Sliding Home (The Locker Room Diaries) by Kathy Lyons

Author:Kathy Lyons
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled, Brazen, sexy, romance, erotic, erotic romance, eromance, sports, sports romance, baseball, good girl, bad boy, fake relationship, player reformed, fireman, firemen, firefighter, new adult, NA
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Brazen)
Published: 2018-07-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Jake

I couldn’t sleep. It had nothing to do with the rumble of the car or that every bump shot new pain through my ribs. It was all Ellie. I could tell by the way she shifted in the driver’s seat that she was thinking about tonight. About what she might demand of me and how I would say yes to everything. Hell, knowing that made my jeans uncomfortably tight.

But there was something else that lingered in my thoughts, as well. Something that made me relax, even as I spun elaborate sex fantasies with her in the starring role.

I had pointed out a flaw in her thinking—that she started from a place of failure—and she hadn’t bitten my head off. She hadn’t fought what I’d said beyond a cursory glare, and better yet, she seemed to accept my advice. Or at least, to think about it.

That was huge in my book. A person who listened to advice? Who didn’t spend her days pointing out what was wrong with me? My God, she was the rarest creature on the planet. I didn’t even mind that she wasn’t all that interested in baseball. I had plenty of those people in my life. What I needed was something different. Someone different. And Ellie fit the bill in spades. She was simply Ellie—a girl with a career and a level head.

And I was going to do such wonderful things to her tonight.

Except I had to wait. Ellie wasn’t someone I could rush. Which meant I had to close my eyes and try to breathe some calm into my raging dick and burning ribs. It wasn’t easy, but I managed to pass the time.

Once we arrived in Indy, I gave her directions to my favorite Italian place for the dinner I’d promised her. It was a hole in the wall, but they had the best lasagna in town. And the owners—Mr. and Mrs. Garza—were huge baseball fans. They’d seen the news, of course, so they fussed over Ellie and me, giving us the private room in the back, then threw in dessert on the house.

It was not a meal that led to seduction. We were both going to be too full to do everything I’d been thinking about on the drive here. But I wanted to take her there anyway. It was a warm, homey place, and the Garzas loved me. I’d grown up with their son. Since Ellie had shared her family with me, I wanted to show her a glimpse of my upbringing, without actually letting her meet my real family—who were guaranteed to kill any romantic inclination.

The evening went perfectly. By the time the tiramisu was gone, she was laughing with Mrs. Garza over that time Manny and I had gotten sick after eating a full pan of it. And I was feeling so warm and happy, I barely noticed the ache in my ribs.

But then Ellie looked at her watch, and I took that as an excuse to leave. I knew

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