The Game Changer (The Perfect Game 2)

Gramps looked up from his plate and directly into my eyes. “Your whole off-season?”

I swallowed my last bite of food. “I don’t know. I figured I’d wait for Marc to call me about the annulment, and then I’d go to Alabama to sign the papers and pack up the house at the same time. ”

“And then what?” Dean asked.

“I’ll have to bring my stuff back here, but I want to get to New York as soon as possible to make things right with Cass,” I admitted. “I only have a few months before I have to be back in Arizona for spring training, and I still need to find a place to rent. ”

“That’s not much time. ” Gramps sounded worried.

“I know. ”

“What are you planning on saying to Cassie?” Gran tilted her head toward me. “How are you going to win her back?”

“I don’t know yet. But it will be something along the lines of how much I suck and how much she doesn’t. ”

Gramps laughed at my words, and I smiled.

“Very romantic. ” Dean sarcastically popped two thumbs up in the air.

“Shut up, Dean. No one likes you. ”

“You know you’ll have to give her more than just some nice words, dear,” Gran said as she eyed me meaningfully.

“Trust me, Gran. I know. ”

Cassie’s face relaxed as she leaned up to kiss my cheek. “I like that you followed me online. I followed you too. ”

My adrenaline started racing as I adjusted my position on the couch. “You did?”

“Of course I did. I still loved you, Jack. I cared about you. I wanted to see how you were. It was a big deal that you’d made it into the major leagues. I wasn’t going to miss it,” she explained, her shoulders shrugging like she had no choice in the matter.

“So you don’t think I’m psycho?”

“I didn’t say that,” she teased playfully.

I pounced on her before she could get away, pinning her body beneath mine and against the couch cushions. Her chest moved heavily up and down, and it took everything in me to not rip her shirt off and lose myself in her body. My shorts tightened as I leaned down to kiss her, brushing my tongue along her bottom lip. She moaned slightly as she arched her head back, her lips parting. I pressed my mouth against hers, my tongue and hers touching erotically in a playful tease of push and pull.

I wanted to tear her clothes off and devour her inch by inch. I sucked on her neck, the taste of her skin almost sending me into a frenzy. She ran her hands down the length of my back as she pulled my shirt up. She pressed her fingers into my skin as I kissed and licked her ear and neck before working my way back to her mouth. Jesus, I wanted this girl. She fired me up like no one else. Trying to maintain some semblance of self-control, I pulled back from the kiss, and her hands tightened around my neck. I chuckled and asked, “Don’t you want to hear more?”

Her grip tightened as she pulled my face to hers. “In a minute,” she said, as she grazed her tongue across my lips.

My hands explored the length of her body, stopping at the top of her thigh. “I want you so fucking bad. You make me crazy. ”

“Then take me. ” She sucked her bottom lip into her mouth, and I longed to put something of mine in there instead.

I grabbed the bottom of her top and lifted it over her head, unable to get it off fast enough. She reached for my shirt, tugging and pulling before I sat up and tore it off myself. My insides flared as she ran her hands down my bare chest, stopping at the button of my shorts. When her fingertips gently grazed over my hardness, I shuddered. Just that single touch from her and I almost came unglued.

It’s twisted how much she owns me. She always fucking has, but still.

I kicked my shorts off, silently giving myself a pat on the back when I noticed where Cassie’s eyes were locked. Half tempted to make some smartass remark about how much she loves looking at my dick, I stopped myself. I hadn’t even been back in her life for twenty-four hours; no need to screw it up already.

My gaze moved from her eyes down to her naked body. “You’re so fucking sexy. ” I meant the words, but they came out in a lusty growl and she bit her bottom lip again. I dropped my mouth to hers, sucking that lip between my teeth, my body falling to meet hers.

Heat shot through me as we touched. The feeling of her skin pressed against mine caused my lust to hungrily take over. I curled my fingers in her hair, forcefully tugging her head back so I could kiss her throat and jaw.

“Oh God, Jack. I want you inside me. Please. Stop teasing. ”

I pressed my hardness against her, and when she howled with pleasure, I pulled it away. “Goddammit, Jack. Stop fucking around. ” Her fingers dug into my backside as she forcefully guided me to her.