The Red Zone: An Enemies with Benefits Sports Romance (The League Book 2)

OCTOBER:

If you wanted my attention that badly, all you had to do was ask.

MAE

Is this some kind of booty call?

Depends whether or not it’s working.

A FEW MINUTES passed without a response. As embarrassing as it was to admit, I checked my phone every thirty seconds to see if she’d responded. Who would’ve guessed I’d be this hung up on her of all people?

The only thing I’d thought about in days was how much I wanted her to be laying in my bed again. Listening to her desperate moans as I buried myself inside her until she was shattering around my cock. And those lips. Man, I’d never get tired of kissing those lips. There was no way I’d survive on only the memory of having her once.

When I made that bet last weekend, I didn’t suspect I would be the one contemplating whether or not it was worth losing. In my heart of hearts, I knew I should just forget about it and wait another couple days for this bet to be squashed. Stay locked away in the pool house until the end of the week, then flirt my way into having her come back to the pool house with me after Friday night dinner.

Setting my phone down on the kitchen island, I headed over to the couch, flopping down onto the cushions then staring up at the ceiling with a groan wondering how I had gotten myself into this situation in the first place. The last thing I wanted was to end this casual hook-up situation going on between Mae and I, especially since it was the friendliest we’d been with each other in… well, ever.

I had this fear, though, that if we kept doing this, someone’s feelings were going to get caught up in it—and even worse, they’d be mine.

My phone pinged from across the room and I hopped off the couch to grab it without a second thought.

MAE

It’s 11 p.m. and I’m already in bed.

OCTOBER

I’ll make it worth your while.

Ehh, not sure I feel like giving away $10,000.

It took all of three seconds to decide I was going to throw this bet. And two of those seconds were spent mentally kicking myself in the balls for making the damn thing in the first place.

Fucking idiot.

Oh well. There was no sense in dwelling on it any longer seeing as my accountant would ream me out for it at our next meeting, anyway. Maybe then I’d let myself be pissed about it, but right now I was too consumed by the thought of licking Mae’s pussy to give a shit.

OCTOBER

Fuck it.

I’ll take the loss.

MAE

I’ll take my payment in the form of Jimmy Choo’s.

I’ll give you anything you want on one condition…

Yeah?

Jersey stays on.

Aye, Aye, Captain.

After a quick shower and changing into a fresh pair of sweatpants, I sat against the headboard scrolling on my phone for the better half of twenty minutes before I heard the front door creak open. Another five, and I would’ve marched into Mae’s house and carried her to my bed, slapping her ass along the way in the hopes that she’d let one of those charming giggles slip past her lips like last time.

“What took you so long?” I tried to mask the annoyance in my voice as Mae appeared in the doorway, but I was certain a hint of it had slipped through the cracks despite my best effort.

Especially after I got a glimpse of how fucking sexy she looked wearing my jersey. She’d ditched the jeans she’d worn to the game and instead wore my jersey like a mini dress, hitting her bare upper thigh. No shoes. No makeup. Knowing Mae, I had a solid feeling she’d kept the same theme when it came to her underwear, as well.

Man, this girl had no idea how much control she had over me.

“Didn’t want you to think I was jumping at the chance to ride your cock again,” she said matter-of-factly while taking a seat on the end of the bed opposite of me. “Because I refuse to be single handedly responsible for your ego becoming more inflated than it already is.”

A huffed laugh slipped through my lips as the corners curled upward. About time she started working on those quarreling skills. A guy could only hope she’d bring that same energy into the bedroom too.

“If I recall correctly, you were the one who needed time to adjust to my size.” I raked my eyes over her long, tanned legs hanging off the edge of the bed. “Not sure there’s anything that can inflate a man’s self-esteem more than that.”

“And if I recall correctly, I was just pretending so you didn’t cry from an ego hit… you’re welcome for that, by the way.” She patted my shin with an ornery scrunched nose smile before flopping back against the comforter.

“Funny how you’re suddenly able to recall things when my dick is the topic of conversation.”

“Don’t flatter yourself.”

I slid off the bed and moved to stand in front of her, breaking apart her knees with my thigh as I bent over, placing two hands on either side of the mattress next to her head. Mae had her eyes locked on my lips for a brief moment before flickering them up to meet mine with a cocky grin.

I don’t think it was possible to get tired of that shit-eating grin of hers. Might’ve even been part of the reason I enjoyed sparring with her so much. Seeing those pretty pink lips turn up just for me. She could find fault with my arrogance until she was blue in the face, but her conceit was as close of a match to mine as any.

“I think you’ve already done that enough for me, March.” I bent down, brushing my lips over hers as I slipped a hand underneath her jersey to cup her breast. “So, we’re really doing this?”

“As long as you accept your loss of the bet.”

I looked down to find my earlier suspicion had been correct. Her bare pussy was on display from where the jersey had been shifted up by my arm.

A smirk played on my lips as I lifted a brow at her. “Not much of a loss, is it?”

Mae let out a delicious laugh as I dropped down, lifting the jersey up over her boobs so I could quickly suck each of her nipples into my mouth before planting open mouth kisses down the center of her stomach. Her back arched against the bed as I got closer to her slit.

“You’re evil,” she groaned as I backed away from her.

I was too caught up in the thought of going down on her that I’d almost forgotten about the toy I’d picked up for us earlier this week. Maybe I’d been a bit too confident in Mae giving up the bet. Or hell, maybe I inherently knew that I’d throw it and was too dense to realize it. Either way, I had a newly purchased wand with her name on it, and every intention of making her come with it as many times as possible until the thing was dead.

I sat back onto the bed, leaning against the headboard with my legs open as I gently pulled her toward me so her back was pressed against my chest. “Spread your legs.”

Mae broke apart her knees exposing herself fully. It turned me on that she wasn’t shy in the bedroom. Or worried about the way she looked while I made her feel good. She just allowed me to take control, and worship her the way I wanted to.

Wrapping my hand around her neck, I turned her face toward mine, then pressed my lips against hers into a long, deep kiss. A slow, wicked smile came over her mouth as our lips were fused together, which was my sign to reach over into the nightstand and grab the box out of it.

“What’s that?” Her brows pinched together as I unboxed the light blue vibrator I’d picked up on my way home from practice the other night. I had a few ideas in mind on how I wanted to use it on her, and if I was going to be out ten grand by breaking this bet then I’d like to get as many orgasms out of her to get my money’s worth.

A small smile pulled at the corner of her lips as she watched me unbox it. “You know you usually have to charge them first, right?”

“I already did, smart ass.” I wrapped my hand around her throat and kissed the mocking smile off her face. “The box was just for looks.”

“Oh, so you’re trying to impress me?”

“Why would I try to impress you?” I bluffed.

“Just seems like you’re trying a little hard for someone who’s just a booty call.”

“First of all, you are not just a booty call.” I kissed the side of her neck. “Second, I’m not trying hard.”

“You totally are.” She looked cute trying to conceal her “knowing” smile. “Our bet wasn’t supposed to end for another few days. Yet, you already had this purchased, charged, and ready for use.” She grabbed the wand from my hand and waved it around. “Which means, this was pre-planned… and that means you already knew you were going to lose.”

“Oh, so we’re just going to pretend like that picture you posted wasn’t your way of trying to come onto me?”

“That wasn’t for you. It was for Larry from the grocery store.”

We both stared at each other for a beat as the smiles grew on our lips until we both burst out into laughter. It was strange how easy two people could go from bickering any chance they got to laughing with each other like old friends.

Having Mae around was easy. The last few weekends with her felt unhurried and relaxed. Two things I never could’ve expected when it came to spending time with her. As crazy as it sounded, I wouldn’t mind if she wanted to keep coming around.

“Doesn’t matter who you posted it for. Either way, my name is the one you’ll be screaming all night long.”

“What’s this for, anyway?” Mae grabbed the device from my hands.

“You’re going to give me something.”

She arched a brow at me. “And that is?”

I couldn’t fight the coy grin that tugged at the corner of my lips. “Control.”

With a smile that matched mine she placed the toy on her center, turning it on and playing with the settings until she found one she liked. She sucked in a breath and I took that as my cue to take over.

The buzzing sound filled the space around us, and it didn’t take long before her chest started to rise and fall at a shallower place. With my free hand, I lifted up her shirt again and toyed with her taut nipples until she was moaning in my ear begging for me to let her come.

“Please,” Mae begged, wriggling beneath me as her thighs began to tremble.

With my hand back around her throat, I pressed my fingertips deeper into the sides. “You can come for me now.”

“Oh, oh God,” she moaned as an orgasm slammed into her. Mae shook on top of me as she rode the waves of ecstasy before another followed a handful of seconds later. She sunk deeper against my chest while trying to wiggle her ass against my aching dick.

She could taunt me all she wanted, but I had every intention of making her come over and over again until she was so content, her body felt like a puddle.

I drug my tongue up her neck, sucking her earlobe between my lips and breathing heavily in her ear. Her breaths grew sharp, which was a warning sign that another orgasm was coming any second.

Almost as if on cue, she screamed out my name as I pinched her nipple hard.

“One more, baby.” I kissed along her jawline, urging her to keep going.

I could do this all night, but after nearly half an hour of this, I could tell she was starting to get tired. Each orgasm hitting her stronger than the one before.

“It’s too much.”

“You can take more,” I rasped into her ear, eliciting a small shiver as goose bumps started to prickle her arms. “I’ll tell you when you’ve had enough.”

With that, I turned up the vibrator to the next level, making her moan as she lulled her head back against my shoulder. I placed a kiss against her now exposed neck, licking and sucking just enough that it would drive her crazy, but wouldn’t leave a mark.

I never would’ve guessed how much it would get me off by getting her off, but there was something about focusing on her pleasure, on her enjoying this, that made my brain go silent. Paired with the look on her face as she melted under my touch, it was a far better dopamine kick than receiving could ever give me.

Mae’s thighs started to clench together as another orgasm budded on the horizon. I could always tell when she was close because her breaths would get short while her stomach started flexing, almost as if she was trying to hold it in.

Dragging my tongue up the side of her neck, I breathed heavily against her ear as I drove her over the edge into oblivion. Her body shook and she gripped my forearm tight as she moaned my name.

A proud smile took over my face as I roamed my eyes over her.

Such a fucking good girl. I knew she could take more.

‘How does it feel being such a good girl for me?’ I whispered, kissing the side of her cheek.

She turned her head to face me and a satisfied smile transformed her face as she hummed some sort of cute mindless nonsense. This time, she was the one to lean in and kiss me and it made my brain spin.

I kept the vibrator on her clit, but turned down the setting as she rode out the waves of her orgasm and drifted into a blissful post-orgasm state.

She looked so fucking beautiful submitting to my mercy like this.

I wanted her to stay here, in my bed, all night. Hell, every night would work just as well for me.

The vibrator cut off right then and she let out a heavy sigh. Such a good girl going all the way to the end for me. I didn’t think she had it in her.

“I want to keep going,” she mumbled, her head resting against my shoulder and her eyes still closed.

“Beg for it. I want to hear you use your words.”

“Please.”

“Please, what?”

“Fuck me. Please fuck me,” she begged with those big doe eyes that made my dick throb.

“I thought it was too much?”

“I can take it,” she whimpered. “I promise.”

I worked my fingers into her hair, and pulled her in to lock my lips against hers, briefly dipping my tongue into her mouth. “Such a pretty little slut desperate for my cock.”

Mae smiled at my words which only elicited one of my own. She loved it when I called her dirty names, only further proving my point that she’d been getting off on our little arguments all along.

I fucking knew it.

Shifting out from under her, she wiggled herself into a comfortable position teasing her wet pussy while I ripped off my sweatpants and grabbed a condom from the nightstand and rolled it onto my length.

I barely had the thing on before she was pulling me on top of her, grabbing my shaft and guiding it into her tight heat with ease. The sounds of her soaking wet pussy as I worked my way in and out of her drove me fucking wild.

She pulled my head down, intertwining my lips with hers before thrusting her tongue into my mouth to explore. Never in my life had I met anyone with as luscious lips as hers. I could get lost in them for hours, days, even.

“You like that, don’t you?” I pulled back with a smirk, angling upward so I was thrusting directly against her g-spot.

“Yes,” she moaned breathlessly, brushing her mouth against mine.

A wicked grin pulled at the corner of my lips. “Of course you do.”

This is going to be quick. There was no way I was going to be able to hold on for long. Not to mention the fact that Mae had already had nearly half a dozen orgasms, and if I had any say in it, she’d be having at least one more.

My jersey was still bunched on top of her chest and I motioned for her to lift her arm so I could slip it off. I wanted her completely naked as she writhed underneath me, so I could watch as her tits bounced as I pounded into her little cunt.

“Your pussy feels so good.”

She tightened herself around me and I almost lost it right then, but I did my best to hold on a little bit longer so she could get another orgasm out of this. I wanted to see her mouth open into a perfect oval shape.

“So come in it.”

Fuck me.

I couldn’t have held back even if I wanted to. All it took was one more thrust into her tight little cunt and I was seeing stars as I filled the condom. Mae sucked in a sharp breath, following right behind me as she moaned my name in my ear.

Collapsing on top of her, she let out a senseless giggle that made my chest clench as she roamed her finger tips over my back.

“You okay?” I tilted my head up.

“Mhmm,” she hummed with a pleased smile.

Remember when I said this girl was going to be the death of me? Well, I had a feeling seeing her like this was enough to put me six feet under.