Sweet Collide (Saints of Redville)

by Ava Harrison

“You like that?”

You like watching me fuck you?” He motions with his head toward my hand. “You like touching yourself?”

“Answer me,” he demands, thrusting harder. Deeper. I love when he’s like this. Commanding. In control. This is how he is on the ice too.

“Please,” I beg. “Please what?” he challenges, and he smirks when my body quivers beneath him. “Please fuck me.” He shakes his head, lifting one eyebrow. “You never answered my question.” “Yes.” My voice cracks. “Yes, I love watching you fuck me.” I lift my hips until more of him is inside me. “More.”

“Dirty girl,” he growls, finally giving in to my pleas.

He’s circling me, rubbing and teasing me, all while picking up the speed of his hips, pounding inside me as if he can’t get enough. The pleasure is almost unbearable. “Aiden,” I practically scream.

He works my clit harder, giving me the needed pressure, and finally, a climax works its way through my body, washing over me until I’m shaking in ecstasy. I push myself against him, riding out my orgasm as he finally gets his own release.

I feel safe, desirable, and most of all, loved.

This moment changes everything for me. I only hope he feels the same.

“That was incredible.” Her words come out in a pant. “Until you smothered me.” My lips tip up into a smirk. “I aim to please. And smother apparently.”

“Jeez. What am I going to do with you?” “As long as you’re naked, I don’t care.” I lean down and place a kiss on the top of her head. The room is silent for a minute. Both of us letting our breaths regulate.

“Where are you going?” I ask, not ready for her to get ...

“You love it.” I grin at her. Her translucent blue eyes sparkle at me. “I do.”

Now, she’s all woman. Poised. Passionate. Fucking gorgeous. Despite the change in her looks, she’s the same girl. The same selfless girl who always put me first. The same one who always had my back. And maybe that’s why I had an immediate connection with her.

lean forward and plant my lips on hers, hoping to ease her unease. “No need to bite that lip,” I say, offering a small smile. “You okay?” she says as I pull back, putting a little space between us. “Yes. Everything is fine.”

“So you’re not mad at me?” I clear my throat, looking down at her naked body. “I’m pretty sure I already proved that.”

“Well, some people like angry sex. I thought maybe…”

“No,” I say, shaking my head. “True. But no, Cass. I’m not angry and if I was, I wouldn’t have used you like that.” She nods.

“You…haven’t called...

“It’s because I’m still coming to terms with it, but in truth, I’m not sure you’ll ever be Pip again.”

“You misunderstand,” I say, pulling her toward me. “So explain it to me. Please,”

“You’re so much more than that. Pip is the little girl I had to leave in order to survive. I don’t want you to be her.

I want you to be Cass. Because Cass isn’t a little girl, she’s an incredible woman. A woman who sees ...

“But I’m still that girl. Deep down, I’m still that broken girl you...

“I’m sorry I left you. You have no idea how sorry I am.” “You thought of me. That’s got to mean something.”

“The day I left, I hopped on a bus. As I told you, there was a tryout. I impressed the coach, and it basically changed my life. What you did allowed for everything that came after boarding that bus, Cassidy.” She smiles wide. “That’s all I wanted for you.”

won’t lie and say it was easy. I needed money in a bad way, so when I wasn’t playing, I was working. A lot.”

“What did you do? I wanna know ...

I don’t want to ruin this. Not now. Not ever. I’m falling for Cassidy. If I haven’t already fallen.

“What’s going on in that beautiful head of yours?”

“I’m a horrible person.” His eyes go wide, and his mouth drops open. “You aren’t.”

“You wouldn’t know.” My voice quivers as I think back on my past.

“Not true, Cass. Despite everything, I know you.”

“It feels like I’m being ripped in two sometimes. Like I don’t know who I am. I should have told you the moment I walked into your suite.” My head shakes, and a puff of air bursts from my lips. “I should have told you it was me.”

“I was scared,” I say quickly, filling the silence. He still hasn’t spoken, and the silence haunts me.

“I just wanted—” I start, but my words die in my throat. “If you knew. If I told you, would you have—” “No.”

“You had to do it. I’m happy you did,” he says, shocking the hell out of me.

“Wait. What?” “I know why you did it now. You didn’t come to my suite to trick me. Things just got out of hand. I was expecting someone else and really didn’t give you ample time to process anything.”

“I didn’t remember you. I’m sure your mind was in a million places, all the while I was shoving NDAs in your face.” His head falls back on a groan. “I understand how things could’ve mov...

could have told you afterward. But…”

“That night, with the sorting, old habits just kicked in. I wanted to help.” I shrug. “The more time that

went by, the more I wanted to be with you. To continue to help you, and there was no way you woul...

“You’re right, I would never have let you put your life on hold for me because you deserve to live, Cassidy. You deserve to chase your dreams.”

“There weren’t many to chase, Aiden. And like I said, I wanted to be here with you.”

head, mumbling something, but finally looks up and holds my stare. “If I knew the truth, I’d never have let you do any o...

“The thing is, I’m glad I didn’t know, because things changed. I got to know Cassidy. I got to know you. And I don’t regret any of it. I don’t want to change any of it.”

“I want to know what I missed,” he says into my hair. “You mean how I paid the bills? Fed my dad?”

“If that’s what you want to tell me.”

“I don’t. My time back then…” I shake my head, trying to push away the errant thoughts running

“It’s in the past. I lived. I made it out.” I look up and into his eyes. “I don’t...