Falling for the Backup (Novella): The Assassins Series (9 page)

"You know, too bad hockey isn’t like sex," she said offhandedly.
 

He glanced over at her and laughed as he laid his credit card on top of the bill.
 

"Why's that?"

She shot him a naughty look before saying, "Because I see no problems with your knee in bed."

“Oh is that right?” he asked leaning towards her again, his hand traveling up her thigh.
 

“Completely and utterly right. You are a hundred percent in that bed, and even out of it Jordan Ryan. Those coaches don’t know what they are missing out on.”

Jordan laughed as he leaned his head against hers.
 

“I’m so thankful I met you.”

Aynslee smiled, feeling the exact same way as she cupped his face in her hands.
 

“So am I.”

Chapter 7

Jordan watched as the Blackhawks’ team rushed the Assassins net in the United Center ice arena. He was bored out of his mind. This marked the twenty first game of him sitting on the bench ---- his longest streak of not playing since he started in the NHL minus the time he was hurt.Jordan was fucking tired of it. He should’ve pushed for a trade during the season but he did not want to do that to Elli, the owner of the Assassins, and besides if he had, he would have never met Aynslee. It had been an amazing three weeks since they first slept together and when he was home, they were attached at the hip. Never in his adult life had he called a woman more than once in an hour span, or to spend every waking moment with someone but he wanted that with Aynslee. He was falling for her, and he was falling hard.
 

After Leanna broke up with him he thought he would never open up to another person or even love again, but Aynslee proved him wrong. She made him laugh to the point of tears and made him harder than a frozen puck with just one of her sexy looks. But time was against them. They were already into March and Playoffs were starting the second week in April. He would probably leave right after the season. He had things he needed to do in Carolina before camp started in August. He had toyed with the idea of asking her to go with him, but the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt about it. She had a life here and he couldn’t just ask her to uproot just for him.
 

Looking out at the ice, he saw the clock was winding down. The Assassins were losing. The offense had been off the last couple games, and even though Tate defending the goal well, the opposition still scored. The score was 1-0, Blackhawks and with only fifty eight seconds on the clock, Jordan didn’t think they had a chance to win.
 

He was right.

After the game, Jordan was relaxing in his seat on the team bus.
 
He pulled out his phone and sent Aynslee a quick text letting her know he’d call once he got back to Nashville.
 

Are you coming over?

He smiled as he typed his response.
 

Is that okay?

Of course. I’ll leave the key under the mat.

See you soon.

Can’t wait.

Jordan shut his phone off still smiling as he leaned against the seat \.. He couldn’t wait to have her in his arms again. Looking around, he watched as his teammates boarded the bus and took their seats. When his captain, Shea, entered the bus he headed straight for Jordan and dropped down into the seat next to him. He moved his bag between his legs and then leaned back, glancing at Jordan.
 

“Tough loss.”
 

Shea nodded . “Yup, I hate losing to them.”

“Me too,” Jordan replied before changing the subject. “How’s Elli?”

A wide loving smile came over Shea’s face at the mention of his wife --- and the team’s owner ---who was pregnant with a set of twins. “Good. The boys are getting big, and she thinks she looks like a whale. I think she is beautiful though.”

For some crazy reason, an image of Aynslee pregnant appeared in Jordan’s mind. He quickly shook his head, completely shocked by the thought. They had only been together three weeks, why was he already thinking of that?

 
“When is she due?” He asked, trying to clear his head.

“End of June, but it might be sooner. The doctors are thinking end of May, early June. The boys are doing great, but she went early with the girls and they were fine, so we will see.”

Jordan had always been close with the Adler family, and considered them his extended family. He had visited them when their daughters, Shelli and Posey were born and it hurt to know that he wouldn’t get to see the twins except through text messages. He knew he could always fly back, but would they want to see him after he left the team?

 
“Shea, I have something to tell you.”

 
“Yeah?”

Taking a deep breath, Jordan glanced down before he said, “I’m looking at other teams.”

When Shea didn’t say anything, he looked up to see his friend looking forward, his mouth in a straight line.
 

“I know and I’m surprised you lasted the whole season. I would have left sooner.”

Jordan’s heart sank. “So Elli knows?”

“Yeah, your dad called a couple days ago. Elli sent your contract to him offering you another two years and your dad said no, that you were looking elsewhere.”

His father hadn’t mentioned a word of this to him. Jordan had wanted to be the one to tell Elli and Shea. They were his friends and he felt they should have heard it from him, not his agent.
 

“You are too good of a goalie to sit on the bench, Ryan, I know that and so does Elli. “We’ll miss you, but we understand.”

“Thanks, I appreciate that,” Jordan said, sadly. This sucked and it was more than likely going to be worse when he really left. It would be hard to walk away from his friends, but he already knew walking away from Aynslee would be harder.
 

“You’ll have to come for the birth of the boys though, and also for future children. At least two more, don’t tell Elli I said that though,” Shea laughed.
 

Jordan laughed along with him before saying, “I’ll be there.”

Shea’s words
 
reassured Jordan that they would still be friends after he left.
 
But his relationship with Aynslee was still up in the air and that alone made his chest ache.
 

***

When Aynslee woke up the next morning, she was wrapped in Jordan’s strong arms. She must have been sleeping pretty hard to not have woken up when he climbed into bed last night. She bit her lip as she ran her fingers along his jaw. He had been gone four days and she’d missed him.
 

They had been inseparable since their dinner and Aynslee couldn’t have been happier. He was an amazing lover and amazing great
 
listener. She enjoyed every minute with him and even though they had not discussed their future she knew they had something special.

Snuggling closer, Aynslee ran her hands down his back, kissing up his neck to wake him. She had to get up and start getting ready for school, but staying in bed with
 
Jordan sounded like a better idea. When his hands gripped her sides, pulling her on top of him, she smiled down as he looked up at her with his eyes half open.
 

“Morning,” she said. before he brought her down for a long, sexy kiss that had her head spinning. She might have been on top but Jordan was in complete control and she didn’t mind one bit. Moving his hands up her thighs, he squeezed her ass.

“Do you have time?” he asked, lust swirling in his eyes.
 

She’d barely started to nod when he suddenly ripped her panties off throwing it across the room. She reached over to the bed table, grabbing a condom as he pulled his shorts down. Sitting on his thighs, she took his hard cock in her hands before bending her head forward, taking him to the back of her throat, and then back out, repeating the motion. She loved the taste and feel of him in her mouth. As his fingers moved into her hair, she pulled back, kissing the tip of his cock before sheathing him with the latex.
 

Moving over him, she directed his bulging erection inside her. She sank down onto him, both of them moaning from the pleasure. She began to move up and down his swollen cock, finding the perfect rhythm. His hands stayed on her ass, squeezing and smacking as she continued to ride him to oblivion. Her orgasm came firsther body seizing up from the intensity of it. Bringing her down, Jordan kissed her long and hard before rolling them over so that he was on top. Gripping her thighs, he began to
 
slowly kiss her between her legs, dipping his tongue between her lips. Her fingers clung into the mattress as he
 
flicked his tongue against her swollen clit, then suckedit whole between his lips. When he dipped his tongue into the entrance of her pussy and then slowly licked up the length of her, bringing her clit between his teeth, she shattered again.
 

In one smooth move,
 
Jordan sat up, and moved her legs apart, bringing one over his shoulder before he entered her deeply. His fingers bit into her thighs as he wildly thrust inside her. Aynslee could feel another orgasm building and was convinced that she had never felt so satisfied
 
in her life.
 

With one last thrust, he let out a ragged moan before falling on top of her. She ran her hands up his sweat sheened back and into his hair before she kissed his shoulderShe could definitely get used to starting every morning with hot and wild sex.

After taking a quick shower, and fixing her hair in record time, Aynslee rushed to the kitchen where Jordan was making coffee. She kissed his cheek before accepting the mug he offered. Taking a quick sip, she laid it on the counter as she collected her student’s papers from the night before.
 

“Can I come have lunch with you today?”

She looked up from where she was stuffing her bag and smiled.
 

“Sure, I’d love that.”

Closing the distance between them, she wrapped her arms around his waist. “I wish I could stay home with you, but we are learning long division this week. My kiddos need me.”

Jordan kissed her nose. “We both know that you would never miss a day with the kids unless you really had to.
 

With a grin, she admitted, “That’s true, but I did miss you.”

He laid his mug down before gathering her in his arms and kissing her senseless. When he pulled away, he kissed her once more before smiling against her lips. She loved when he did that, it was so romantic and so sweet.
 

“I missed you too,” he said, sending the butterflies in her stomach into a frenzy. “Now off you go, I’ll see you at lunch.”
 

Aynslee was having a great day. But really, after amazing morning sex, teaching young minds and then having lunch with Jordan, who wouldn’t? Sitting on the school’s ABC carpet around her desk, Jordan handed her a sub from JimmyJohns before opening his own. He looked delicious and Aynslee would have much rather eaten him up instead of the sub.
 
Wearing a pair of fitted jeans, a black Assassins tee, and a black ball cap, he looked incredibly sexy and made Aynslee’s heart skip a beat.
 

He was amazing.
 

“Did you watch the game last night?”

Aynslee nodded. “Yup, great interview, by the way.”

 
“I wish you could see me play though.”

“I have seen you play, on YouTube, and you were hot then too,” she informed him with a wink.

“I mean in person.”

“I will,” she said confidently as he looked over at her. “And I will be the loudest girl in the arena, don’t you worry about that.”
 

He flashed her a grin, taking her hand in his before kissing her knuckles. “I look forward to it.”

Aynslee was just about to reply when the door to her classroom opened.

“Hey.”Aynslee said when she saw her friend Sadie walk in.

“Hey, oh my god, I can’t hold anything down, I’m puking my brains out!” She complained as she walked towards them but then stopped abruptly when she saw Jordan. Her cheeks instantly turned red. “Could have told me you had a guest, Ayns.”

Aynslee laughed .
 

“Jordan, this is my friend, Sadie. Sadie, this is my…boyfriend, Jordan” she said very slowly as she looked over at him, meeting his playful gaze. He didn’t seem affected by her putting labels on him, but Aynslee wasn’t sure what to think. “She is pregnant with her first child, hence the reason she is puking her brains out.”

Jordan grinned, “Congratulations and it’s nice to meet you.”

“Thank you, it’s a pleasure to meet you too, Ayns, this is the worksheet you’ll need for first hour tomorrow.
 
I’ll just put it on your the desk.
 
Turning to Jordan she added, “Wish I could stay and get to know you, but I gotta go, my kids are coming back in a few. See y’all later.”
 

“Bye,” they said and Aynslee added a quick thanks as Sadie hurried out shutting the door behind her.

 
“She seems nice,” Jordan said as Aynslee looked over at him. He was watching her, chewing on the bite he had just taken.
 

“She is great,” she said tentatively. “Sorry for throwing the whole boyfriend thing out there.”

A puzzled look came over his face as he asked, “Why are you sorry?”

She shrugged her shoulders . “Well, we haven’t discussedit .”

“Aynslee, you’ve been my girlfriend since I slept with you.”

Aynslee could only blink as he held her gaze.

“Wow, okay, so you could have told me that.”
 

“I might be a little old school but I thought you felt the same way.”

Aynslee scooted closer to him and wrapped her arms around his waist. “I do but it would have been nice for you to say so.”

 
“So you’re mine? All mine?” Aynslee teased as she kissed the side of his smiling mouth.