Dare To Love Series: A Kissing Dare (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Yvette Hines Page A

some conversation about childhood antics over a bowl of ice cream.”
    “Sounds great.” He captured her lips briefly then rolled away from her.
    Getting up from the bed, she padded to the bathroom, comfortable in her nakedness. Once there, she turned went under the sink and removed the box and tossed them back at the man following her.
    He wiped at his brow as if he’d been sweating. Pausing he removed one then chucked the remainder and the box over his shoulder in the vicinity of the bed.
    “What do you have planned for that lonely condom?” She reached into the shower and turned on it on.
    “Oh, beautiful you will soon find out.”
    Ten minutes later after Donovan had washed her thoroughly, he had her hands pressed along the back of the shower wall and he made good use of the condom as he thrust into her.
    ~YH~
    “Ah, there’s the beautiful face I needed to see.”
    “Rough day?” Jo’el smiled at him, looking like more than a treat as she sat on her bed in a Thunders long pajama shirt with his number and name on it.
    “Grueling.” Training camp had been a mother fucker. Not because of the drills and games, but because every day he had a shadow beside him reminding him that his position was up for the taking. It had been a stellar day for the rookie. “I played like shit.”
    “Oh, baby. I’m sorry. Tomorrow you’ll be better.” Her Skyped face showed the sincerity of her words.
    Over the weeks of training camp, Jo’el had been more than a bright spot at the end of his day. She’d been his solace. It seemed to him that they had grown closer during the weeks of separation where all they had were text, phone calls and late night video chats. They got to know everything about each other, how they grew up, what was important to each of them.
    She had become a permanent fixture in his day and life. Two weeks after their no condom slip, she’d let him know that they were in the clear and she wasn’t pregnant. He should have been relieved he told himself repeatedly. However, there was an ache in his chest at times as if something was missing in his life. Like now when he got to see her in the nightshirt and snuggled up in bed, he thought about how she’d look with the shirt stretched in the front and carrying his baby.
    All he could do was push the thought away.
    At least, once a week he allowed her to talk to him about his finances. He’d asked her to wait until after pre-season to make a final decision. Without pressuring him she’d agreed. He wasn’t as resistant as he’d been originally. Hell he had learned he could trust Jo’el on numerous occasions. He just wanted to know where the last two years of his career were headed.
    “How’s the program coming along?”
    “Great. I’m loving it a lot more than I ever thought I would.” Jo’el’s brown eyes were bright through his tablet screen, showing how much the new position meant to her. “I can’t wait until the intern starts so I won’t be dividing my time so much between the corporate and the Post-Football Program.”
    “I hear you. Mr. Stosch still not letting you train someone in house?”
    “Nope. I had a meeting with him today about it too. Especially with Kalvin Hanes.” She’d finally gotten what she called her marquee client in their first round draft pick safety. Alex had put her in touch with the kid’s agent. The agent had allowed Jo’el to speak with him after the draft and all three of them started working with him from the beginning. Donovan was glad Alex and Madison didn’t make her wait on him before she was officially hired.
    Now as a soon to be partner at the firm and head of the new sports division, things were looking up for Jo’el, and she deserved every bit of it.
    “Well, beautiful, it’s lights out in a few minutes.” He yawned. The extra weights and time with the trainer he did sapped him of his energy by ten.
    “For me too.”
    “You still coming to the first preseason game.”
    “You know I