by Cross,Lexi
He was saying pretty much the same thing Coach had told me already. I wondered if there would be anything new to add that hadn’t already been said.
“During your suspension, I need you to think about your commitment to the team and to your career, Cade,” he said in a very direct tone.
“Yes, sir.” I didn’t like the way this was going.
“If you cannot straighten up your act, you will have to be traded again, and I don’t have to tell you how it looks for you to continue being traded season after season,” Mr. Stevens added.
“No, I get it.” I had been called into the coach’s office many times before. I had even been called into management and ownership meetings to discuss aspects of my behavior, but I had never been in trouble the way I was right then. Everybody was coming down on me, from the owner to the coach, even down to my girlfriend.
Unlike Raven, Kendra was actually my girlfriend. And she’d given me quite a lashing the night before. I really felt like I would have been okay if everyone would have just backed off for a minute to give me a chance to fix everything. But with everyone riding my back, it felt like the plan was to help me fail.
“Have you given any thought to what else you might do after this?” Coach Anglin asked, jumping back into the conversation.
I was ashamed to say I hadn’t given life after football any thought. I had figured I was just going to live the life until it was time to retire. That notion definitely seemed unlikely all of a sudden, to say the least.
I didn’t have any other talents besides playing football. If I lost the game, I lost everything. And it looked like that was going to happen soon if I didn’t figure out how to fix everything. I was going to lose my career and my girl. I had already lost the opportunity to be part of Older Brothers to prove to everyone that I was working on my image and taking it seriously.
The truth was I hadn’t been taking it seriously. I took Kendra seriously, and I took my career somewhat seriously. I had probably taken sex the most seriously of all, and because of that I was about to lose everything.
There wasn’t much else to say in the meeting. The point had been that I was suspended and in danger of being traded again, if anyone would have me. If not, then I was just of out luck and off the team. And out of a career.
I left the office and drove home. I was gaining more control over my foot and ankle every day. I could have been—should have been—on the field practicing for the game coming up over the weekend, but I had other business to tend to.
For starters, I had to repair my relationship with Kendra. She’d slept in my bed the night before after our little talk, but her heart was guarded. Raven had driven a wedge between us, creating an emotional distance that hadn’t been there before.
In speaking of Raven, she was waiting for me at my front door when I got home after meeting with Anglin and Stevens. I wondered what else she had up her sleeve. I probably should have called my lawyer or the police before getting out of the car, but I wanted to see her. I wanted to try to set things right myself.
I walked up the steps to the front door, and she approached me as soon as I reached the top step. She pressed her perfect little body against me. I tried to back away but she grabbed my hands and pulled them around behind her, placing them on her soft round ass.
“I’ll drop all the charges, Lucky, if you’ll just fuck me and give me a baby,” she said breathlessly, her lips almost close enough to touch mine.
I hesitated. “I-I can’t, Raven. I’m sorry,” I stammered. I felt myself hardening as she shifted her hips against me, despite my best efforts to ignore her body. She knew how I liked it, and she wasn’t afraid to use that against me.
“It feels to me like you can,” she said. She reached down and stroked me through my pants.
I laughed. “Oh, I’m definitely ready. I’m always ready, but I can’t. I’m seeing someone. She’s living with me now. It’s pretty serious.” I threw out every line I could to try to pull myself away from her.
She smiled and leaned into my ear. “Anything you want, as many times as you want it,” she whispered. Her tongue flicked my earlobe, sending chills down my neck.
It was all I could do not to put her up against the wall by the door and take her from behind right there. I didn’t care why she wanted a kid. I didn’t care that she wanted one from me. I just knew that if I slept with her again, there would be no turning back. We would have been thrown back into the thick of it.
My dick grew harder just thinking about it. I could feel that she was wearing a thong, and I could imagine the thin line of fabric running between her cheeks, barely hiding her sweet little holes from me.
“Anything I want, huh?” I asked her in a heavy voice.
“Anything. Just fill me with your delicious cum and give me a baby to remind me of the best sex I’ve ever had,” she groaned, grinding her hips against me.
“I want you to get the fuck off my property before I call the police. I’m sure they’d love to find you here, begging for cock like some hard-up prostitute doing anything she can to make a buck.” I pulled back from her and started toward my door.
“What? Are you still turning me down?” she hissed.
“You have until I get inside to start walking away. Otherwise, you won’t be leaving until the cops show up and take you away,” I threatened.
I had to look away from those perfect lips, those deep eyes, her full tits, and her deliciously round ass. I wanted this to end, and if I stared at her for too long, this shit with her would be the only thing that didn’t end. I was only a heartbeat away from giving in to my desire and turning her every way but loose.
“You’re going to regret this, Cade. I’ll see you in court, and I’m going to take you for all you’re worth,” she threatened again.
I watched her ass shake in her tight skirt as she walked down the steps to the driveway. I had no idea where she parked, but she walked down through the gate to the street.
My desire throbbed in my pants, and I desperately wanted to do something about it. I actually considered calling her back up and giving her what she wanted. My inability to tell her no had done enough damage already, I figured, so I just watched as she walked away.
Then, I closed the door and went inside. I wasn’t going to tell anyone she’d been by. There was no one to tell.
Chapter Nineteen
Kendra
It was crunch time. The mortgage on the office was due, and because the last director had done such a lousy job, they weren’t willing to cut me any slack. They had allowed her to go months without payment. The only consolation was that they were willing to work with me on a payment plan, but they demanded the money on time. Instead of paying the current month plus the last three months altogether, they were willing to settle for a little extra each month until I got caught up.
The problem was I didn’t have the current month after donations and other funds were pulled due to Lucky’s latest scandal. I had spent the morning calling donors and banks to try to find the money, but there was nothing to be found. I didn’t even have enough to pay my employees. I didn’t have enough to even keep the program running.
I had to do something. But I didn’t know what to do. I had nowhere to turn. Any money from Lucky would have seemed like an endorsement of his behavior or support for what he was doing. I had to keep my professional distance from him. I could not afford to let him get involved in the charity again.
“What the hell am I supposed to do?” I asked the papers on my desk.
“I might be able to help, you know,” a smooth voice came from the doorway. I looked up and saw Tommy standing there. He wore his dark hair slicked back. He had on a sharp black suit, like he always wore. His body was tall, lean, and relaxed, leaning against the door frame.
“I remember,” I replied dryly. “Do you have an appointment?”
“I didn’t think I needed one,” he said as he walked into the office. His body moved so effortlessly.
“Lo
ok, I’ve already told you I don’t want your help,” I insisted.
“I’m not here to offer. And you’re not in a position to turn me down, not if you want to keep this old office,” he said, looking around.
“Save it, Tommy,” I snapped.
“I have been.” He walked around the desk, dragging a finger along the edge of it.
I should have moved. I should have stepped away to avoid him, but I froze in place. I couldn’t even stand up from the way I was leaning over my paperwork. I knew what was about to happen, and part of me must have wanted it, because I was locked into my one spot.
“I’ve been saving it just for you, Kendra.” He walked around behind me. One hand grabbed my hips and pulled me to him while the other ran up the front of my blouse and gripped me through the fabric of my shirt and bra I was wearing. He squeezed my breast, pinching my nipple just a little through the layers above it. He pressed his hard cock between my ass cheeks. I felt him running up and down my crack, and I could feel my panties getting wetter the longer he stood there.
“I can be a very giving man, if you just let me,” Tommy said in my ear.
I moaned as he rocked himself against me. My body was responding on its own. Sensation had taken over. I closed my eyes and hoped that, if he was going to do anything, he’d just get it over with.
“I can tell you want it,” he said. He pulled my hair out of the way and kissed my neck gently.
Chills ran down my spine. I could feel my muscles contracting between my legs, responding to all his physical cues. There was no real desire in me to have him, but my body didn’t seem to know that.
He turned me around with a hand on the back of my neck and held my face mere inches from his. I pressed my body against him.
“I will take care of you, Kendra. Just let me have you,” he said.
He was growing harder between my legs, and my will was growing weaker. I didn’t know where else to go, and it didn’t seem like he was going to back off any time soon. He’d made the offer several times since I’d arrived in town, and I’d turned him down every time. He was still trying.
“Okay,” I said.
“Okay?” He let go and pulled back from me to look into my face. His dark eyes searched my face to be sure I was being serious.
“Give me a couple of days, though. I need to exhaust all of my options before I accept your money for sex. Also, I’m going to draw up an agreement that I will need you to sign,” I told him.
“An agreement? What, like a contract? You do understand prostitution is illegal, right?” he asked, laughing at me.
“I get that, but I want something to protect me if things go wrong. The contract will be for one night only. You’ll be free to do whatever makes you feel more giving, but when it’s over, it’s over. We go back to our daily lives, and you make the donations you’ve promised to make,” I explained.
“Yes, ma’am,” he said, amused by my tone. “You’re being serious, aren’t you?”
“Dead serious. I’m not getting burned by you.” I could see the desire leaving his face as I made it more and more serious. It looked like he had just wanted a piece of ass, with little or no intention of actually helping me out with money. Really, I just wanted to make sure Tommy didn’t do me the way Raven was doing Lucky.
“Look, I just want to fuck you,” he said. “That’s all. Just let me donate to the charity, set you up with some cash to help with your personal finances, and give me a piece of that sweet little ass.”
“You sign this contract, and you’ll get it, Tommy.” In the back of my head, I knew I should have felt bad about considering his offer when I had Lucky at home, expecting me to be faithful. But I wasn’t sure he was going to be faithful either. I couldn’t be sure he wasn’t going to sleep with Raven if she tried hard enough to get him to give her a child. After all, if I was considering Tommy’s offer, who was to say Lucky wasn’t considering hers?
He pressed himself against me again, and I could feel that he was still ready to go. He picked me up and slid me onto the desk. He forced my legs apart and pressed himself close. I felt his length running against my sex through the thin fabric of my panties.
My body shook as he rubbed against me, despite the fact that I wasn’t quite ready to give in yet. I needed to make him wait until I had time to check out other options.
“Let me have you right here,” he said breathlessly in my face. “I can give you all the money you need today. Just let me inside that wet little pussy.”
I smiled and rocked my hips against him, pressing my hands against his chest.
“I can’t. I just can’t,” I said, letting go and leaning back across the desk. I knew I was putting myself into a submissive position for him, and I knew it wouldn’t have taken much for him to take advantage of the way I was spread out before him, but Tommy was a businessman. As long as we were talking about business, I knew I could trust him.
Rather, I hoped I could trust him.
He ran his hands down my blouse, squeezing my breasts as he passed over them. He gripped my hips and pulled me against him again.
“Get up,” he said. “Do what you need to do, but I’ll be back in two days to get you for our night of ecstasy and seduction. Do not back out of this,” he threatened, holding a finger up.
“I won’t,” I breathed.
“I’ll see you in two days.” He straightened his clothes and started towards my door while I was still pulling my skirt down and straightening my blouse.
And that fast, he was gone. It was like he hadn’t even been there. But he had what he wanted. He’d gotten me to sort of agree to sleep with him in exchange for donations and financial support.
I was sacrificing my personal life for the Older Brothers program, a charity that was ready to close its doors when I came in. I hadn’t even seen it work in the area yet.
Over the next couple of days, one of the things I needed to figure out was whether or not I thought this organization was really worth that kind of time and dedication. If I slept with Tommy, even if it was just for the charity, I would no longer be able to look Lucky in the face.
It was enough to make me want to call him up and tell him to go ahead with Raven, to fuck her and give her a child, just so I wouldn’t have to feel as guilty for even considering Tommy’s offer. Hell, it was almost enough to make me want to tell him to let me watch so I would know it happened beyond a shadow of doubt. I wasn’t about to do that, though. I really wanted our relationship to work, even though it was beginning to feel like everything was working against us.
I also wanted Older Brothers to work, and I was starting to feel like the two were mutually exclusive. What the hell was I supposed to do? It was becoming clearer and clearer that I wasn’t going to be able to balance both of them.
First things first, I needed to change out of my soaked panties. Then, I needed to draw up the contract for the night of ecstasy Tommy and I had promised each other. And finally, I needed to make sure Tommy really was the only option I had.
I sighed and sat down at my desk. I flipped through the papers again. There were no new names. Almost all of the money represented on my desk was money that had been taken out because of the Raven scandal.
I was losing the battle. I buried my face in my hands and cried.
Chapter Twenty
Lucky
After I was sure Raven had left, I got on the phone and called the lead attorney on my case. I thought about keeping it all to myself and not telling them anything, but that was also what had caused all of this trouble to begin with. I should have been completely open about what was going on before. I should have told them everything from the start instead of trying to handle it myself.
I was still surprised that she hadn’t just dropped it when I didn’t respond to her threat the first time. Well, at least there wasn’t anything else she could do, I figured. Charges had been filed. A court date was set. I had a legal team supporting me. I was ready to go, as long as I could keep her aw
ay from me.
The lawyers came to my home to meet this time. They didn’t want to have the meeting at the training facility. They claimed they didn’t want to have to worry about the cameras and reporters trying to get information about the case from them. Truthfully, Mr. Stevens probably didn’t want me going back and forth to and from the facility multiple times a day. He’d made it pretty clear he didn’t want me seen up there.
“We can meet in my dining room,” I told them when they arrived. I led them to the long room behind glass doors where I kept a long dining table. I saw their eyes look around the house in wonder as we walked through.