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I roll my eyes at him and his backhanded jab at Gray

"That's a good thought," I say thoughtfully, and take another sip of o out at some point"

"But not tonight?"

I shake my head slowly and flash a sexy sht"

"I' for," he says agreeably

Laughing, I set down lass and push up from my chair

"I don't want you to change et the kitchen cleaned up and then get naked"

As I start to walk past Roman toward the sink, his hand shoots out and wraps around my free arm I stop and he carefully takes the plate out of my hand, sets it on the table, and pulls s but he just gently squeezes the inside of hthat this is a small display of his doet naked

"Will you coame?" he asks, and I'ht he'd be starting to strip me by now

I tilt ht nohen ere talking about being naked

"The last ga the question written on my face "You were supposed to sit in my seats, but you went up to the box Of course, you ended up breaking up with ame, so there's that"

"If it helps," I tell hiame I watched you whether you were on the ice or on the bench, co right from the start"

Ro in appreciation "So now that we're together, I want you sitting in ame Can't see you up there in the owner's box"

I've never dated a professional athlete before, so things are obviously a bit different here But knowing that he wants a, and a feeling of completeness takes root It's the first tiout with

He needs me

"And I know you took tonight off work to seea lot to take tomorrow off too, but--"

"I'll do it," I blurt out

"Just that easy?" Ro my neck "Don't you have to think and ponder and conte someone to cover you at work?"

"Nope," I say breathlessly as his lips trail fire up to my ear "I'll make it work"

Roman's teeth nip ata bad influence on you, aren't I?"

Laughing, I tip side his It's a deeply inti as I don't leave Georgia in a lurch, it's fine"

"And you won't be in a lurch, right?" he asks with those hazel eyes pinned onup the shifts"

"I'll have to make it up," I tell hi tile my schedule to do so, I do have bills to pay "But I'll pick up doubles this weekend to one this weekend to Miami, it works out perfectly Will keep me busy so I don't miss you so much"

"Fuck, you're sweet," he mutters, and then kisses me hard

I get so consuht here in the kitchen, that I vaguely notice

"Need to get that?" Roman asks as he pulls away from me

I recognize Brian's ringtone I'd set, and since things have not gotten too hot and heavy, but most assuredly will very soon, it's probably prudent I answer it now I'ht there won't be time

"Sure," I say I hop off Roeit to my ear as I connect the call

"Hey, Brian," I say cheerily into the phone as I rabs on tome assume a position where I'ain He places his chin on my shoulder and listens to my end of the conversation

"I' me Dad now," Brian says on the other end, and htens Roman can feel it, and I'ed all around me, which would explain my dizziness

"The results are in?" I whisper into the phone, and at this, Roles his body and leans forward so he can see my face more clearly My eyes lock with his and his eyebrows rise in question

"There's a 999 percent chance you are hter," Brian says, and his voice is so happy--no, not happy, euphoric--that I can't help the tears that start to sting my eyes

I nod up and down to Rohter

"Lexi?" Brian asks hesitantly