done nothing to deserve it, but I’ll take it. All of it.
I shower quickly and pull on some shorts.
“You have got to be kidding me!”
I hear Andie as I make my way down the hallway to the kitchen. She stands at the counter in one of my t-shirts, and I’m ready to throw her over my shoulder and carry her right back to bed.Damn.
Ax sits on the island countertop in front of her, pushing cereal around with his finger. When he notices me, he grins, and drool runs out of his mouth as he claps his hands.
Andie turns in my direction. “You have to see what Nora sent me.”
I can tell she’s completely annoyed, holding out her phone. I take it, and not surprisingly, there’s a picture of Andie and me from the game yesterday. My forehead is pressed to hers, and her hand rests on my chest. The headline reads,Parks Shows Support For Our New Favorite King.
Andie stands waiting while I read. “Seriously. After all we’ve been through, this is the best they can do. Where’s the claim to our innocence? Or at least a note about us clawing our way back from the gates of hell.”
“You know, if it weren’t for that mess, we might not be here.” Her head falls to the side like she sees my point. “At least the comments directed at us are positive, and people wish us well this time.”
She scoffs. “Nora said my album pre-orders went up ten percent overnight.”
“That’s amazing. What about finishing your album?”
