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  There were people around us, but nobody seemed to notice as he pressed harder into me.

  “I’ve been waiting for this,” Joe said.

  I tried to push him away.

  My back was digging into the counter. “Let me go, Joe.”

  Joe grinned and didn’t move an inch.

  “You’re hurting me.”

  “Let’s go somewhere more private, Emma. What’s in the backyard?”

  I knew there was a lot of people out there. I didn’t know what he wanted, but my instinct was to get away. Joe took my hand and pulled me from the kitchen and outside as I stumbled behind him, trying to pull away.

  It was too crowded, and I was having trouble breathing as I looked around. Joe tugged me to a spot where there was a bench under a tree and some bushes. There were people just a few feet away, but I felt so alone as he pulled me to him.

  I cried out just as someone burst through the bushes, shoving Joe away from me.

  “What the fuck do you think you’re doing?” Jackson yelled. “Are you okay, Em?”

  I nodded before Joe pushed himself up and hit Jackson in the jaw. I screamed as the guys started to fight, clearly harboring more resentment than just this incident. They moved into the main part of the yard and got into it as I cried out for Bella.

  She came running and gasped. Jackson was getting a few more punches in than Joe. The quarterback was bloody as some of the other guys separated them.

  I didn’t know what this could mean for Jackson and his career. He let the guys pull him back, calling something else out to Joe before he turned to me. Jackson wrapped his hands over my shoulders and moved me under the tree as everyone started talking behind him, asking what happened.

  “Are you okay? Did he hurt you?”

  I shook my head, staring at him.

  “I got here just in time to see him pulling you back here and barely remember anything past that. I don’t trust him with you.”

  “I’m okay. He got a bit pushy is all. I’m fine. Are you?” I asked, reaching out to touch his bloodied face. “We should clean you up.”

  “I got more in than he did,” Jackson assured me, making my heart melt as I gazed at him. “I want to take you the fuck outta here, Emma. Can we leave?”

  I surveyed the bruises that were starting to show and smiled a little.

  “Considering how hot what you just did for me is, yes. I’m so scared for you right now, but I do want to leave with you.”

  Jackson ducked further behind the tree and I glanced over to see Joe being carried through the glass doors by some of his friends. Bella was yelling at him and I followed Jackson to the exit from the courtyard, pausing as we watched Joe get tossed onto the front lawn.

  Jackson walked me out as soon as things were quiet, leading me between cars to his. He unlocked the door. I slid inside as he opened it and smiled as he walked around to his side.

  I wasn’t sure about my reaction to what happened just now. On one hand, he protected me and that was amazing but on the other, he was hurt and the team could let him go. I just looked across the car to watch him for a moment. Jackson reached over for my hand, stroking my hand with his thumb as I felt confusion filling my mind but love fill my heart.

  CHAPTER 20

  JACKSON

  I drove and held tightly onto her hand, trying to keep her with me. I played back what I could recall about tonight as we drove away from all of it, remembering the flash of rage when I saw Joe leading her across the grass to a dark patch of trees. Nobody was paying them any attention, and I almost broke the truck door trying to open it to get to them.

  “He scared me, Jackson. He was all over me in the kitchen, pinning me and then suddenly dragging me out back. I thought that someone would see and stop him, but I felt invisible. I didn’t know what was going to happen and then you were there.”

  The first hit I landed was a blur, and I winced as I drove, trying to focus on the road. I knew that was going to come back to haunt me, but it was worth it to get Emma away from him. She was more than just a girl I was falling for. She was the woman who I watched grow up into this beautiful, strong person and no one was going to take that away from her.

  We got to my place, and I parked, turning the engine off. We sat in silence. I had a moment of uncertainty until Emma moved to kiss me, her mouth hot on mine. I tilted my head to deepen it, feeling her willingness to be mine in the stroke of her tongue and her hands that pulled me closer to her. Emma was mine, if only for tonight.

  We kissed until I couldn’t take it any longer. I pulled back and looked her in the eyes.

  “Can we move this indoors? I don’t want to give the neighbors a show.”

  Emma bit her lip and smiled. “Yes, let’s go inside.”

  I walked around to her side of the truck and carried her to my door. I let her down to unlock it, then then followed her inside, kicking the door closed behind me as I kissed her again. Our lips crashed together as I reached down to cup her ass, lifting her body against mine and pressing firmly into her. Emma wrapped her arms around me and pulled me closer as I pressed her against the wall.

  Her skirt was short, and I groaned as I touched bare skin, gripping her tighter as I drove my jean-covered groin against her, hearing her cry out. I didn’t want to hope too much for sex tonight, but I was hard and needy when it came to Emma. I didn’t want to deny myself of her any longer and I kissed her harder. She wrapped her legs around me, tightening her hold around my neck. I pulled her away from the wall, stumbling down the hallway as I looked ahead. I was going to keep her in my bed forever this time.

  I walked through my doorway and paused before the bed, hardly able to believe that this was happening. Emma looked back and put her legs down, her eyes hungry for me. I’d never seen her so aroused, and I reached out for her as she slipped her hands into my pants, loosening them before she pushed them to the floor.

  “I have never been as turned on as I was watching you come to save me. I wasn’t even in any serious danger yet but there you were, crashing through the trees and taking care of me like you’ve always done.”

  Emma licked her lips and sank to her knees.

  She pulled my cock out of my pants. It was hard and aching for her touch. She knelt and leaned forward to lick the moist tip with her tongue. She took me into her mouth and I let out a low hiss. Emma felt so good around my cock. She fell silent as she continued to suck, soft and slow before she moved faster. I slipped my hands into her hair and pulled her closer as I shut my eyes, memorizing this moment as all guilt left my body.

  I was tired of the guilt. I was tired of not having her in my life and it had only been a few days.

  Emma kept moving her mouth over me, frantically tightening as I grew harder inside her mouth. My breathing changed and I could feel my body reaching for an orgasm. I said that I was coming, and instead of pulling away, I felt her grip my body tightly. I jerked forward, filling her mouth as she stilled for a moment. Emma swallowed.

  She pulled away and gazed into my eyes, smiling as I looked down at her. She stood, and I watched as she removed her clothes, piece by piece. She tossed them all to the floor and sat down on the bed. I was still breathing hard as I moved down to my knees.

  “Spread your legs.”

  I was starving for her body and moved forward to inhale her sweet scent before I licked her pussy. Fuck, I didn’t realize how much I missed her.

  Emma stared down at me as I stroked her slick folds with my tongue, sucking her juices into my mouth. I found her swollen, needy clit, tonguing it roughly as she arched her back to offer me more. I gazed at her, breathless at her bare skin for a moment before I drew her into my mouth. She groaned and gripped my hair before dropping back and rocking her body against mine.

  Emma was drenched, and I kept sucking on her as I slid a finger inside her. Her pussy wrapped tightly around my finger, the heat burning my skin as I bit down gently and heard her cry out.

  Emma was not a porcelain doll, and I wasn�
��t going to break her doing any of this. She was grown up and fuck all if I didn’t want to be the one inside her every night. I wanted to be the one holding her hand in public and the one who the family was proud to see her with. I wasn’t sure how this would go over, but I knew that I was going to be with Emma.

  She cried out my name loudly, realizing that two fingers were inside her. She was gripping me, and heat washed over my hand as I watched her come. I never wanted to see another woman do this, and I curled my fingers as she jerked against me.

  “Jackson. Oh, fuck.”

  My eyes widened at Emma’s words. I grinned to myself and dragged my fingertips across her walls as she whimpered and released more heat onto my fingers. I pulled my fingers out and smeared her sweet juices over her hard nipples.

  “I’ve never heard you use that word before, Em. I don’t know if I should spank you or take you right here,” I said in a gruff voice as I crawled over her. I looked at her glistening skin and leaned down to trace her nipple with my tongue and she let out a whimper.

  “Both,” Emma begged.

  I felt my cock stiffen against her thigh. The idea of having her bent over in front of me made me ache inside as I bent down to take her nipple into my mouth. Emma groaned as I drew her deeper inside, dragging my teeth over her skin. She was so excited as she clawed at my back. I moved to the other nipple, sucking the taste from her skin as I plucked the other one with my fingers. I wasn’t gentle as I took turns with them, teasing and biting until she was begging me to take her.

  “Are you sure?” I asked as I held still above her body. The idea of making love to her made my whole body tingle, but I needed her to be sure before we moved to that step. There was no turning back if we did. I looked down into her face, kissing her swollen lips gently.

  “Yes, I’m tired of fighting it. I can’t fight it anymore,” Emma said as she watched me kiss her again. “I’ve wanted you for years, Jackson. I’m tired of wanting and now I need to feel you. I want you inside me.”

  Her eyes burned with the words and I reached for the nightstand drawer to grab some condoms, asking her again if she was sure.

  “This will change everything for us, Em. Once I’m inside you, I’m never going to be without you again,” I said as I sheathed myself with the condom. “Fuck everybody. We’re on.”

  I moved over her, kissing her softly for a moment before deepening it. I reached down, holding my body up with one arm as I guided myself inside her, pressing slowly so she could adjust.

  Fuck, it felt so good to finally feel her wrapped around me. I moved slowly, burying myself and staying still for a moment as she gripped me. Sex changed for me in a moment and I let out a ragged breath as I stared at her. Emma looked beautiful, her skin glowing and cheeks pink with desire as she breathed in deeply. I knew that this was what I’d been searching for my entire life. I knew I was home. I pulled out gently, sliding back in and watching her closely. Emma started moving with me, and we quickly found a rhythm together.

  Eventually, she lifted her hips and rocked into me, making me groan as I bottomed out. She let out a long cry of pleasure as I moved. She felt incredible as I took her harder. She took it all, crying out for more as I drove myself into her hard and deep. Emma tightened, and I watched her face as she came for me, screaming my name as she jerked hard against me. I kept moving into her tight pussy and came harder than I ever had before, dropping beside her once I was finished.

  We both breathed deeply, the air filled with the scent of our sweat and sex as my body kept tingling. I never felt this way after coming and I closed my eyes and scanned my body mentally for the different sensations. I marveled at all of them and I felt Emma take my hand, looking over at her as she smiled at me.

  “That felt as good as I dreamed over the years,” she said as I drew in another breath. “It was everything I knew it would be.”

  “I never had it feel that way before,” I confessed, and suspicion crossed her face. Emma knew that I had slept around and I knew that I sounded like an idiot right now. “I mean it, Emma. I’m still feeling it in my body.”

  “Me too,” she giggled, and I raised her hand to my mouth slowly to kiss the back of it. “Are you still worried about my brother?”

  “Of course,” I readily admitted as she looked into my face with a dreamy expression. “Not so much that I’m not going to choose you. What about you?”

  “At the end of the day, Greg wants me happy and taken care of. I think that you would do that best, and if anything changes, we can discuss it. I’m not a little girl and it’s time to branch out and go for what I want. I think Greg will see that he can trust you with me. If anything goes wrong, then we’ll deal with it like the adults we are. I don’t want anyone to monitor me.”

  “You’re mine,” I promised her as I rolled to my side, watching as she did the same to kiss me. “When can you move back in?”

  “Jackson!” Emma said against my lips as she started to laugh. “Isn’t it a good thing to start slow?”

  “I want you back in my bed. I don’t want you renting an apartment with Bella.”

  “I really want to take this slow, but I’ll stay with you here sometimes. I miss it.”

  Her lips claimed mine again, and I felt her roll me over to my back as she climbed over me. Her nipples pressed against me as we kissed, my cock hardening between us as her tongue slipped against mine.

  It wasn’t long before she was reaching for a condom and covering me, slipping down to hold me in with her body. Again it felt amazing, and I moaned as I gripped her hips. I kept my eyes open to watch her full tits rock with the movement, drawing her slightly forward so I could take a nipple into my mouth leisurely before moving to the other one. We moved together, slower this time but just as deep as I started to arch my hips into her body. She pressed her hands against my flat stomach and moved with me, letting out low groans with each movement.

  “I’m going to get tested and once I’m in the clear, I want you to feel you bare. I’ve never hated condoms more than I do right now,” I said as she leaned down to kiss me, giving me control as I rocked into her. “I want to fill your tight pussy with me. Fuck, I want you pregnant someday.” I jerked up, coming as her pussy tightened and she joined me, the room quiet.

  “You do?” Emma asked as I pulled her face down to mine for a long, slow kiss.

  “Someday. We’ll go slow for now. You have to finish school. You just feel so good and I picture a future with you, Emma. You’ve already been such a huge part of my past.” I thought back over the years.

  “It’s insane,” Emma said with a smile.

  CHAPTER 21

  EMMA

  I spent the next few days floating on a cloud. I saw Jackson when possible between school and work and kept it simple as best as I could in my head. I was falling more in love with him with every kiss.

  I had decided yesterday to tell my parents that I had moved out. My mom had been worried at first that Jackson and I had had a fight, but I assured her that everything was good and that living with Bella, a fellow student, was great for me and for my grades. I had waited to tell them when I knew that Greg was likely not visiting my parents and not have to deal with his questions. I had warned Jackson beforehand what I was planning to do, and he seemed relieved that the deception was over for that part of our relationship.

  Later that day at the stadium, I jogged down to the locker room to give Jackson a quick kiss. I saw Nick coming through the doors and paused at the serious expression on his face.

  “Hi, is he back there?”

  “He is, but he’s talking to Coach.” Nick gave me a look.

  “What about? The party?” I asked as a few of the guys walked out and looked at me with smirks. “He didn’t do anything wrong.”

  Nick pulled me away, looking back at the door.

  “Is Joe in there?” I asked, and Nick nodded. “He’s in the wrong. Jackson was protecting me.”

  “You’re the only person who knows that, Emma,
apart from Joe. Nobody saw him, and they only saw Jackson start the fight. I know he’s not the type to just start a fight and you know what happened, but Joe’s the quarterback. He’s a franchise player. Jackson is second string and easy to trade.” Nick kept glancing at the door as he spoke, lines of worry creasing his forehead. “Jackson fucked up.”

  “He was protecting me. Joe was dragging me to that bench after pinning me all over the kitchen. Jackson did what he needed to stop it… I need to get in there,” I said as I tried to walk past him.

  “Stop. Just let it be. Jackson can handle this.”

  I heard Bella calling my name.

  “Come on. We’re learning a new dance for the next game.” She looked from me to Nick’s tense expression and frowned. “What’s wrong?”

  “Jackson is in trouble,” I said. I needed to get away from this or else I was going to barge into that locker room and make things worse. I’d look for him out on the field later and hope that everything went okay.

  I couldn’t be the reason Jackson was traded to another team. He was doing well here and playing more each game now and loved Tennessee. He was close to his family, and I only moved here a short time ago. We did talk about the day that he might move to another city, but that was in the future and he still didn’t want to do it then. Jackson was happy here.

  I went through the motions of learning the dance as Bella kept shooting me worried glances. I was a nervous wreck and jumped as I heard voices out on the field near to the room we practiced in. I called out that I needed to use the bathroom and hurried out to look at the field.

  My heart soared when I saw Jackson there, standing on the side of the field as the other guys worked on a play. He wasn’t actually practicing but at least he didn’t leave the stadium.

  I walked back into the room, grinning at Bella as she shook her head. We finished practice, and I walked over to look at the field, still seeing Jackson there. I could tell that he was tense, and Nick was talking closely to him. Bella walked over and leaned beside me as she watched them.