Empty Net by Toni Aleo
He then moved his hands between her thighs, cupping her dripping wet core, before dipping a finger inside her. Taking her mouth with his, he curved his finger inside her, going deeper in her slick opening. Biting her lip, he moved his fingers up to her clit, moving around the taut bud, giving it more centralized pressure causing her to moan into his mouth. Hitting her release, she squeezed his bicep, gasping his name as he heightened her release by moving his fingers in and out of her quickly.
“Oh God,” he moaned in her ear as she squeezed his fingers with her hot body. Audrey couldn’t breathe and when he took her by the back of her knees bringing her closer to the edge of the piano, breathing still wasn’t optional. Pushing down his shorts, he entered her with one quick move, filling her to hilt before he pulled out and went back in slowly. He picked up speed, his hands squeezing hers as he pounded inside her. Audrey clenched her hands into a fist, letting out little spurts of air with every thrust.
When he stopped and pulled out of her, he dropped down between her parted legs and she looked down at him with a confused expression. Before she could say anything, he moved his mouth up her thighs, kissing and nipping before he ran his tongue up her swollen lips.
“Again?” she asked fighting for air.
“I’m always in the mood to make you come,” was all he said before he dipped his tongue inside her, lapping up her juices and teasing her sensitive bud. Audrey screamed out, taking a hold of his hair as she rested one leg on his shoulder and the other on the edge of the piano. It didn’t take long before she was screaming out and basically ripping his hair out of his head as she hit her release.
Again.
Opening her eyes, she watched as he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, grinning up at her. Before he could do anything, Audrey dropped her feet down on the bench before lowering herself on his throbbing dick. His eyes slowly shut as she took every inch of him inside her. Gripping her ass when she wiggled her hips, he started to move her up and down his ripe hot cock. She let out an agonized gasp and her nails dug into his shoulders as she rode him hard with her ass smacking against his thighs. Tate brought her lips to his, kissing her aggressively as his nails bit into her ass. She wrapped her arms tightly around his neck as she came, squeezing him hard. Within seconds, he followed, biting down on her shoulder as he came.
Still rocking together, Audrey kissed along his shoulder, to his neck, nuzzling her nose in his beard before kissing along his jaw. When he opened his eyes, she smiled, kissing his lips hard as his hands came up her back, cupping her shoulders.
“Did that really just happen?”
Audrey grinned, “Um, yeah.”
“Shit,” he panted before taking in a deep breath, “that was intense.”
“Everything about us is,” she gasped, her lips dusting his jaw.
“I don’t see anything wrong with that.”
She couldn’t agree more.
~*~
Tate left the next night. After spending the day, eating cupcakes and lying in bed while catching up on their shows, Audrey couldn’t help but cry when he left. Of course, she didn’t do it in front of him. But when he got into Lucas’ truck and rode away, she cried the whole way into the house and then through her lonely dinner. It sucked, but she knew this was the life of a hockey girlfriend. She had seen Elli, Harper, and Fallon go through it, so she knew what to expect. She just wished it didn’t hurt so badly.
After a couple of days, she couldn’t take it anymore. She knew Tate was coming home in four days but she couldn’t wait that long. It was crazy how much she wanted to be with him all the time. She didn’t know if it was because he was gone and she couldn’t be with him or because she generally loved being around him. She felt it was the latter though. There was something about the way he held her, and talked to her. It was different over the phone and she missed the feel of his big warm hands on her. She was really ready for hockey season to be over, but she knew that was a good five to six months away.
Thankfully, she didn’t care about her job or have anyone needing her home all the time because if she did these impromptu trips wouldn’t happen. Glancing down at her phone, and making sure that Tate would be done with practice, she dialed his number.
“Hey,” he answered.
“Hey baby, I got good news!”
Tate chuckled as Audrey moved around her closet, looking for her favorite pair of Jimmy Choo heels. She wanted to look good when she saw him, but she had to run to the office to meet with Fallon, so she had to wear something appropriate for the office. “What’s that, love?”
“I am coming to see you.”
“Really? When?”
“Tonight, I’ll be there for the game.”
“That is awesome! I can’t wait to see you.”
Audrey smiled as she grabbed the shoes she was looking for, “I can’t wait to see you, that’s why I’m coming up there. I’m impatient as all hell.”
Tate’s chuckles went straight between her legs, causing Audrey’s eyes to slowly drift shut.
Man, she wanted him.
“I like that you are impatient. When will you be here?”
“I won’t see you until after the game; the earliest flight put me there at 6:30.”
“Okay, did you get a room already?”
“Yup, I’ll text you the information.”
“Cool, what about work tomorrow?”
Audrey shrugged her shoulders, “I’m good.”
“I don’t understand how you get away with never going.”
“Me neither, I keep hoping my dad will fire me. It hasn’t worked yet,” Audrey said with a laugh, going downstairs with her overnight bag in hand.
“Baby, why don’t you quit? “
“And do what?” she giggled, “be a hockey groupie, following you everywhere?”
Tate laughed, “No, I was thinking more along the lines of opening that…you know.”
“What?” she said, trying to make him say it. She loved the way he said ‘cupcakery’, it was so cute.
“You are messing with me, aren’t you?”
Audrey giggled as she locked her door, “Yes, but no, as much as I want to open my own place, I don’t have the balls to do it.”
“Yes, you do, I believe in you.”
Her heart warmed as she loaded up her car’s backseat with the stuff she was carrying. “Well thank you. Maybe I’ll get fired soon.”
“You are very hardheaded, you know that?”
“Yup,” she giggled getting into her car.
“So,” he said in a low, sexy voice, stopping her giggling. She loved when he talked like that. It was his ‘I’m gonna rip you apart’ voice, and Audrey enjoyed it very much.
“So,” she cooed back.
“What color are you panties?”
Audrey giggled, pulling her pants out to see her bright blue lace panties that matched her tank. “Blue.”
“Mmm,” he growled, “I can’t wait to rip them off you.”
Breathless, Audrey gasped, fighting for air. This man did it for her in so many ways. With her hand on her chest, she said, “Oh my God, you are making my girlie parts happy.”
Tate started laughing, ruining their flirty conversation by saying, “Your what?!”
Audrey rolled her eyes, she was pretty sure she had used that phrase around him before, “My girlie parts, my cooter.”
“Oh, well, baby,” his voice going deep again.
Biting her lip, she said, “Yeah?”
“I’m going to make those girlie parts scream.”
Yup, right back to where they started.
“Mm, I can’t wait.”
“Me neither,” he said making her toes curl, “But unfortunately, I need to go. I have lunch with the boys.”
“Wow, thanks! Get me all hot bothered and then rush me off the phone.”
He chuckled, as she rolled her eyes, “Don’t worry love, I will take care of you when you get here.”
“You better,” she said through
“Can’t wait.”
Audrey’s grin was unstoppable as she drove to Rocky Top Wines. It was going to be a quick meeting and she was ready to get it over with. She was ready to get to Boston, so she could see Tate play. He was amazing in goal, and she was beyond ready to watch him win. She was also excited about getting naked too.
But really? Who wouldn’t be?
Parking her car, she grabbed her files and headed inside. Taking a different elevator than she normally would, Audrey headed up to the second floor, and down the hall to Fallon’s office. Rob, her assistant, stood with an appreciative look on his face as he watched Audrey walk towards him. Of course, Rob was dressed to impress. He wore dark blue slacks, a white dress shirt and pink suspenders. His dark hair was brushed to the side and he had big geeky black glasses on. He was too cute for words.
Too bad he was gay; they would have made a beautiful closet together.
“I swear, Ms. Audrey, I don’t know where you get these clothes, but damn you look good!”
Audrey giggled as she rolled her eyes. She knew for a fact that Rob was not interested in anything but her outfit and she was glad he liked it, even if he was gay. It meant her outfit stood out and that was what she wanted. The tight white jeans with a neon blue lace tank and black leather jacket was an eye catcher, but really what stood out were the black platform peep toe pumps. Jimmy Choo knew how to make sexy shoes, and Audrey loved to buy them.
“I could say the same about you, and thank you,” she cooed as she twisted her hips back and forth shyly, “Do you think my boyfriend will like it?”
Rob arched his brow, a smile tugging on his lips. “Mmmm…a boyfriend you say? Is he gorgeous?”
“Oh, of course,” Audrey cooed back while he nodded.
“Picture?”
“You know it,” she giggled coming over to him and pulling out her phone. Her wallpaper was a picture of them. Tate was looking at the camera, his blue eyes shining as Audrey kissed his jaw. It was one of her favorite pictures, and a copy was hanging in her living room by all the cupcake stands he had been getting her.
“For the love of God,” Rob muttered, “He is gorgeous. Oh, I just love gaps!”
“Told you! And yes, his gap is to die for, but he is also so freaking awesome,” Audrey giggled.
“Good,” Rob said wrapping an arm around her waist, “after all the pieces of shit you’ve been with, this is good news.”
She nodded, “I know. It’s new, and we’re in the ‘new relationship’ phase, but I feel good about him. Like in my heart, it’s different.”
“Good. I’m rooting for you, babe.”
Audrey shared a smiled with him and said, “Thanks Rob. Is my sissy in there?”
“She is! Go on in,” he said, hugging her tightly before she walked away. Opening the door, she found Fallon on the phone, banging her head against the desk.
“I understand that Lucas, but I don’t think he needs a tree house for Christmas, that is ridiculous and I refuse to spend $13,000 on it!” Audrey rolled her eyes as she sat down in front of Fallon’s desk. “Whatever, we’re not doing it! Lucas, oh my God. Okay, whatever you say, no, you’re gonna do what you want anyways. Yes, you are! Well that isn’t fair, oh you frustrate me!”
Fallon then looked up and shot Audrey a smile, “Listen, Audrey’s here, I gotta let you go. Yeah, yeah, yeah, love you more.” Hanging up the phone, she looked over at Audrey, “He is crazy.”
“Do I even want to know?”
“He said that he wants to get Aiden a tree house, but the one he wants is $13,000 bucks! I’m like, hell no, that’s too much for an eight year old. He disagrees and says that it’s either the tree house or a baby brother.”
“Well, babe, he is a ‘go big or go home’ kind of guy. You knew that when you married him in that big extravagant wedding of yours.”
“You’re not helping here.”
Audrey giggled. “Well then get pregnant,” Audrey suggested, “I would love to have new nephew or niece.”
Fallon narrowed her eyes, “Still not helping because I don’t want a baby right now, A. I have so much going on, it would be rough on me.”
Audrey nodded, “I guess you’re gonna have to do the tree house then.”
“Guess so,” Fallon said with a shake of her head, “but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t matter either way. Lucas is trying to figure out ways to impregnate me.”
Giggling, Audrey asked, “Why you think that?”
“He hides my birth control, and I’m going to spare you the details but he has been holding my legs up over my head, hoping his ‘boys’ will make the trip. He’s insane.”
Audrey couldn’t breathe she was laughing so hard. Her brother-in-law was a nut. “What do you do?”
“I scream at him, but that just provokes him more! Damn, crazy fool!”
Audrey almost fell out the chair giggling, “That is so funny.”
“It is not,” Fallon said, shaking her head, “Anyways, you got those mock ups?”
Audrey tried to control her laughter as she handed Fallon the paper work which officially started the meeting. Rocky Top Wines was expanding into four more states and Fallon needed to know all the customer inputs and stuff like that. Audrey found it boring as all get out and hated talking about it all. She’d much rather be asleep or hearing about Lucas’ mission of impregnating Fallon or making cupcakes. She had made some amazing, Butterbeer Cupcakes for Tate for that night. They had watched the first three Harry Potter movies when he was home and he said he wanted to try Butterbeer, so Audrey decided the best way to do that was in a cupcake form. He would love them, she knew he would.
Fallon glanced up from a list of companies wanting to buy from Rocky Top and narrowed her eyes.
“Am I boring you?”
Audrey shrugged her shoulders, “Kinda, I have things on my mind, and I’m ready to go.”
“Wow, thanks. So spending time with me is that horrible?”
“You know darn well it isn’t you, it’s the fact that I hate this.”
Fallon narrowed her eyes, “Hate what?”
“This company crap, it’s boring.”
Fallon then shook her head, confusion all over her face, “Actually,” she said, placing the paper down, “I didn’t know you hate working here.”
“Oh, well, I do,” Audrey admitted, looking up at the ceiling, “I want to quit so bad.”
“What? Are you serious?”
“Yes,” she said looked back at Fallon, “I feel trapped here.”
“What the hell? Where is this coming from?”
“Come on, Fallon, you know I’m not happy here.”
“I mean, I knew you were bored but I didn’t know you hated it. This is our family’s company; it should mean something to you.”
“It does, but I much rather do something else.”
“Like what?”
Audrey looked down, picking at her nails as she shrugged one shoulder. “I want to open a cupcakery,” she said shyly, “I want to make cupcakes for a living, make people happy.”
It was the first time she told someone other than Tate. Glancing up, she found Fallon smiling at her. She couldn’t help smiling back just as big while Fallon said, “Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Then do it. Quit.”
Audrey laughed, “You make it sound so easy, you’re just like Tate.”
Fallon stopped laughing and eyed Audrey, “Tate?”
“Yeah, he wants me to quit and open a cupcakery,” she said, then she started giggling. “He can’t say the word at all, it’s so cute when he tries, but he wants me to open one and he said he’d be there every day to eat my cupcakes. It’s really cute,” Audrey gushed, her heart warming at the thought of her amazing boyfriend.
“Okay before when you said nothing was going on, I believed you, but now I think it may be more. Your eyes just went glossy on me, and you have a stupid grin on your face.”
Fallon’s smile fell, her eyes going wide as she shook her head, “But, Audrey, he is seeing someone. He told me the other day that he is bringing her to dinner, that she is amazing, and that he knew I would love her. I’m sorry, honey, how did you not know?”
Audrey started to laugh again, she loved that she was confident to know that he was talking about her. It made her stomach flip flop to know that he said all that about her, “Yeah, he is seeing me. Dork.”
“Shut the front door!”
Shaking her head, “Yup, it’s been the best two and half weeks of my life.”
Fallon covered her mouth, her eyes bright before she popped up and came around the desk, wrapping Audrey in her arms. Audrey hugged her back, nuzzling her nose in her sister’s long hair, her eyes shut tight. She loved when Fallon would hug her tightly like that, she could just feel the love from her. Pulling back, Fallon’s eyes were glossy as she held Audrey’s face in her hands.
“I am so proud of you.”
“For what? Getting a boyfriend?” Audrey giggled.
Fallon shook her head, “No, for finally realizing that you deserve the best in the world. Tate is a good man, he will take good care of you,” she said, “You wanted your Prince Charming. You found him, darling.”
Fallon wrapped her arms back around her, and all Audrey could do was agree with Fallon.
One hundred percent.
***
The game was tied at zero, Tate was sweating everywhere, and for some reason he was nervous. He didn’t feel right and something was off. In just two periods, the Bruins had 41 shots on goal, and Tate didn’t understand it. Was his defense off? Because not only were the other two defensive lines letting pucks through, but so were Shea and Jakob and that was very uncommon for the best ‘Defense Duo’ of the league. It wasn’t as if the Bruins were dominating, the Assassins had a lot of shots on goal too, but not 41.
It had been a long hard game.
Glancing up at the jumbotron, seeing that there were only three minutes left in the third period, Tate took a deep breath while turning to the goal to get a drink. Looking out in front of him, he saw Audrey and noticed that she looked just as worried as he felt. Her eyes were wide and she held a large glass of beer in her hands as she leaned against her knees. If Tate wasn’t so nervous, he would admire the fact that his girlfriend was looking very hot that evening, but he couldn’t think of that right now. He had a game to play.