Quarterback Sneak (Red Zone Rivals, #3)

by Kandi Steiner

But in one fatal moment, that focus shifted. Julep Lee was the coach’s daughter. She was completely off limits. And yet, I knew right then and there that I had to have her.

“I haven’t been able to take my eyes off you since the moment you walked through that door tonight.”

I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t believe what we’d just done. I couldn’t wrap my head around how it had happened at all. And yet, I knew already that I would risk anything to do it again.

“I couldn’t sleep because when I undressed and crawled under those sheets, my body burned from the memory of your hand between my legs.”

“I want you on your knees for me.”

“You’re a naughty fucking girl,”

“You were the last thing I expected this season.” “Sorry to disrupt your plans.” “Feel free to disrupt the rest of my life.”

“You’re not just some girl and you fucking know it.”

“You can take everything else away from me. But you can’t take her.”

“I love your daughter, Coach Lee,” I said, though my eyes didn’t leave her. “I love her, and I don’t care what you or anyone else thinks about it. My heart used to belong to football, but now it belongs to her. And none of this,” I added, throwing my hands up. “None of it means a damn thing without her.”

“I will be here,” I said, tugging her hands to my chest again. “Every day. I’ll be right by your side reminding you that you matter, that you are needed, that there is a reason to have hope and a reason to live. I’ll be here reminding you that for me? You are that reason.”

“You stupid, stupid boy,” she whispered against my lips, crying as she did. “You could have lost it all.” “I’d choose losing it all over losing you for a lifetime.”

“Marry me, Julep. Marry me, and I promise to take you to every yard sale we can find in every state we go to. Marry me, and I will grow a garden in your name. Marry me, and I promise to set up a chrome pole in the middle of every piece of property we own.”

“Marry me,” I repeated, swiping the fresh tears away. “And I will spend the rest of my life loving you. No matter how long that is. Every minute I am here on Earth is yours. And after that, too.”