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Dessa
should have been mine... until my brother kissed her first.
Ten years is a long time to be infatuated with your
former best friend, especially when she’s dating your brother. So, when I
receive a wedding invitation with his name embossed on the front, it feels like
a fastball to the heart. But it turns out, my unrequited crush isn’t the
blushing bride after all.
Now’s my only chance to make amends for my past mistakes
and give her the kiss I’ve desperately been holding onto. Unfortunately, she
thwarts my efforts with each drink she throws at me.
When we find ourselves locked in a storage room, we’re
forced to hash out the real reason I left town—and it wasn’t for baseball.
Turns out, there’s a fine line between anger and passion and it doesn’t take
long for her to scream my name.
Even after hitting third base, she still hates me.
However, I’m determined to prove I’m not the man who ghosted her all those
years ago. This time I’m not walking away.
My last game ended in a devastating miss—costing us the
world championship, but this is one game I refuse to lose.
Because when it comes to Dessa… I’m playing for keeps.
Copyright © 2024, Gia Stevens
He links his fingers behind his head. “I didn’t want her. I wanted you. So fucking bad. You were supposed to be with me. Because,” his hands drop to his sides as if he’s holding lead weights, “I had feelings for you for so long. And you—”
“What?” I step closer to him, preparing for a fight. “What did I do?”
He blows out a breath. “Left with Tony.”
“Because you blew me off! All night I was giving you signs. Touching you. Moving closer. And you ignored all of them.”
“Those were signs? We’d always been like that.”
“Exactly! I wanted to kiss you. I was so excited when you
invited me to the lake because I wanted alone time with you. And you blew me
off like you didn’t want me!”
He steps closer so we’re toe-to-toe. “I wanted to kiss
you so bad that night. It was eating me up inside.”
I bump my chest against his, getting in his face. “And I
wanted you to kiss me!”
His nostrils flare as my jaw clenches. Seconds tick by as
we stare at each other. My chest rises in time with his. Like a vacuum all the
air is sucked from my lungs, and I can’t breathe. After years of built-up
tension, a fireball of heat and passion bursts through me. I’m surprised I
don’t spontaneously combust. There’s only one thing that can extinguish the
flame. I clasp his face between my palms and smash my mouth to his. The brim of
his cap stabs me in the forehead, but it’s the least of my concerns. I inch
closer to him until the front of his cap pushes off his head. Hops and mint
linger on his lips. I’m already addicted. His arm wraps around my waist,
desperately clinging to me like if he lets go, he’ll lose me again. All my
thoughts are consumed by Garrett. Kissing him. Him kissing me. Having our
bodies flush. It’s dizzying.
I jerk away. My chest heaves as I work to collect my
breath. His eyelids rise to half-mast. His normally green irises are almost
black with desire.
“Fuck,” he whispers.
“Double fuck,” I murmur.
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