Taking the Handoff by Keys Cadence

Author:Keys, Cadence
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-09-02T00:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Two

I’m hoping my plans tonight put Emma and me on better footing than when I left the house this morning.

Things were awkward when I came back down from my shower.

I’d been so close to kissing her before my brain finally caught up to my body and screamed abort!

The line is getting so blurred I’m not sure I even know where it is anymore. I want her more than I should, given how much her brother means to me. But every time we’re together, the only thing I can think about is kissing her, claiming her, making her mine.

I don’t even see Drew anymore when I look at her.

I know tonight is crossing the boundary even more, but I’m also pretty sure she’ll love it, and it’s the thought of her eyes lighting up in pure happiness that pushes Drew completely from my mind.

I shower and change at the training facility after practice and then head straight home. Nervous energy thrums through me, my hands tapping on the steering wheel and my left leg bouncing the entire drive home.

I pull up to the house, park in the driveway, and then walk to the front door, shaking out my arms in the process and hoping to dispel some of this anxiousness before I see Emma.

Fuck, I hope she likes what I have planned.

When I walk into the house, I immediately pick up the lyrical sound of her voice from the living room and the strum of her guitar as she covers a song I heard on the radio the other day. As much as I liked the radio version, I love hers. Her voice soothes every piece of my soul until I’m standing at the edge of the living room completely enraptured by her.

She glances up right as she hits the last line, her gaze locking on mine through the final notes.

It isn’t until she stops completely that I realize I wasn’t breathing.

I clear my throat, feigning the confidence I’m usually known for that has completely abandoned me. “Hey.”

Hey? Really, dude?

God, this woman has me so twisted up I can’t even come up with a good opening line. I feel like I’m seventeen again.

“Hey,” she responds, watching me carefully.

“You ready to go?”

“Where are we going?” She’s curious, but there’s something else in her tone too. Something I can’t quite name but has me wondering if I tie her up in knots as much as she ties me up.

“It’s a surprise.”

She stands up, turns around, and places her guitar in its case on the couch before facing me again. “Am I dressed okay for what we’re doing?”

My gaze slides down her deep red hair falling in luscious waves over her shoulders, the ends just barely reaching her plush breasts. She’s wearing a purple off-the-shoulder dress that wraps around her curves but flares out right above her knees. I remember an ex-girlfriend calling a dress like this a mermaid style. Whatever it is, it’s peak fifties pinup and has me salivating for a taste of her.

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