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With a gentle push, Ryker ushers my hands away and does it himself. We stare into each other’s eyes, and I can’t help but wonder, how is this only a hookup for him?
Is this how people act with their friends with benefits?
His eyes light up with pride, breaking the intimate gesture. “You fucking crushed those balls. You should play for our school’s team. Hell, maybe even our team.”
I smile up at him, loving his praise. “Thank you, but I don’t think so. While I love the sport, I don’t want to play it professionally.”
“Understandable.”
“Thank you for taking time out of your schedule to teach me,” I tell him, hating how easily my cheeks seem to heat up around him.
Ryker’s lips twitch into a side smirk. “No problem.”
I’m about to ask him to come over later so we can finish what we started earlier, but we’re interrupted. “The girl can hit! What can’t she do, honestly.” Cuddy claps, revealing himself in the dugout.
While I don’t love that he saw me break down, I know he’s not the type to make fun of me for it.
“Cuddy, why the fuck are you still here? Actually, since you’re here, you’re going to help me collect the balls in the outfield.”
“I can help,” I chime in.
“No,” Ryker says quickly. “Let me take care of it.”
I hear the undercurrent of his words loud and clear, even if he doesn’t say it.
I let him and Cuddy collect the balls while I lean against the fence, face tipped up to the slowly sinking sun in the sky. There’s a hue of purple mixed in with the orange and blue, and it hits me then how grateful I am.
To be here, in Colorado. To have met the people I have.
Even if one of them is a man who has no room for me in his future, no matter how much I envision him in mine.
Chapter Twenty-One
Camille
Ithink girls’ nights should be planned for and coveted just as much as date nights are. There’s nothing like getting together with the people who know you like the back of their hand to gossip, eat, and laugh.
You can’t ask for anything better. Especially when Aurora is in town for a visit.
“I’m so sore.” Aurora sighs, shifting her body in the booth.
“Conditioning been tough?” I ask over the rim of my beer can, taking a sip. Aurora is on the USA Volleyball Team, which means her body is always being tested and challenged.
Aurora snickers, shaking her head slightly. “Yes, but that’s not why. Let’s just say Cam really missed me when I went away to San Francisco with the team.”
Jasmine jumps in, sharing her own story. “Oh, I know exactly what that’s like. Every time Elio comes back home from traveling with the hockey team, I’m very much reminded of how much he missed me. Hell, just last week he fucked me so hard my legs were still like jello in the morning.”
Don’t get me wrong, I couldn’t be happier for my friends, but I have to ignore the heavy weight of jealousy that sits on my chest because I very much want to be getting the kind of sex they both are.
The bone-chilling, earth-shattering, makes you forget your own name kind of sex. I’ve never had it before and didn’t know it truly existed until Aurora and Jasmine shared their experiences.
“The virgin no more,” Aurora teases, earning a playful shove from Jasmine and a giggle from me.
“What about you?” Aurora asks, turning her attention to me.
“Oh, I’m no virgin. I had a few hookups when I was back home, but that’s it.” I blush, but not from embarrassment. More so from the fact that I haven’t been interested in sex since the incident, and now all I want to do is fuck her almost-stepbrother.
“Get it, girl,” Aurora says with a smile.
