Hat Trick (D.C. Stars, #4)

by Chelsea Curto

I’m four seconds away from screaming do you like me back? Yes or no? just so I don’t have to keep this inside anymore.

“You’re distracting me from my reading.”

“I’m going to get dressed extra slow just so you can finish that chapter.” “A man after my own heart.” She winks, and I rub a hand over my chest.

It feels more and more like my heart isn’t even my own anymore. It’s hers, and I think it...

“The arm around the shoulder. Acting like I can’t hear her, grabbing her stool, and scooting it closer. Pretending like she has something on her face, but it’s really just an excuse to touch her. The perfect date hat trick.”

“I only do that with people I know and trust. People I like.” “We do all of that.” She smirks. “Must mean you like me.” I grab her chin and her eyes lock with mine. Her breath hitches when I say, “You have no idea, Lexi.”

I like you so fucking much, but I also think I more than like you. Do you think you could like me too? Why can’t we give it a chance? I promise I’ll make it good for you.

“Should we order some fries then? So I can steal some of yours?” “I’ll give you the whole damn plate, Lex, if it’ll make you happy.”

“Okay. You know I lost my right leg,” I say, gesturing down at my joggers. “We had no fucking idea,” Liam draws out, and Hudson hits him with a pillow. “Ignore him. Keep going, Ri.”

Liam goes flying forward and almost rolls over the center console. Grant screams and clutches the door to prevent himself from falling out the window. Maverick topples sideways, his head under Liam’s ass, and Hudson cackles in the seat beside me.

Liam rubs his forehead. “I’m fucking concussed.” “I saw my life flash before my eyes,” Grant says.

“I don’t want to hear it,” I say. “You’re so down bad.” Hudson smirks. “We’ve all been there.”

What if you never get the chance to let her know you’re head over heels for her?” “She doesn’t want head over heels, so I keep my mouth shut.” “She might with you,” Liam says, surprising me. “I’ll think about it.”

“I missed you.” “I missed you too,”

I want to go to bookstores together so we can argue over which books are best. I want to go to another amusement park and laugh until I cry. I want to take you out on a date—a real date—and I know that word might scare the shit out of you, but we can go slow and do things on your terms, because I’m sick of acting like I’m only interested in hanging out with you if it means I get to fuck you. I want so much more than that, and I think you might too.”

“You’re in charge, Lex. You’re calling the shots, and I’m entirely at your mercy.”

I’m so fucking nervous. This woman is a goddamn queen, and she can be with anyone she wants. The fact that she’s picking me blows my mind, and I’m going to do everything in my power to prove I’m worthy of her time.

“Maybe getting you out of your clothes and into mine was my plan all along.” “You’re sneaky.”

“I’m ready for you to woo me on my first date ever.” “Get ready, Armstrong. I’m going to date your ass off.”

“Guess I’ll have to find another Stars player I like. I wonder if Grant is available.” “No fucking way,” I say, putting my hands on either side of her hips. “It’s my jersey or no jersey, Lexi.” “Possessive Riley comes out. I like it.” She tilts her chin back and laughs. “Fine. No one else’s jersey.”

“Today was a good day,” I murmur. “They’re all good days with you, Riley,”

“It’s the stars in the night sky the day I stepped foot into the arena for the first time. And, consequently, the day I met you.”

“I signed my ELC. A pretty girl said hello to me. You had a ribbon in your hair, and your smile was the brightest thing I had ever seen.”

“A crush?” Riley laughs like it’s the most ridiculous thing in the world. “Please. There’s a reason why I haven’t dated anyone since I got to DC. I know not a goddamn one of them would ever compare to you.”

Is this what love feels like? Like the first bit of sunshine peeking through the clouds after a rainstorm? Like a warm blanket on a cold day? Like a million stars lighting up a night sky? Like I might not be able to breathe if he isn’t around, and like I’m taking my first deep breath in years when he’s close?

“I want you to fuck me,” I whisper. “Like I’m yours.”

“Stay still, Lexi baby. You want to come, don’t you?” “More than anything.”

“I can’t believe you’ve been looking at me for years.” “Looking and looking and not touching. But I’m touching you now.”

“Because you’re mine.”

“I can’t wait to taste you. Best part of my day.”

Just yours. Because he hasn’t looked at anybody except me in years. How many times has he fallen asleep dreaming about me? How many times has he touched himself to the thought of me?

“I’m going to⁠—” “Mine,” he growls,

“I want you, Riley.”

Lexi is perfect in every way, but she’s goddamn exquisite in the bedroom. I couldn’t dream up a better version of her if I tried as I drag the head of my cock through her pussy lips.

“I get to watch your ass bounce and I can get nice and deep. And I can touch your throat again if you want. You wear my hand as a necklace so well.”

“Every inch, Lexi baby,” I say, and she tightens around me. “There you go. You’re doing so well.”

I bite into her shoulder and lose myself in her, knowing there will be plenty of times to fuck her nice and slow. To make love to her in the tender way I’m not sure she’s ever experienced,

“I’d watch you fuck yourself with a toy if it meant getting another orgasm out of you. You do whatever you need to get there, sweetheart. This is a collaborative effort.”

“I want you to come in me.” She gasps, rocking forward with a particularly hard thrust. “I want you to fill me up, Riley. I love your cum.”

Jesus Christ and Satan too.

HAHAHAHHHHHA BUSTED OUT LAUGHING

She loves my cum, I think from some far-off realm in my rotten brain. And I love her.

“Ten out

“You’ll never be too bold. Ever. And if there’s something you want to try, tell me, Lex. Because chances are, I want to try it too.”

“Do you… want me to be your boyfriend? We don’t have to put a label on anything.” “I said I’d give this a try, and that means calling you my boyfriend. Fuck buddy doesn’t feel right anymore. Not when you do all these nice things for me.”

“Today was a really good day. And the best date I’ve ever had. I… I can’t wait to see what we do on our second date.” “A really good day,” I agree. “But they’re all good days with you, Lexi baby.”

“I’ll make a hundred calls if it means finding something to get you back to the sport you love. I’ll stay here every day after practice with you if it means helping you feel closer and closer to who you were before. I’ll cheer you on even if you fall on your ass three hundred times in a row, because that smile of yours when you were out there was the greatest thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life.”

“I’m starting to think you might be the one who likes me.” “You have no idea how much I like you, Mitchy,” she whispers back. “Even I can’t comprehend it.”

“You’re grinning. And totally ignoring us.” “No, I’m not.” “You so are,” Maven says.

“I bet there’s someone on the team who would disagree with that,” Piper teases. “Maybe you’ve met him? He’s six-two and wears glasses. Oh, and he blushes whenever you’re around.”

“I can be patient.” “The last thing you are is patient.”