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“Well, now I’m really looking forward to meeting him.” She paused. “Err, if you want us to meet him. Eventually. If…” She sighed. “You know what I mean.”
I laughed. “Yeah, I know what you mean.”
The truth was, I was looking forward to introducing him to my family. There’d been a time when my sexuality had caused friction, but we’d all moved past that, and they’d met one of my previous boyfriends. Now Mom wanted the whole family to meet Isaiah.
And I…
I want them to meet him too.
I reiterated that I’d let her know about trip plans, and we ended the call. Then I thumbed through my phone to a selfie I’d taken of me and Isaiah on my couch one night. I’d looked at it a million times, but it made my heart race this time.
It still absolutely blew my mind that the man holding me in that photo—the man who held me while we slept or watched movies or just because he felt like it—was the same man I’d been chatting with online for ages. And yet, at the same time, this felt… right. Inevitable. As if we’d been heading this way for all this time, and of course we’d landed here.
It was a surprise. It was mind-blowing.
But it made perfect sense. Of course we were here. Of course he could make me smile even after a crushing playoff defeat. Of course I wanted him to meet my family.
It was like I had always been meant to find him and fall in love with him.
And I had.
And I’d never been happier in my life.
Chapter 23
Isaiah
“Holy fuck.”I dropped onto the sheet beside Tanner, drenched in sweat and shaking all over. “I missed that.”
“Uh-huh.” He sank onto his stomach, burying his face in the pillow. “Oh my God…”
I couldn’t help grinning as I raked my eyes over him. He was always sexy, but that ratcheted up to a twelve when he was flushed, sweaty, and still vibrating from an orgasm I’d given him. His heavy-lidded eyes, his parted and kiss-swollen lips curling into a satisfied grin—I swore sometimes that was even sexier than the view of my cock slamming into his gorgeous ass.
He licked those mesmerizing lips. “What?”
“Hmm?”
“You’re staring at me.”
I slid closer and brushed a few dark, damp curls off his forehead. “Damn right I am.” Then I claimed his mouth, and the way he hummed into my kiss was just… God, I was such a wreck for this man, and I loved it.
When we separated again, that grin had come fully to life. His eyes, still heavy-lidded, met mine. “Don’t know if it’s obvious or not, but I really missed you.”
My heart fluttered. For as ridiculous as I was over him, it still caught me by surprise every time he suggested it might be mutual. A voice in the back of my mind insisted he was just happy to be getting dicked down again.
But that soft look in his eyes, that little smile—no, I was starting to think that voice might actually be wrong. I still couldn’t quiteunderstandit—what in God’s name did a man like Tanner see in a man like me?—but I didn’t think those dark eyes were lying.
“I missed you too,” I told him with complete honesty. “I’m so glad you’re back.” Then I furrowed my brow. “That doesn’t sound like I’m glad you guys lost, does it? Because I’m definitely not.”
Tanner laughed, cupping the side of my neck, and he kissed me lightly. “Nah. I get it. Losing like that is devastating. Not gonna lie.” He ran his thumb along my jaw. “But being home with you definitely takes the sting out.”
Shit. He’s really into this.
The sex. He’s into the readily available sex.
Oh, fuck off.
“Well,” I said, “now that you’re home, we can make up for some lost time.” I lifted my chin for a soft kiss. “Especially once school’s out.”
