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I sipped my tea and wandered over to the window. The suite was beautiful, but I could imagine him being bored in here. What did he even do all day? I’d read stories about him online. The tabloids claimed he was addicted to every drug going.
“Do you do drugs?”
I regretted the question as soon as it had left my mouth.
“Well, that escalated. I thought you wanted tea?” He smiled, but it didn’t reach his eyes. “And no. I don’t do drugs.”
“Me neither. I just wondered.” I blew steam from my tea and took a sip. “There are a lot of stories about you …”
He held up his hands in mock surrender. “I’m afraid it’s all exaggerated. I don’t do drugs. I’m cleaning up my act. No booze. No sex. I’m on a sex ban.” He raised a bemused eyebrow. “The PR team insists.”
“A sex ban? How’s that working out for you?”
“Not great. I propositioned my new striker.” His gaze dropped to my lips. His voice was silk. “I want to change, but you’re making it difficult for me.”
My back hit the pool table. Somehow our bodies found a way back to be close to each other like magnets, even when I created a distance between us. A swoop of desire made my stomach clench. His lips were so close to mine now, I’d only have to make the smallest step to kiss him. I wanted to kiss him.
“About this sex ban. What counts as sex? Is it just penetration?”
He chuckled darkly. “Say that again.”
“Say what again?”
“Penetration. It sounds funny. It makes you blush.”
My cheeks warmed under his gaze. “It doesn’t.”
He raised a brow; a smile twitched his lip. “I didn’t clarify the details.”
His irresistible smile wrapped me in an invisible warmth.
“Maybe you should have read the small print.” I tried to keep my breathing level, but my voice came out a whisper.
His eyes dropped back to my lips. “Maybe I should have.”
I held still. My pulse pounded at his lazy appraisal and the smoldering look in his jade eyes. A little shiver went through me. What the hell was I doing? This was Gabe Rivers. He’d toss me aside tomorrow, and then I’d have to see him every day at the football club knowing that I couldn’t have him. I could stop this now and spare myself the heartache. Hadn’t Jed battered my heart enough?
I swallowed, thinking of a way to buy myself time. “More tea?”
His incredible eyes came to study my face, analyzing me. “Is something wrong, Forster? You’re not nervous, are you?”
“A little.” I tried to keep a breezy smile on my lips, despite my thundering heart. “I don’t do this kind of thing …”
“What thing?”
My words escaped me in a rambling stream. “Casual. Hookups. I’ve only had one boyfriend before …It didn’t end well…”
“What happened?”
I bit my lip. I wasn’t ready to talk about that. “We drifted apart.”
His teasing expression grew serious. “I want you. I can’t deny that. I’ve wanted you since the first moment I saw you annihilating your opposition on that pitch, but I’m not a sleazebag like Jerry Reynolds. Nothing that happens between us will ever affect your position with the team. If I haven’t made you feel safe or comfortable, then I apologize. I can’t not go after what I want, but if this needs to stop right now, you can walk out of here and we won’t speak of it again—”
“No. It’s not that. I feel safe with you.”
Gabe had been respectful at the strip club. In public, there was a maddening hint of arrogance about him, but in private he was like this—charming, sincere, and down-to-earth.
“This is just…”
