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Niko

When we walked into Sadie’s place, she switched on a dim corner light and stood in front of a window to look out at the night lights. I could only see her and the bookcase next to her in the dim light. That was good by me, because I couldn’t keep my eyes off her. I’d never considered myself a one-woman man, but then, I’d never known a woman like her before.

“Can you unzip me?” she asked, gathering her hair and laying it over one shoulder. When she turned around, my cock stiffened in response. Just looking at the soft, creamy skin on the back of her neck was making me hard. I wanted to lean down and kiss her there — to finally taste her on my lips. I’d shift my focus to her earlobe, which I was fucking desperate to tug between my teeth until she moaned.

“Uh …” I glanced at the bookcase against the wall, willing my hard-on to go down. I scanned the titles.
War and Peace
– not sexy at all.
He’s Just Not That Into You
– definitely not the case. The Dictionary. That was a boner killer for sure. Other than the word ‘dick’ in the title …
50 Shades of
– fuck.

“Niko?” Sadie turned and glanced up at me. “Can you unzip me?”

My will to stay away from her depended on not touching that zipper. I wouldn’t be able to slide it down without letting my fingers graze over her skin, and that would be too much for my raging hard on.

“How would you get it off if I wasn’t here?” I asked.

A slight sigh escaped her lips. “I’d do it myself.”

She took a step away from me but I pulled her back with an arm around her waist. It would be a fucking tragedy for her to unzip that dress herself. My fingers – and another body part – were aching for me to do it.

I let my face rest against her dark, silky hair. When I wrapped my other arm around her waist and held her against me tightly, she let out a shaky breath. She had to feel my rock hard cock pressing against the small of her back.

“You want out of this dress?” I asked, my tone low and much more measured than I felt right now.

“Mmm,” she murmured, pressing her back against my chest. The silent invitation from her body crushed the last of my resolve. I unwrapped my arms from around her and put my large hands on the top of the delicate black zipper of the dress.

I wanted to manhandle it, but I controlled myself, sliding it down slowly instead. A sliver of Sadie’s soft, perfect back was exposed, which I trailed my fingers up as soon as I got the zipper all the way down.

Her uneven breathing grew shakier as I lowered my lips to her neck and kissed it softly. I couldn’t remember ever wanting a woman this badly. My whole body ached with tension.

“Niko,” she said softly, tipping her head back against my chest to allow me greater access to her neck. That was it. The sound of my name on her lips, filled with wanting, pushed me over an edge I’d never be able to return from.

I pulled her body against mine again, the hollow of her back pressed against my cock making me groan eagerly. She was pliant beneath my touch, her pleasure in my hands. It was so fucking hot I wasn’t sure I could stand it.

While I cupped her cheek with one hand, running my thumb over her parted lips, I hiked up her dress with the other one. She moaned and pushed her back against my chest as I explored the lines of her body. Flat, smooth stomach. Perfect, firm tits covered by a lacy bra. And between her thighs, silky panties over the warmth I wanted to bury my cock in. I stroked my fingers over the material, pulling her earlobe between my teeth at the same time.

“Oh …” Sadie gasped out the word and pushed her hips forward against my hand.

“You like that, sexy girl?” I said in her ear. “You like me between your legs?”

She made a sound between a moan and a sigh and I spun her to face me. I wanted to savor the lust in her light brown eyes, the way her lips were parted in invitation, but I only got a glance before I devoured her mouth with mine.

I pulled her from the floor, my arms encircling her hips as I tasted a hint of the cranberry juice she’d had earlier. Her hands plowed through my hair and she gripped a handful, pulling as she took my lower lip between her teeth and tugged on it.

With a growl, I squeezed her ass hard and gave it back to her, kissing her with all the pent-up wanting from the past few weeks. She wrapped her legs around my waist and I carried her the short distance to the bed, pulling the dress over her head before releasing her.

Her skin was flushed, her hard nipples visible even through her bra. She opened her thighs as she slid back on the bed, shooting a bolt of arousal through my cock. I could’ve come in a couple seconds, just from the sight of this smart, sassy girl spread out for me.

I climbed into bed and lowered myself over her slowly, relishing the feel of her leg hooking around the back of my thigh.

“You’re so fucking sexy, Sadie,” I said, kissing her softly. “You’re gonna get me in trouble, but fuck if it won’t be worth it.”

“How so?” she asked, her eyes wide as she looked up at me.

“Luke told me to stay away from you.”

She laughed lightly. “Did he? How’d that work out?”

“I tried.” I groaned as she unbuttoned my shirt and kissed my neck and chest. “But now that I’ve seen this side of you, it’s over.”

“What side of me is that?” she whispered in my ear. I slid out of my shirt and tossed it on the floor. When I took her wrists and put them over her head, restraining her small forearms with one of my giant ones, she moaned and flexed her hips against me.

“The vixen,” I said against her lips. “The side of you who wants me to fuck her so bad her body’s humming for it. Who’s soaked through her panties. Who’s turned on by the jock with tattoos who doesn’t fuck nice.”

She groaned, pretending to disagree, but her grinding hips told a different story.

“Just fuck me,” she said. “Don’t ruin it by talking.”

With a low note of laughter, I moved off of her and got out of bed, standing next to it and looking down at her. Her gasp of protest made me smile.

“You don’t like me talking?” I asked, pulling my undershirt over my head. “You don’t like me telling you how sexy I find the bad side of such a good girl?”

Her expression clouded with lust as I unbuckled my belt and unbuttoned my dress pants. I let them fall, pushing my boxers down next.

Sadie’s eyes widened as she eyed my erection. Her mouth could lie, but her body couldn’t.

“You like that?” I asked in a low tone. She nodded once.

“Tell me,” I ordered.

“I like it,” she said quickly.

“What do you like?” I wrapped a hand around my cock and stroked, groaning at the relief of the ache I was feeling.

“I like your cock,” Sadie said in a rush. “Please don’t do that.”

I quirked my brows at her. “Don’t do what, sweetheart?”

“Touch yourself. I want to do it.”

Fucking shit. She was gonna make me blow my load before I made it inside her.

“Is that right?”

She nodded and got to her knees on the bed. “You’re right. I do like it. When you talk to me. I want you so bad, Niko.”

A harsh realization hit, and I eyed her tenderly. “Baby, I want you too, but I don’t have any condoms.”

“I have some.” She reached for a bedside drawer and slid it open. A wave of jealousy swept through me for any other man she’d let fuck her, dulling my arousal for a second. I pressed it down, knowing it wasn’t fair, and took the square packet she handed me.

It was like the kiss – I wanted to slow down, stop time if I could, to savor her. But everything flew by in a wave of sensation. I eased the panties down her thighs, letting my mouth roam every inch of her. When I removed her bra and took a pert pink nipple into my mouth, she wrapped her legs around my waist and pulled a handful of my hair, moaning.

I’d already slid the condom on, and I filled her with one thrust of my hips. Her back arched as she cried out loudly.

“You okay?” I eased out, knowing from how tight she was that I’d hurt her. I kissed her jaw line, surprised when she sank her nails into my ass cheeks and pulled me back toward her.

“Yes,” she said breathlessly. I moved again and she cried out, bucking her hips to meet mine.

I looked down at her face, which was filled with desire and satisfaction. Seeing her want me like this made me feel both tender and unhinged. Luke had worried this would hurt her, but instead something was happening to me that couldn’t be undone.

I closed my eyes for a second, thinking about the tight clench of her pussy around my cock. That was what we were both here for – a nice, hard fuck. This wasn’t love, it was sex. I picked up my rhythm, watching her tits bounce as I fucked her harder.

“Niko,” she cried, breathless. “Oh, don’t stop.”

“I won’t, baby.” I groaned, forcing myself to hold on. “You feel so fucking good. Come for me.”

Her eyes found mine as she cried out, and I pounded my cock into her. She said my name as she came, and the sound of it made me come so hard I shuddered, holding myself deep inside her for several seconds and groaning loudly. I let my face fall against her neck. I couldn’t look at her right now or I’d say something stupid.

“God, you’re amazing,” she said with a small laugh. Only I wasn’t. This beautiful, sweet, sharp woman in my arms was the amazing one.

“We’ve only just started, sweetheart,” I said, kissing her shoulder. And I meant it. Satisfying Sadie was a high like I’d never known. But this was a one-time,
shit, we drank too much and screwed up
kind of thing. It wasn’t, but that’s how I’d justify it to Luke if he ever found out. So I needed to make the most of the few hours we had. Sadie murmured a contented sound against my ear, and I knew these hours would fly by like minutes.

Sadie

I pushed the hair away from my face with both hands. My eyelids were heavy, and when I forced them open, bright sunlight made me squeeze them shut again.

It took a few seconds for me to adjust and focus on the clock on my bedside table. 9:23. Shit. I never slept this late.

The reason I had was sprawled out asleep on his stomach, the top of his bare, gorgeous ass visible over the sheet wrapped around his lower body. I admired his broad, muscled back and shoulders. Niko was by far the largest man I’d ever slept with – in every respect. His huge athletic body had brought me to the brink of sanity more than once last night. Well, last night/this morning. I’d dropped into a deep sleep when the sun started rising.

Rising … I wondered if Niko could be persuaded that Round Four was a good idea. My body warmed at the idea of him inside me yet again. I was sore, but last night had been like a long, icy drink of water in a hot desert. My dry spell had been snapped by a sex god, and I wanted more.

I picked up Niko’s huge, heavy forearm, sliding my chest under it. He stirred and cracked open an eye, a smile pulling at the corners of his lips.

“Morning,” he said in a deep, sleepy voice. His fingertips grazed down my breasts and stomach before his hand found my waist and he pulled me against him.

“Good morning,” I said, unable to keep from grinning.

“You’re beautiful, Sadie.”

His compliment warmed me all the way down to my toes. Niko was turning out to be so much more than I’d originally judged him to be. And when I was in his presence, the rest of the world disappeared. His gaze was the most intense I’d ever known. His anger was darker. His dirty talk was sexier. Compared to other men, everything about Niko was just
more
.

“Last night was so worth oversleeping,” I said, still grinning. I had never let him see the sliver of hopeful optimism in my personality, but I decided he deserved a glance. He was responsible for my current mood, after all.

“What time is it?” Niko bolted up and untangled his legs from the sheet.

I glanced at the clock again. “9:26.”

“Fuck!” He leapt from the bed, his eyes wild and upset. “Dammit!”

“What?” His anxiety was rubbing off on me, my heart pounding as I slid out of bed with the sheet wrapped around me.

“I’m fucking late for practice,” he growled. “I’m so fucking dead. I can’t believe this. I’ve never in my life been late for practice.”

“How late?” I asked, tossing the sheet aside. I grabbed a pair of jeans from a chair and slipped them on quickly.

“We start at ten but you have to be there at nine,” he said, frantically dressing in his tux from last night. “I can’t fucking believe this. I had the alarm set on my phone.”

“Was the volume on?” I’d put my bra from the night before back on, and Niko’s eyes roamed down my body for a split second.

“Uh …” He rubbed his forehead, his face twisted with aggravation. “Shit. I turned it off for the dinner thing and never turned it back on.”

“Is practice at the arena?”

“Yeah.” He ran toward the door, shoes in hand.

“I can have you there in ten minutes,” I said, grabbing my purse and following him to the door. “I’ll drive you.”

He turned to me, a flicker of annoyance passing over his face. “What? No. Look, I have to go.”

“I’m parked closer and I’m an efficient driver,” I said. “Move your ass.”

“Efficient?” He gave me a puzzled glance as we raced down the stairs. “What the fuck does that mean?”

“Just get in,” I said, running to my small SUV. I stepped in and started it, and as soon as Niko closed the door I glanced over my shoulder and waved, pulling out.

“Sadie, there are cars coming!” Niko said sharply. He craned his neck to look into traffic.

“It’s fine,” I said, pressing the accelerator as I pulled into the line of cars. A horn blared behind us and Niko sighed deeply.

“I can’t fucking believe this,” he muttered. “I haven’t even been here two months. I finally get my chance and I fuck up.”

“You overslept. It happens.” I pressed the gas to cruise through a yellow light.

“Jesus, Sadie, you just ran a red light! Slow down! I’m already late, there’s no need to get in a wreck.”

“Just let me drive. You gonna put your shoes on?”

Niko shook his head, a disgusted expression on his face. “Coach is gonna find out I came in wearing this and know I was late because I was getting laid. Fuck.”