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The threat is exactly what she needed. I know her. She's a dirty little thing. She'll never admit it, but she likes to be dominated. She likes to be bossed around in bed. It's her Kryptonite.
As soon as I say it, her inner muscles clamp down on me. She shouts my name, shattering to pieces around me. I go wild above her, fucking her like a madman as she shakes and sobs and comes. Christ, I don't think she stops coming.
Within minutes, I follow her over the edge, roaring her name. My vision goes black as I spill into her, giving her everything…including my soul.
Chapter Ten
Parker
I'm not sure whatI expect after Kellan and I make love, but it isn't the chaos that overtakes our lives the following morning. The team's publicist, Kelsey Lane, announces that she's quitting, throwing the team into an uproar. Kellan and Jonas are both stressed out and worried about her. So is everyone else. But she isn't talking. Neither is Kris, though everyone is pretty sure he knows what's going on with her.
By the time the team leaves for Minnesota the next day, everyone is on edge. Some of the wives are traveling for the game, but Kellan and I decide I should stay behind. After what happened last time, I'm afraid I'll end up being a distraction. With everything going on with Kelsey, our secret takes a backburner. The team doesn't need anything else adding to their stress levels right now.
"I'll call you when we land," he promises, kissing me for the fifth time.
"You said that already," I remind him. He doesn't want to leave, but he doesn't have a choice. This is his career. His team needs him.
"Well, I'm saying it again." He nips at my bottom lip and then sighs. "Stay here while I'm gone?"
"I should probably go back home," I murmur regretfully. We snuck out before Jonas and Jamie got home the other night and have been staying at his place since. I don't want to leave. It's strange, but his penthouse feels more and more like home to me every time I come here. I feel like I'm visiting when I'm back at Jonas's.
"This is your home." Kellan tips my face up to his. "As soon as your brother knows about us, you're moving in with me, little one."
I blink at him. "You want me to move in?"
"I want everything, but I'm willing to start with that."
My head spins, but I don't tell him no. I want the same things he does. My future is with this bossy brute of a man. I've never been surer of anything than I am of that fact. He's my heart and soul.
His phone buzzes with an incoming notification. He pulls it from his pocket and looks at it before sighing regretfully. "I gotta go, little one. Everyone is waiting on me."
"Okay." I burrow into his arms, clinging to him. Now that the moment is here, I don't want to let him go, either. Something doesn't feel right about it. I feel anxious and unsettled at the thought of not being there. But I can't go. We've already decided to tell Jonas about us, but it shouldn't be right before the game,and it doesn't need to be in the middle of whatever is going on with Kelsey. That isn't fair to anyone.
"I love you," Kellan murmurs, pressing his lips to my forehead.
"I love you too."
He holds me for a long moment and then reluctantly drags himself away.
"I'll call as soon as we land," he promises on his way out the door.
He doesn't call whenthey land. He sends me a text, letting me know that something came up, and he'll call as soon as he can. I don't hear from him again until nearly midnight. I spend the hours between trying not to freak out and think the worst.
He's confident Theo won't spill our secret to Jonas, and I don't think Kellan would do it without telling me first. Whatever is going on has nothing to do with us. I tell myself that a million times…but I still worry.
As soon as he calls, I snatch the phone from the bedside table, anxious.
"Hey."
"Hey." He sounds exhausted.
"What's wrong?" I sit upright in the bed, alarm bells sounding in the back of my head. Something is wrong. I can feel it. "What happened?"
"Kelsey finally told us why she's leaving," he murmurs, exhaling into the phone. "She's sick. Really fucking sick." His voice shakes. "She could die, Parker."
"Oh, Kellan." Tears spring to my eyes, my heart breaking for the team. Mostly, it breaks for Kelsey. God. I can't even imagine what she's going through. Or Kris. He's so in love with her. He has to be devastated right now. "I'm so sorry."
"Me too." Kellan sighs. "It has us all fucked up. She's trying to put on a brave face for us, but it's Kelsey." His voice cracks, sending tears trickling down my cheeks. "How the fuck are we supposed to say goodbye to her?"
