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“Honey, you gossiping about my package?” Ryder drawls, amusement written all over his face.
Dahlia rolls her eyes. “He loves knowing that I used to drool over him.” She winks at me. “That all stopped when we got married.”
She laughs when she catches the look on Ryder’s face.
“You know I’m teasing you, right? I mean, why do you think I sat on the back porch and watched you put the patio table and chairs together? The view was so much better than actually helping.”
My laughter rings out at the two of them. I’ve never seen a happier couple, and they dote on their daughter, Faith. They’re so damn sweet.
Hearing the crowd roar, I glance to the field just as Jace is running for home plate, which he slides onto and barely touches with his hands as the fielder catches the ball.
I stand and cheer him on, thankful he made it by the skin of his teeth.
The Academy leads the bottom half of the seventh inning by two runs with an overall score of the Academy nine and Sheriffs seven. Even though it looks like the academy team is going to win, every minute has been worth it today because the money raised will be put to good use at the children’s home.
Within thirty minutes, the game is over and the academy team has won. There is some joking around between the two teams, but in all, it was a good game and the guys are now ready for the spread of food that the caterers have put on at Kix for everyone who wants to go.
The kids have been well behaved, but now they’re restless and some pushing and shoving is going on. It soon stops though, when Jace comes running over to us, ruffling the kids’ hair affectionately.
His eyes stay on mine though as he makes his way to me. He’s sweaty, he’s caught the sun…and he’s all mine.
Without touching me, he plants a kiss to my lips, and hovers. “I’m in desperate need of a shower before heading over to Kix,” he whispers into my ear.
I reach up and hold onto his shoulders to keep me from becoming a puddle on the ground with his touch.
“Join me.” He nibbles my lobe, and uses suction of his mouth to ease the throb.
Wish he’d use his mouth to ease a different kind of throb.
“Leave the poor girl alone… in front of all these people as well, Jace Stone,” Ellen mumbles.
/> He snickers and pulls his head from where he’d buried it against my neck.
“That’s better. You’re all—” Ellen waves her hands around.
“Sweaty,” Ryder adds.
Jace pulls me against him and I feel him chuckle. “Yeah, I was trying to get Savannah to come wash me.”
Oh God!
My face starts to flush with heat at Jace’s blatant announcement in front of his parents. He has no shame.
“And to end that discussion, I’m taking my woman with me.” Jace buries his nose against my head. “Sorry, babe.” He chuckles.
I dig him in the stomach with my finger. “Yeah, I bet you are.”
Chapter Twenty-Six
Jace
I’m glad that we’re finally at Savannah’s house. It’s been a long day and I’m exhausted. The earlier thought about a shower went out the window when we discovered the kids had two more hours before the curfew time at the home.
We hadn’t wanted to disappoint them, so sweat and all, we went and joined the party at Kix, and ended up staying two hours longer than we originally agreed.
But regardless of how exhausted I am, I’m so in need of a shower, which is where I head. I want to hold my woman in my arms all night, and this is the first night we’ll have spent in her bed. For some reason, we’re always at mine, not that it bothers me, but this is a nice change. She even has a built in ledge in her shower, which fills my head with all kinds of thoughts—and yeah, they all involve a naked Savannah.
Turning the shower knob, I step back and quickly strip the sweat soaked clothing from my body. It feels damn good to get them off and it’s going to feel a hundred times better when the water hits.
