“I was,” he said without hesitation. “I was waiting for you to be done with his ass and come over to me”—he squeezed her a little tighter and pressed his throbbing cock against her—“where you belong.”

Her eyes widened a little at the feel of his erection, but they were also instantly pleased. “I’m sorry our kid-bragging went on a little longer than I’d planned.” She tilted her head with a pout, bringing her hand down to the aching bulge over his pants. “I tend to get carried away when Clair is my topic. So it shouldn’t surprise you that we were showing off kid photos too. But I promise you I won’t be keeping in touch with him in any other way than to say hello if I ever run into him again.” She brought her hand away from his face to help her other one undo the top button on his jeans and begin to unzip him. “And now that I know how much it bothered you, I promise to keep it short the next time I do run into him.”

“Very short,” he said, nipping her bottom lip with his teeth. “I already hated him before I knew he was someone you’d gone out with. I won’t be able to stand the sight of him now.” She giggled at that, but AJ didn’t even crack a smile. “I’m serious, Addison. He’ll probably be there for the rest of the series. You two yapped it up enough today—”

Addison plunged her tongue into his mouth as her hand wrapped around his dick, making him moan loudly in response. He took a few steps backwards as she shoved him along, stroking his full-blown erection now. She probably thought his warning wasn’t as earnest as he meant it, but he’d never been more serious. She pulled his pants and underwear down, motioned for him to sit on the edge of the bed, and then got down on her knees between his legs.

He didn’t dare ask if she’d slept with Danny. The last thing he needed was that visual in his head, especially since he’d likely be seeing the guy again real soon. But now that he knew this was her ex, he absolutely needed to get this straight. He’d felt ready to snap his fucking bat today. He didn’t want to blow their cover if he saw her giggling with him again. AJ had seen the way the guy looked at her.

“Addison, I’m not kidding—”

His head fell back when she licked his shaft, making him groan; it felt so damn good. Okay, maybe he could wait and discuss this later.

Addison continued to lick, making his legs weak with every stroke of her tongue. Then she went for it, taking him so damn deep he almost lost it right there. She stopped for a moment and looked up at him, licking her lips. “I think this is what you need and my way of making it up to you about this afternoon. I wouldn’t have taken so long if I’d known how upset you’d be.”

Before he could respond, her mouth was on him again. He ran his hand through her hair, loving the visual of her head bobbing up and down on him. She did so until he began to come undone. Squirming because he knew he’d be a goner soon, he warned her, but just like the last time, it only made her suck him harder. In the next second, he was done and he came with a loud groan.

She’d been right. This was exactly what he needed. The pent-up tension he’d worked up from the moment he’d first seen her today drained beautifully from every muscle in his body. Addison finished him up as impressively as she had the first time she’d done this, and once again, he tried not to give too much thought to her skilled tongue.

Curse Nathan and Lorenzo for even making his head go there. Closing his eyes, he sighed deeply, enjoying the afterglow as she licked him clean. “Damn Kelli—”

His eyes flew open when he felt her finger nails dig into his thighs. “Kelli?”

“No, no, no!” he said, reaching out for her arm because she was already jerking away from him. “Kelli’s my brother’s girl,” he explained as she yanked her arm away.

“I know that. And that’s who you’re thinking of when I’m—?”

“No!” he said even louder.

She was on her feet now, and he got up, fumbling with his pants, but he caught her before she could head to the door and blocked her, standing in front of her.

“He’s having issues with her,” he said, looking her straight in the eyes, not sure if he should be completely honest, but she appeared ready to slap him, so he was going to have to bite the bullet. “She’s been acting shady, and seeing you with that guy made me think of her today. I wasn’t sure what to make of it. All I knew is it was driving me fucking insane, and just now I was appreciating how damn good you are at that . . . and I guess I subconsciously thought of her again. I’m sorry.”

She stared at him, her eyes still ablaze. “My being good at that made you think of your brother’s shady girlfriend?”

He shook his head. “I shouldn’t even be saying she’s shady. I hardly know her. The last time I saw her was that day you and Clair were over at my place. Not sure if you noticed, but she took a lot of calls in private, and I guess my brother was irritated by it.”

He spoke even faster as he explained about when he got back from dropping her and Clair off: how Nathan and Kelli had made a hasty exit and Lorenzo had given his input.

“I’ve never been an insecure guy, Addison,” he said, his voice now pleading because she looked ready to walk out and his time with her tonight had only just begun.

After the day he’d had, AJ knew if the tables were turned he’d be on fire, so he didn’t even mind pleading his case this frantically. He couldn’t believe what a fucking idiot he was to have done that. “Everything I’ve felt for you from the beginning has just been so ridiculously . . . frantic.” He stared at her, hoping she could possibly understand because even he couldn’t. “It’s like nothing I’ve ever felt for any girl. I swear to you I don’t even know where that came from, except that my head’s been all over the place today. I’ve been an idiot obsessing about stupid theories and comparing my situation to my brother’s and Lorenzo’s with his ex, but I would never think of either of my brothers’ girls like that. You have to believe that.”

With a deep breath, her glare finally softened a bit. “If you ever—”

“Never again!” he said quickly and kissed her then wrapped his arms around her. “That’s for damn sure.”

This time he did pick her up, and thankfully she didn’t fight him. Instead, she wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist, leaning her forehead against his. “I think it’s safe to say this will probably go down as one of the weirdest days you and I will ever have.”

“I hope it’s not just the weirdest but the worst. This wasn’t a fun one for me, Addison. Well”—he smirked—“it got better for me there for a minute until my dumb ass almost blew it. But I think I know how to make it up to you.”

She smiled, squeezing her legs around him a little tighter and rubbing her crotch against him with a moan. “Hell yeah!” he said, picking up his pace toward the bed. “Time to turn this day completely around.”

Chapter 14

AJ

To AJ’s surprise, the next day during batting practice Bigsby came over to apologize for the incident on the field the day before. Like AJ had figured, the guy had only meant to mess with him in his usual not-so-funny way. Just like his shit talking always did, his attempt to lighten things up had come across too heavy-handed, and he said even his sisters in the stands had pointed it out after the game.

AJ told him not to worry about it, he’d probably overreacted because he hadn’t been in the best of moods, and they both let it go. When he finished talking to him, AJ walked over back to where Clair stood with her papa. She was eyeing Bigsby and the other opposing team members on their way back to their side of the field in that same wary way she had the day before, probably even more so now.