Bad Choices and Heartaches: A New Adult Sports Romance (Alpen Springs Book 2)

by Casey Diam

“How about this, I’ll tell you about it the next time we meet.”

  “Damn, I can’t wait to see you again, and the thought of it is making my dick throb. Now all I can think about is the next time.”

  “Doesn’t everything make your cock throb?”

  He chuckled. “If it starts with a G and ends with an A, Gabriella. And it looks like I’m going to be touching myself again tonight.”

  “Again?” I asked out of curiosity.

  “Yeah, I masturbated this morning, and if it were up to me, we’d be fucking at least twice a day in addition.”

  I drew a slow breath that came out ragged even though I’d wanted to hide the effect his words had on me. “And why do you think I’d let you have sex with me twice a day?”

  “Why wouldn’t you?”

  Good question. I bit my lip as my body ached for his touch.

  “My hand is inside my shorts stroking my dick right now, and I don’t know what I’d like more, the taste of your pussy on my lips or the feel of your mouth on my cock.”

  Oh, oh wow.

  I swallowed, but my confidence grew with the sudden longing between my thighs. “We could just do both. I’ve never done that whole sixty-nine thing.”

  He sucked in a breath. “Patience, Bunny. Your body isn’t ready for all the things I want to do to you.”

  The wetness between my legs begged to differ. “Well, I think it’s ready. I’m ready for you, Ryker.”

  “Damn, you’re killing me. Are you torturing me on purpose?”

  Maybe. “No.”

  I pressed my finger to my lips, imagining the feel of his mouth on them.

  “How much is a flight from there to here? Can you come to me? I’ll pay for the ticket.”

  “What?”

  “I’m serious, if even for a weekend.”

  Chapter 27

  Ryker

  I carried my small overnight bag with me to my truck and tossed it into the backseat.

  Me: How’s the train ride going?

  Gabby: Good, it’s actually kind of nice. The seats are cozy.

  Me: But eight hours? I still don’t know why you didn’t fly. I would have been doing very naughty things to you already.

  My sex drive was not average, and I’d never once held out on sex like this for anyone, but I wanted to for Gabby, whether or not our—whatever kind of relationship we had—was defined or not, she was my girl. Besides, she’d gotten me so horny in the past few days I could barely see straight.

  I drove to the Oklahoma City transit center and parked my truck in a space facing a nearby building to keep the glare of the sun out of my face.

  She’d left on the first train at six a.m., so she should be here in less than ten minutes if it was on time.

  I peered at the message that had come on my drive over.

  Gabby: Is this visit just a booty call? Asking for a friend.

  Chuckling, I shook my head.

  Me: And which friend is that?

  Gabby: . . .

  Gabby: I’m here.

  Me: What? Already?

  Gabby: Yup. Where are you?

  Oh shit!

  My heart raced as I hurried out of my truck and headed to the Santa Fe building. Only a couple people were walking around the staircase entrance and none were Gabby, but as I got closer, the door opened, and there she was, looking as fine and delicious as ever in jeans and a black hoodie, her wavy black hair bouncing as she descended the concrete stairs.

  I stared at vibrant blue eyes, sharp cheekbones, and perfect pouty lips. A face so gorgeous that my words were still stuck in my throat as I watched her.

  She smiled, a mischievous look flashing in her eyes before we stopped in front of each other. Closing the space between us, I wrapped my arms around her at the same time as she embraced me.

  “I can’t believe you came,” I said, trying to process the incredible feeling of her being here, especially in my arms.

  “It was our only chance. I think I had to.”

  Her first Olympic qualifying or selection event would last for a few days at Copper Mountain. Then she would head to Switzerland for a competition before going to Norway to take part in the X Games there as well.

  “Yeah.” I sighed, not quite wanting to let her go, but I loosened my hold, touched her chin, and pressed my lips to hers.

  The soft caress of her mouth urged me to pull her tighter against me once more as my cock throbbed with need.

  “Geez, dude, you gonna let her breathe or what?” my brother said, and I froze.

  Ash?

  My head turned, and sure enough, there was my brother standing on the steps with Averie.

  “Oh fuck!” I lifted my hand, pressing the back of my fist to my mouth and nose.

  Holy shit!

  “So, this is why you didn't want to take the plane, huh?” Shaking my head, I slowly released Gabby.

  She shrugged, feigning innocence before I hugged Ash and then his other half.

  “You two got your own room, right?”

  “Ryker!” Gabby admonished.

  “No, we didn’t get our own room. And you know, when Averie mentioned you and Gabby, I was skeptical, but I’ll be damned. What’s going on, dude?” Ash teased. “You growing up on me?”

  I let out an exaggerated breath and pointed at Gabby as I led the way toward my truck. “This is your doing.”

  She chuckled. “Sorry, I thought you wanted to see your brother.”

  And this was how my fucking Gabby twenty different ways until Sunday almost got ruined.

  “Did you guys eat on the train?” I asked.

  “Nah, just some snacks, I’m starving,” Ash replied.

  “Same, I need food,” Averie added.

  “Me too,” Gabby smiled, extracting the same reaction from me, and there was the ease in my chest again with the comfort of having her around.

  Since we were already in Bricktown, I parked my truck down the road, not far from the transit center.

  Pulling my baseball cap on my head to block the sun from my pretty but delicate face, I grabbed Gabby’s hand, and we walked for a bit before deciding on a burger and beer joint.

  The restaurant wasn’t crowded, and we opted for the covered patio. After we ate, we burned the first five hours of them being here, walking the entire Bricktown Canal—twice, stopping at an arcade, and playing a few rounds of mini-golf. By the time we were checking into the Airbnb we’d rented, it was already after eight. Gabby would be getting on that train tomorrow at three p.m. to head back.

  “What’s wrong?” Gabby asked. She was currently fluffing her hair in front of a standing mirror. She was wearing a low-cut black blouse that didn’t even cover her midriff and a pair of high-waisted black leather short-shorts she’d donned after her shower. My eyes dropped to the black lace heels by her bare feet, and a warm tingle I’d never known spread inside my chest as my gaze lifted and met hers in the mirror.

  I shook my head in answer her question. “You look beautiful.”

  She smiled. “You do too without your shirt on.”

  I chuckled, staying reclined against the headboard. “I’m trying to seduce you. Is it working?”

  I took a picture of her on Snapchat and typed: “I don’t want her to go.”

  “No, because I’m thinking about how we have to leave soon, and you still aren’t dressed,” she reminded me, still messing with her hair.

  “I figured if I stopped and just stared at you, it would somehow slow down time,” I said, low enough that Ash or Averie couldn’t overhear from the living room where they were setting up the sofa bed for them to sleep on later.

  “I can’t believe it’s already after nine. It feels like I just got here.” She bent over and picked up her heels, giving me one hell of a view. So perfect. All of her.

  “You did just get here.” I bit my lip, wanting her to nibble on it instead.

  She sat on the bed and pushed a foot into the lace heel and strapped it on.

  God, she was s
exy as fuck.

  “All that walking today worked up an appetite, I’m starving,” she said.

  “Me too.” For her.

  Was she punishing me? What happened to all those naughty conversations we had on the phone? I mean we’d kissed a few times today, but I wanted to bury my cock inside her, inside what was mine. It made me wonder why it didn’t seem as if she wanted that too.

  “Bunny, what’s your deal? Is there something you’re not telling me?”

  “Huh, what? No.”

  “You’re acting strange.”

  “Strange? How?”

  “Well, first you surprise me with my brother and his girlfriend when I thought it would just be us, and now you’re being, I don’t know . . . distant? Did you not want to be here?”

  “Of course I do, and I thought it would be fun if Ash surprised you, you sounded like you missed him when we talked on the phone.”

  I was glad Ash was here because we hadn't been as close as we had been when he was still playing football.

  “Are you second-guessing my being here?” she asked.

  My eyebrows shot up. “No, Bunny. I’ve been trying to restrain myself, and you aren’t making it easy.” I deliberately checked out her body so she saw what I was doing, and given the fact that my cock was about to tear through my jeans, she got the idea. “It’s going to be a long night if we’re planning to go clubbing after dinner.”

  “And I’m ready for that.” Her eyes lowered to my groin for the briefest seconds, but holy fuck that was hot. “I just—you make me get flustered. It’s so easy to talk to you on the phone, but now when we’re together, it’s different, you can be intimidating sometimes. I never know what you’re thinking.”

  “Sex,” I deadpanned.

  “What?”

  “That’s what I’m thinking about ninety-five percent of the time. The other five percent, I’m thinking about how gorgeous you are.”

  Her head slanted, a smile teasing at her lips as she stood.

  Moving as close to me as possible, she placed a hand on my chest and pressed her lips to mine.

  My hand grasped her waist, meeting skin.

  Mmm.

  Chapter 28

  Gabby

  I ground my ass against Ryker’s crotch, feeling his erection through his jeans. I had no idea he could move his hips like this, but after our nights together in Alpen Springs, I should have.

  Twirling out of his reach, I danced in front of him and raised my arms above my head until he did a body roll, his shoulders, torso, and hips rolling in a wave as he moved toward me, then back.

  A laugh fell from my lips as we continued this tease that eventually turned into a dance contest. Before I knew it, Ash joined in and then it was both of them doing some synchronized dance to “The Box” by Roddy Ricch.

  “What is going on?” I asked Averie over the music.

  “I don’t know. I’ve never seen Ash dance like that. Holy crap! He’s so good!”

  My mouth hung open as I watched the two, who were surrounded by people in the club. They hooked their arms together at the elbow before moon-walking in a circle, and then broke apart in a robotic move to the beat of the music. Still dancing, Ryker approached, calling me into his spotlight, but I shook my head. I was not about to embarrass myself in front of all these people. Besides, I was more than happy to watch.

  Grinning, he backed away.

  I’d been major touchy-feely with him this past hour, ready to indulge in all things Ryker. Not even my negative thoughts could hold me back, but I still voiced them to Averie over the music.

  “I’m scared,” I told her.

  “What?”

  “What if this is just about sex for him when I’m here”—I glanced back at Ryker and Ash, entertaining the crowd—“falling for him again?”

  “I don’t think it’s just about that for him, but if by some small chance he called you to come all the way here from Alpen Springs just for sex, it means he doesn’t want to have it with anyone else, and I think that’s a good thing. Besides, didn't you see his Snapchat? He wants you, Gabby.”

  “What Snapchat?”

  She pulled out her phone and when she showed me what she was referring to, my heart melted. He didn’t want me to go.

  I grinned as she gave me an I-told-you-so look before her attention moved back to the guys. “Seriously, how did I not know that my boyfriend was literally Channing Tatum but hotter?” She pressed a hand to her chest. “Definitely hotter.”

  I laughed, not disagreeing. Yes, Ash was hot, but Ryker? There was just something about him that had fire racing through my veins.

  Sometime later, when Ryker and I had begun to dance together again, his arms came around my waist. Holding me close, he whispered, “You’re driving me crazy. I want you so fucking bad.”

  He wasn’t alone. I wanted him. I needed his hand to touch me, tease me until I got the relief I’d been craving for weeks. I tilted my head back and stared up at his breathtaking face. “I want you too.”

  His head lowered, and his lips met mine in a soft caress as his hand pressed against my belly, forcing me even closer to his hard body. My nipples tightened, and I turned in his arms, circling my arms around his neck. “I think we should leave early.”

  “I was thinking the same thing.” He kissed me. “Let me just tell Ash.”

  Ash and Averie decided they wanted to stay out for a bit longer, and I knew they were doing it for us. We’d have the place to ourselves, at least for a bit.

  Ryker took my hand and escorted me outside where we waited for our Uber to arrive. The music from inside was still loud, and my shoulders jerked to it.

  He lifted my arm up and over my head, causing me to twirl in front of him before colliding into his body. I laughed.

  “We need to work on your coordination,” he joked.

  “What? I wasn't supposed to bump into you?”

  He chuckled. “Not like that. No.”

  The car arrived, and for the five minutes it took to get to our Airbnb, Ryker’s hand rested on my thigh, moving back and forth in a caress that just about drove me wild. I found myself touching him in return, needing to feeling him beneath my palm even if it was the back of hand resting on my thigh, or our fingers interlacing in the back of the car.

  By the time he pressed the secure code on the lock for entry into our Airbnb, I was more than ready to have him all to myself, but a message pinged on his phone.

  As Ryker checked his text, I discarded my shoes by the wall and out of the way that our overnight roommates wouldn’t trip over them when they got in.

  “Liam just got to the club.” He’d mentioned his roommate’s name a few times, but I’d yet to meet him. His fingers clicked away on his phone. “I’m just telling him to look out for Ash.”

  I smiled. His care for his brother was so apparent, and so freaking cute.

  “Okay, I’m going to go freshen up.”

  “But I haven’t gotten you dirty yet.” I glanced over my shoulder in time to see the mischievous smirk on his face. “A hundred percent serious right now.”

  I chuckled and went to the bathroom, where I stripped out of my clothes, brushed my teeth, washed my face, and after freshening up, I did a once over in the mirror.

  I pondered putting my clothes back on but decided against it. It wasn’t as if Ryker wouldn’t be taking them off me in the next few minutes anyway. With a deep breath, I grabbed my clothes from the counter and exited the bathroom. Hoping I’d be able to dash into the bedroom under the covers before Ryker saw me, I went for it, except in my rush to get to the room, I bumped into him inside the bedroom doorway as he was coming out.

  “Oh my gosh!”

  “Shit!” His hands dropped to my sides to steady me before he peeked behind my clothes in my hands to my curves. My heart raced.

  “You got naked for me?” He grinned.

  “No.”

  His hand skimmed down my hip and he leaned down, placing a kiss against my lips. “You
got naked for me . . . Mm, minty fresh. Now I have to brush my teeth. Stay naked and give me two seconds.”

  “Two seconds?” I teased.

  “Don’t you dare.” He swatted me on the butt, and it was so sweet and gentle, I wanted him to do it again.

  I couldn’t remember the last time I’d felt this content, like everything was finally falling into place. The Olympics. Ryker. I dropped my clothes on top of my backpack and turned around, only to find him still watching me.

  My hands lifted to cover my breasts as he said, “Don’t. My mouth will be on them later, no use hiding them from me now.”

  I bit a corner of my lip as my sex clenched.

  His hand went to his crotch, and as he groped himself in front of me, my knees went weak, my whole body responding with a raw, primal urge to have him immediately. My arms fell to my side.

  “Can you please go and do what you need to do in the bathroom,” I managed, hoping I didn’t sound as desperate as I felt.

  God, I want him so bad.

  He massaged himself through his pants one more time and then turned to leave.

  I had just settled in the middle of the bed when Ryker stepped back into the room in all his naked glory. His thick cock, hard and ready between muscular thighs.

  Holy, Greek God.

  I swallowed and drank him in.

  When he’d told me his coach wanted him to gain twenty pounds, I didn’t think it would happen that fast, but I wasn’t complaining. His physique looked more defined and larger than the one time I’d seen him naked.

  He was mouthwatering, and desire tightened at my core, causing my pussy to pulse with need.

  He slid into the bed with a wicked smile on his face, and his hand immediately reached for me, bringing me closer and flush with his warm, hard body. I sighed from the mere pleasure of it as our legs entwined.

  He groaned and kissed me. “Finally.”

  “Finally?” I asked, breaking our kiss. “What about today?”