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Despite what he said, I’m not overly concerned about River’s threat. I don’t think he has any intention of drawing attention to his daughter’s brutal medical history, nor the accident which ended her career.
If there’s one thing River Jacobs loves, it’s being the best. Questions about his character or coaching ability would destroy him, and I can’t imagine a way that wouldn’t come up if a full-blown investigation was launched into mine and Delta’s relationship.
I have nothing to hide. River does.
By the time I pull into the driveway, I’d nearly forgotten about the earlier appointment with Delta and our conversation. It was one I hadn’t been planning to have and I’d reacted poorly, I could see it in her face that she felt rejected, but I’m confident it’s just about the only completely right thing I’ve done since the day I met her.
Surgery is brutal, and with the way I feel about her, I have no right to see Delta at her most vulnerable. Nor do I trust myself to make impartial medical decisions about her body. God forbid something were to go wrong, what if I froze? What if I reacted emotionally instead of logically? There are too many risks, and I won’t gamble with Delta’s life for the sake of my own ego.
I’m fully prepared to tell her just that, leaving out my encounter with River because she has enough to fucking worry about, but when I walk through the door every single thought is wiped from my mind.
The house is dark, but the back deck isn’t. Delta clearly found the Christmas lights in the basement and took the time to string them out over the pergola which I had the delivery guys install the hot tub beneath. The dogs are all laying on the snowy deck, accepting pets from Delta who is dressed in nothing but a tiny black bikini and chunky winter boots.
It feels like all the air has been sucked out of the room while I watch, frozen, as Delta straightens up and crosses over to the hot tub which is on, steam rising into the winter air.
My cock swells and I grip it through my pants, biting back a groan at the pressure. Delta toes off her boots and steps right into the packed down snow around the hot tub, golden skin glowing in the light of the lights strung above her and silhouetted by a cloudless night sky.
I’ve never seen anything so fucking perfect in my life.
Like a moth to a flame, I find myself walking forward with my heart in my throat until I pull open the door to the deck and step out into the snow. Delta looks around at the noise and watches wordlessly as I slide the door shut behind me.
Kneeling to pet the dogs, I tear my eyes away from her. What the hell am I doing? I should have gone upstairs to jerk myself offalonethe moment I saw her out here. I’m being reckless.
“Long surgery?” She asks, her sweet voice carrying back to me over the winter air.
“Very.” I stand, turning just as she sinks back into the water.
Delta hums thoughtfully, skimming her hand over the surface. “You must be sore. Why don’t you put on your suit and join me?”
A terrible idea if ever I heard one.
“I shouldn’t.”
Her eyes flash and I choke back a groan as she stands, water skimming over her perfect body, barely covered by tiny black triangles of fabric. My eyes must have been glued to her body for my inability to move them, and in a dizzying moment of clarity I know I’ve just walked into a test.
I’m fucked. I’m so fucked.
“Delta.” I mutter desperately, hands fisting at my sides as she steps gracefully up the hot tub stairs, exposing more and more of her body to my hungry gaze.
“Brooks.” She answers me gently, apparently unaffected by the snow beneath her bare feet when she takes the final step out of the tub onto the deck. “Why shouldn’t you?”
I blink, mind wiped clean of every thought except what I want to do to her. I’d forgotten the question she asked me only a minute ago.
She knows I want her. Why the hell am I keeping up this pretense?
“I won’t touch you, Delta.” I swear, even as the once tame beast inside of me is howling its displeasure.
Delta stops only a foot away from me. “So, I can find someone else then? If you’re not interested.”
For the first time since we’ve met, I can truly see the heart of the champion burning in her eyes. Unwittingly, I’ve just given Delta Jacobs her next goal. I know her though, and I know she won’t go off and fuck someone else just to force my hand. She isn’t like that.
“Do you want someone else?” I bite back, annoyed at the very thought of it.
We’re standing so close that the vapor from our breaths curl together in the icy air.
Delta’s lips curl into a dangerous little smile. “Not at the moment. Someday though. A girl has needs after all.”
I bite back the instinct to throw her over my shoulder, lock us in my bedroom for a week and show her exactly what herneedsare.
