Love of the Game - The Complete Collection (Box Set)

by Shayne McClendon

  She laughed and he felt his heart expand.

  “We’ve had sleepovers. No kidding. Everyone at my house, movie marathons, eating ice cream at three in the morning. It’s amazing. I didn’t get that as a teenager, and they want nothing from me. Traveling in a pack of beautiful men intimidates other men from bothering me. I think I get more from this than they do.”

  “I don’t think so and they don’t think so, either. Trust me, they love having a woman with them to spoil who doesn’t expect to turn them straight. You fill a little sister kind of role as well as best friend to each. They like having an actual female to turn to with questions or curiosity. It’s very give and take.”

  He leaned closer. “I do have a question…you’re likely going to hate me for it, but I’m going to ask it anyway.”

  She kept her poker face on, one eyebrow cocked and waiting, almost as if she already knew what he was going to ask.

  “They touch you and kiss you all night. I’m aware you don’t want any of them sexually, that they don’t want you in that way, but…doesn’t it wind you up? Six gorgeous men stroking your body all night? If I had six beautiful lesbians doing that, coming home with me for sex or not, I’d be turned on without question.”

  Her face showed her shock. “What a great question, Jake. In all the years I’ve hung out with the guys, no one has ever asked me that. Not even my mom and she’s come out dancing with us countless times.”

  She leaned toward him, again granting him the pleasure of a peek down her dress.

  “The answer is yes, it does stimulate a physical reaction. Not for any of them specifically, just the general desire for culmination. To get off.”

  For a long moment, she watched his face.

  "I can tell you didn’t expect me to answer honestly. I’ve been kissed about a hundred times tonight. My ass has been grabbed, I’ve been hugged, ground against. Even gay men react to anyone grinding against them…it’s physical. No man can help it.”

  One shoulder lifted in a delicate shrug. “By the time I leave their company, I’m primed with no outlet. Still, I wouldn’t trade my friendship with them for any reason.”

  “I am surprised you answered honestly. You’re not blushing. That you have a safe and confident relationship with six alpha males who happen to be gay is incredible.” He was sincere.

  “I’ve known most of them since I was sixteen. They’re all older than me, around your age. A few years makes a difference to a teenage girl…they helped shape me into who I am. They ruined me for unattractive men. I’m honest enough to admit that.”

  “I get it. They are stupidly good looking, Raine.”

  Nodding, she smiled. “They also ruined me for men who aren’t gentlemanly and I don’t regret that at all. I prefer men who are confident and successful on their own, because I am.”

  “There’s nothing wrong with demanding that in a man, sweetheart.”

  “I’ve been spoiled rotten by them individually and as a group. They buy me things constantly though I’m more than capable of buying whatever I need. They take me places, love me up, dance with me, always make sure I get home safe, and remind me to eat.”

  “You’re easy to love, Raine. How have prospective boyfriends handled the pressure?”

  “There are six of them, and when I’m with them, someone is always focused on me. I’ve spent so much of my life working and studying. I see them as an escape from the real world. Any men I’ve dated felt as if they had to compete with them. It’s an impossible task because six to one are heavy odds.”

  Jake appreciated the way she spoke directly. This was an interview and he found the need to reassure her of where he stood.

  “There are no odds, Raine. It isn’t a competition because they fulfill an area of your life that would normally be filled by female friends. They do things most straight men have no interest in filling. I could give a damn about doing your hair and makeup but love the end result. I wouldn’t have a clue how to pick an outfit for you. There is no way in hell I can dance for six straight hours, even in peak condition, nor do I want to.”

  Jake showed her some of the hunger he’d been hiding most of the night.

  “However, I enjoyed watching you dance with them, all of you touching each other. It was strangely stimulating…another reaction I didn’t expect.”

  “It turned you on to watch me dance with them?” she asked in surprise.

  “Oh yes, it was more than just dancing. Watching them touch you, kiss you, grind against you. Maybe because I know it’s only touch…I don’t know. I’ve been hard since I walked in the door and saw you.”

  “You aren’t bothered by them at all, are you, Jake?”

  “They aren’t a threat to a man confident in what he has to offer. I can give you something none of them can. I can offer you a relationship based on more than affection, more than platonic, more than comfortable. They have their place in your life, Raine. I’d like the chance to have mine.”

  His eyes stayed on hers, no regrets about how much he wanted her. “Come home with me, Raine.”

  She looked at him for a long moment. "I'm not sure I should." She blushed slightly for the first time all night.

  Jake looked her directly in the eye, his gaze steady. "You already know you're safe with me, Raine. Nothing will happen that makes you uncomfortable. You trusted me once. Trust me again."

  He gave her a sly smile. "Besides, your posse gave me their stamp of approval."

  She smiled back at him, and nodded. “Should I follow you?”

  Just the thought of her in his bed caused his dick to twitch.

  “No. Drop your car at the clinic. Come home and stay the night with me. I have the first appointment tomorrow. I'll go early so you aren’t late. Give yourself to me, wake up with me, trust me…don’t run away.”

  Jake stood and held out his hand. Raine took it and let him pull her gently from her chair. Her body pressed close. If she took a deep breath, her breasts would brush against his shirt. In her heels, the top of her head came to his chin; he’d forgotten how slender and delicate she was.

  He slid his hand into the hair at the base of her skull and lowered his mouth to kiss her. She gripped his shirt. Putting his other arm around her waist, he drew her closer. Sucking her lower lip, she opened for him and he licked into her mouth, loving the taste and heat of her.

  When she pressed even tighter against him, he lifted his head. “I need you, Raine. We have to go. Now.” He took her hand and walked for the door.

  His leg was sore but their pace was slow and steady. Tucking her into her car, he leaned in the open door to give her another long, lingering kiss before getting in his truck.

  Jake followed her closely, paranoid the entire time she drove across town to the clinic. Afraid something would happen to keep her from him. Worse, that she would change her mind.

  When she emerged from her car in the clinic parking lot, raised the hand holding her keys over her shoulder to lock the doors as she walked towards his truck, he breathed a sigh of relief.

  He opened the door for her and held her hand as she slid inside. He placed his hand on her thigh, pressing it slightly before backing up and closing the door.

  Behind the wheel again, he leaned over the center console and brought her face to his for another kiss. Pulling back with a groan, he whispered, “Buckle up.”

  Then he tore out of the parking lot and made the twenty minute drive to his house. He was sure it had never seemed so far before.

  Raine watched Jake drive. She enjoyed the way his hands roamed over her at each light. By the time they turned into his driveway, she could barely think.

  She usually did enough thinking for three people.

  Tonight, she was focused on feeling.

  Chapter Nine

  Jake pulled into the garage and hit the remote again, getting out of the truck as the door lowered behind them. Coming around the front of the vehicle, his eyes never left Raine’s face. He opened her door and lifted her
from the cab.

  “You should not be hauling me around. My advice as your doctor. Put me down.” He growled in frustration and tightened his grip. She placed a gentle kiss on his lips. “Do what you need to do to protect your knee, Jake. Don’t undo our hard work.” He put her down and looked miserable about it. “I’ve never needed someone so bad in my life.”

  She reached up to pull him down for a real kiss and it was everything Raine remembered. She quickly lost herself in the feel and the taste of him, the way his large palms felt across her narrow back, and how good he smelled.

  Lifting his head, beautiful brown eyes stared at her. His finger traced her cheek and his smile made her wet.

  “I’ve dreamed about you so many times, Raine. I know that feeling well.”

  Turning, he took her hand and led her from the garage, walking through the house to his bedroom. There were glimpses of big furniture with clean lines, lots of blues and browns, then he was kissing her and she didn’t give a damn about the décor.

  Kicking off his shoes, his hands were in her hair as his lips stole her sanity.

  She went to work on the buttons of his shirt, needing him bare to her touch, to feel his skin beneath her fingertips. Impatience got the best of her. Taking the panels in her fists, she yanked hard and the remaining buttons scattered as he chuckled against her lips. Then the material was shoved off his shoulders and down his arms.

  His belt was pulled apart and a sense of relief washed over her as she got his jeans unbuttoned. Her hand slipped just inside to protect him from the zipper. The back pressed against his cock and it pulsed in response.

  Jake broke their kiss with a groan of pleasure. “I’ve been so fucking hard for so long. Damn. Freedom feels good.”

  One stroke down his length and she dropped to her knees, pushing his jeans and boxer briefs over his hips. Using caution around his knee, she made him raise one foot at a time to assist her.

  “I’ve never considered the act of sock removal to be sensual until right now.”

  Tossing his clothing to the side, she gave him a wink and held his gaze as she grasped the base of his dick with one hand and took him in her mouth as far as she could.

  He sucked in a hard breath before his head dropped back on his shoulders. “Oh, Jesus. I can’t take your mouth on me, Raine. Please…oh my god…that feels incredible.”

  She kept the suction strong, moving her hand in time as she took him deep. He grabbed fistfuls of her hair in his hands and locked his body to keep from falling.

  When she slid her other hand up to cup his balls, he twitched in her mouth, and his hold tightened in her hair. Moaning, she took him deeper, wanting all of him.

  “Raine, I can’t…I’m going to come. Fuck, yes! So good.”

  Jake exploded against the back of her throat with a growl and she relaxed to swallow him, milking every drop as she continued to move over the length.

  Their eyes met as she released him and licked her lips.

  He helped her to her feet and immediately claimed her mouth in another kiss. She was surprised since men she’d dated didn’t usually do that. His palms were warm along the sides of her neck, calloused thumbs stroked her jaw, and Raine remembered how tactile he’d been years ago.

  She soaked up his touch, starved for it since the morning she’d left him looking naturally beautiful in a hotel hallway. His lips coasted over her closed lids, her forehead, and her cheeks before they returned to deliver sipping kisses to her mouth.

  Jake could not believe she was here, in his arms, after so long.

  “Somehow I forgot just how soft your skin is, how green your eyes are, how fantastic you smell. So many memories of you in a few hours, but nothing compares to the reality of you, Raine. The woman you’ve become is even more spectacular than the one I remember.”

  “Thank you, Jake.”

  “Let’s create some new memories.” He kissed her again and gathered the hem of her dress. His palms followed her skin as he took it up her body and over her head. Undoing the clasp of her barely-there bra, it fell between them.

  Her breasts were compact but they were high and firm. He cupped them with his hands as he watched her face. Leaning into his touch, her eyes drifted closed in pleasure. The pink nipples furled even further as his thumbs worried back and forth over them.

  When she opened her eyes, he bent to take one in his mouth. Her small hand slipped into his hair to hold his head to her. He moved his mouth to the other breast, his tongue circling the hardened tip as his hands dropped to her hips.

  He hooked his thumbs in her panties and slid his hands over her ass, releasing her with his mouth and kissing his way down her tight stomach as he ran his hands, and the panties, down to her feet.

  Raine moved to step out of them, her stance widening slightly, and he raked his fingertips over the tiny red curls that covered her mound. They were trimmed and soft, a darker red than her hair.

  His plan to worship her on his knees was nixed when she took his face in her hands. “Don’t even think about it, Jake. You will ruin your progress.”

  Huffing in frustration, he pulled her to the bed and pretended not to see her smiling. He tossed the comforter out of the way and guided her down on cool sheets.

  Positioning them on their sides, his good knee on top, he stroked over her skin, playing with her and making her writhe in need. The moment she relaxed, he gripped one thigh, placed his other hand on her waist, rolled to his back, and lifted her over his face.

  Her gasp of surprise made him grin. Then he got to work on the task at hand.

  “Jake, what…oh god, never mind. Carry on…”

  His hands held her in place, his mouth all over her, lightly biting and licking until she was whimpering above him. She put out one hand, grasping the headboard with white knuckles. The other twisted in his hair.

  She stared down at him as he sucked her clit between his lips and he watched a shiver travel over her. Her lower lip went between her teeth, her eyes wide, when he slipped a finger inside her.

  Using his other hand, he encouraged her to work against his mouth and with a look of sexual curiosity, she did. Her folds slipped over his lips and he used his tongue to flick the little bundle of nerves with each pass.

  Less than a minute, his name on her lips, and she came on his.

  He waited, taking long, slow licks from where his finger gently moved in her pussy to the top of her now super-sensitive clit. “That was too easy, Raine. I want you to come again.”

  Jake rolled them, putting her head and upper back against the pillows, and kept his head between her thighs. One hand held her wide open for him as he went back to eating his new favorite sweet.

  He licked and sucked her folds, curling his fingertip inside her hot sheath, until she was begging; practically sobbing that she needed him inside her.

  Ignoring her pleas, wanting her soft and slick for him, he kept going. He added another finger, alternating between thrusting and stroking in small circles, making sure to hit just the right spots. When her body tightened and she started trembling, he put his open mouth over her and sucked her little clit between his lips.

  Raine screamed as his tongue and fingers continued their assault, her second orgasm much harder than the first as her juices slickened her further.

  “Jake, oh my god, I’ve missed this.” She was grinding against him and he waited until the tremors began to slow before he stroked his tongue inside the throbbing channel to get more of her.

  Finally, he raised his head and kissed up her torso, taking each nipple to the roof of his mouth, before settling over her lips. Their kiss tasted of each other.

  “Jake, how do you know? Know exactly what I need, what will push me over?” Her arms shook as she wrapped them around his neck.

  He waited to answer, holding himself on one elbow as he positioned his hips in the cradle of her body. His other hand reached into the drawer in the bedside table for a condom. Angling off her a bit with an impatient grunt, he rolle
d it on.

  She stroked his back when he returned. He held his torso off hers with his arms, stretched out his injured leg, and bent the other. He rubbed himself against the cleft of her body, coating himself with her fluids. Raine reached down and helped to position himself at the entrance of her pussy. ,

  Staring down into a face he’d dreamed of so many times, he smiled.

  “I know you because I learned you, Raine. I took your body for the first time and I took that far more seriously than you thought I would. I made love to you, fucked you, played with you, and ate you…for hours. Made you come until you couldn’t come anymore to make your first time stick in your mind.”

  He bent and kissed her possessively. “To imprint myself on you, so you would always remember me. So you would never forget what I made you feel that one night.”

  With the first strong thrust of his hips, he buried himself halfway in her wet heat. Raine’s body arched as he moved steadily to seat himself, until he prodded her womb. He gave her time to adjust to his size. As her body began to relax, Jake stroked lazily into her pussy, in no rush.

  One should never rush in this woman’s arms. “I want to learn you again. To make love to you, fuck you, play with you, and eat you…”

  Her legs wrapped around his waist and he smiled. “I want to make you come until you can’t come anymore, Raine. To imprint myself on you so you never want anyone else but me between your thighs, because I never want to be inside any woman but you.”

  Green eyes filled with tears. “No one has ever touched me as deeply, as completely, as you, Jake. You are so hard, so deep, that I feel like you’re under my skin with me.”

  Raine wrapped herself around him and he breathed a sigh of relief to feel so much of her skin against his own. His thrusts were harder this time, more demanding. He pushed deep and pulled almost all the way out as her pussy sucked along his cock.

  “You feel amazing. Only your body, your mouth, your pussy will ever be enough for me. I want you to come for me. Feel me pushing deep and come for me.” A flush built from her chest and she lifted her mouth for a kiss. He was happy to give it.