The car ride stayed deathly silent as we made our way to my house. After Sweets dropped the news that she took a job in Florida, my immediate thought was, I'm going to lose her. All I could visualize was her in tears as we walked away from each other and I sure as hell didn't want that. I also didn't want to be at the museum any longer and figured she didn't want too either. We were already headed out when Abigail came with a fire in her steps.

While Sweets searched my face for an answer in the hall, my response was, let's go. Reid, who was terrible at guarding the hallway, walked out of the bathroom with a blushing Tink as we neared the entrance. After collecting my girlfriend's things from his car we all said goodnight and left.

Sweets now sat to my left, constantly rubbing her eyes. At first I thought she was nervous about me just dropping her off at home or what I had to say but as the drive continued without Miguel singing, the eye rubbing intensified as well as her huffing with irritation.

"Stupid contacts. Never again."

"Why don't you just take them out?" I looked over as she pulled down the visor and opened the mirror.

"Cause I forgot to bring my contact case."

"So toss them out the window." I looked back at the road with a shrug. "I'll buy you some more."

"Then I won't be able to see."

"So I'll lead you." Glancing back over to her, she was already staring at me with watery bloodshot eyes. Even with the black eye stuff smeared over her cheeks, she was still so damn cute.

"You serious?"

"I'm very serious." Rolling down the window giving enough space for her to flick the contacts out, I nodded for the go ahead. Trying to keep my eyes on the road and not get lost in Sweets doing something so simple as taking her contacts out, I rolled up the window when she was done. "Feeling any better?" I asked as she closed her eyes, letting her head fall back to the seat.

Covering her eyes with both hands, she inhaled a deep breath. "I feel a lot better. Thank you."

"You know, I would feel a lot better if you took your panties off. I think you would feel better too. I'm sure you're still dripping wet and that must be uncomfortable."

"So I can have a wet stain on my dress and soak through to your seats?"

"You're still that wet?" I asked with widened eyes not prepared for her to still be so soaked.

"You want to see?" Unintentionally pressing on the break, we both jerked forward. Sweets giggled in the passenger seat while taking my hand in hers. Shifting just enough to spread her legs she placed my hand on her garter belt slowly inching us upwards. Instantly, my suit pants were much tighter than before. I was tempted to pull over but I didn't want to be rushed. I needed to take my time licking over every inch of my girl.

When the tips of my fingers brushed the damp material of her panties, I glanced over to find Sweets' cheeks a warm red as she bit her bottom lip. Her eyes were lowered with arousal as the street light hit her widened pupils, almost making them completely black.

Continuing to let her lead my hand, I drove with the other, pressing on the gas while trying to be mindful of the speed limit and any hidden cops. Looking over to an empty parking lot where most cops sat, I wasn't prepared for so much wetness as my fingers were pushed inside. The moan that fell from her lips had me grinding my jaw as my dick engorged to a painful erection.

"Yes Jace." She pushed on my fingers, pleasuring herself. "Yes." She opened her legs more.

"Fucking A, Sweets. Lean your seat back a little and put your right foot on the dashboard." Doing as she was told, I forced myself to swallow as she raised her shoe up, placing it high enough for her dress to shift towards her hips. Never in my life have I found stockings sexy but the way Sweets wore them for the second time had me thanking the heavens. I was a man that liked heels on a woman. It was something about the way women walked with so much confidence made me stare a bit but right now, I was ready to get on my knees and lick her damn shoe. What was she doing to me?

"More Jace." She begged.

"We're almost home Sweet Girl, I promise."

"Please." She grabbed my wrist in a firm grip and thrusted her hips into my hand.

It wouldn't be fair to make her wait anymore and I wanted to feel her cum. Moving my middle and ring finger in and out in a teasing motion, I waited until her eyes were almost rolling to the back of her head before I pulled out to rub over her clit.

"Ungh!" Her fingernails scratch at my Jeep's interior. "Yes."

"Hold your leg up. Good girl. I want to see everything."

We were close to my street, about five more minutes so I gave myself the goal to make her cum before we pulled into the driveway. Setting the Jeep on cruise with the correct speed limit, I looked over to Sweets' glistening pussy and caught myself from moaning out at her perfection. I wanted to taste her so bad but my own wants had to wait.

Slipping my fingers back inside feeling her walls tighten around me, I pumped in and out of her. Switching it up to moving my hand in circles so the heel of my hand could push against her clit, I listened with a smile as her wetness intensified.

"You gonna squirt for me, Sweet Girl?"

"N-No. No."

"Yes baby. Give me what I want." I flipped on my turning signal, turning at the stop sign. There was one more street to go until my house was in sight. "Be a good girl Sweets."

"I-I don't know how. Ungh!" Her nails dug into the flesh of her thighs. "Off. I want my clothes off. Jace, please."

"Soon baby. Real soon but right now, I want you all over my seat." Turning on my street I adjusted myself to drive with my knee leaving my hands free. Reaching over, I rubbed aggressively over Sweets' clit pushing my fingers deep inside of her pussy until I felt the softness of her g-spot. Curling my fingers just enough to tell her orgasm to come here, I picked up speed.

Pushing on the break as we neared the house, Sweets screamed my name clawing at the seatbelt. Clear liquid squirted on my wrist and seat making me smile. "J-Jay. Ja-ngh!"

"Good girl." I pulled away, bringing my fingers to my lips for a taste. "Can't wait for more."

Parking in the driveway, grateful that Tyler's car wasn't there, I helped Sweets from the Jeep since she insisted on walking with shaky legs. Slowly moving through the living room and down the hall, we stopped at the bottom of the steps. Sweets looked at the staircase with a pitiful glare while leaning against me. "I don't think I can make it. Your room is too far."

"How about I fuck you on the steps?"

"How about a piggy back ride?" She gave a lopsided smile.

Tossing aside her heels that I took off before she hopped out of the Jeep along with her jacket, I bent my knees so she could climb up. Once she was holding onto me, I debated taking the steps two at a time but I didn't want her to think that sex was the only thing on my mind.

I needed to have her back pressed against my chest as I held her hips still while rolling over her beaded nipples. Spreading her legs wide enough for us both to see in the mirror as my dick entered and exited her wet folds. Making sure that those hazel eyes stayed on mine while I licked the sweat from her skin, all of that on my mind as well as her moving to Florida but the talk could wait.

Almost tripping on the steps when her foot brushed over my dick, I paused a second to breathe. "You okay?"

"Fucking perfect." I grunted.

Entering my room, Sweets shut the door behind us while I flipped on the lights. Placing her on the ground she sweetly asked for some assistance with unzipping her dress after I tossed my suit jacket over my desk's chair.

Coming up behind her, I began pulling down the zipper when I noticed her reaching out for the light switch. "Don't you fucking dare." Her arm retracted. "I want to see every part of you." I said as her maroon dress pooled around her ankles. The air was snatched from my body forcing me to remember how to breathe.

My tongue felt dry in my throat as I looked down the curve of her spine over the round globes of her ass. Dropping to my knees I held a cheek in each hand massaging them while Sweets moaned above me.

Kissing over her cold skin I gently sucked on the mounds of flesh then hooked my finger around the strap of her garter belt while spreading her legs apart. Pulling back just enough to send pain, I let go and slipped my fingers inside of her at the same time. "Ja-umm!"

Keeping my fingers deep inside of her pussy while trying to undo my slacks was a bit difficult with the blood flow pulsing in my dick. I had to focus on not blowing my load which was quite embarrassing. I have never found myself in this type of situation before Sweets. Being so turned on that I might cum without even being touched is not something I've witnessed before.

"Let me taste you, Jace." My slacks dropped to the floor at the soft sound of her voice.

"No baby. Not yet." I kicked the pants aside ready to grab a condom and take her.

"Please. I want," she inhaled a shaky breath then looked over her shoulder, "I want to pleasure you first. I want to have your children . . . deep in my throat."

Holy Fucking A

Where the hell did my sweet girl go?

Removing my hand from in between her legs, Sweets dropped to the floor tugging on my dick as she went. My body was scorching against her cold fingers as she began to jerk me off. Her movements were slow and steady. Her pink tongue licked over her plump lips before she leaned forward and flattened it against the underside of my dick licking all the way to the head.

Swirling around the shaft she licked over the left side while reaching behind her until the strapless bra she wore popped open and fell to the ground letting her breasts fall free. "Oh fuck." Was all I could say as her warm mouth closed around me. The head of my dick was being massaged by her hard palate as she worked her jaw.

Watching her get better at dick sucking was something beautiful. Before Sweets, I was never a man opposed to receiving oral sex but I wasn't one for teaching like Reid wasn't one for virgins. It was just something you didn't want to have time for. You had to have patience, be encouraging and okay for there to be mistakes. That was never something I wanted to make time for but then Sweets offered and becoming her teacher was honestly the best feeling.

Hearing her gag, I looked down as she sniffed. Spit dripped from her chin in globs and it was the sexiest shit I had ever seen. Moving back a few strands of straightened ginger hair, I missed her mane of curls. Feeling a soft squeeze from the back of her throat, my hips jerked forward making her gag once again. "Shit, Sweets. I'm sorry."

She pulled off as a string of spit from my dick to her bottom lip broke apart. "It's okay. I want this. I want you to be rough with me."

"Perfect." I grabbed underneath her arm to bring her up on her feet. Smashing our lips together I walked backwards pulling her with me as we neared my bed. If she wanted to get rough then that's what I would give.

Tossing her on the bed I grabbed her ankle placing it on my chest. Rubbing up her stocking my dick bounced between my legs. "Do you have a stocking fetish Jace Carter?" She looked at me with hooded eyes.

"I do now." Kissing up her leg as I lowered myself to the edge of the bed. I licked over the strap of her garter belt then pulled it with my teeth. "You will be the death of me, Sweets." Looking over the garter belt and how the hell she put it on, I didn't have time to figure it out. Grabbing her lace panties I ripped them apart immediately covering her wet pussy with my mouth.

"Jace!"

Grabbing her thighs to hold her in place I shoved my tongue in as deep as it would go moving it up and down. Letting go of her thighs because she was moving too much, I grabbed her wrists holding them to her side. Any move she made now would only push her closer to my mouth.

Sucking on the lips of her pussy I could feel the juices slide down my chin. Lapping over her clit, Sweets cried out that she was close to cumming. Feeling like my name hadn't been heard clearly enough by the neighbors I decided not to ease up and attacked her clit, shoving my fingers against her g-spot until she squirted on my chin.

A mumble of words fell from her mouth and I was 90% sure that there were a few curse words in there giving me more motivation to keep going. Two orgasms wasn't enough. Standing up, I walked over to my nightstand for a condom. "Can you scoot up on the bed, Sweets?" I asked, tearing the condom packet open with my teeth.

Sweets shuffled further up the bed lazily while I smiled down at her. Climbing on the bed as I rolled on the condom, I moved her leg wanting her to roll over so I could hit it from the back. Her hair covering her face like a sheet made me want to laugh. "Don't give out on me just yet." I rubbed over the extra piece of lace around her stomach that connected to her stockings. "Can I rip this off?"

"You've already ripped my panties." She flipped her hair over her shoulder to look at me. "Now you want to start asking?"

"You're right. What was I thinking?" Taking the lace in my hand, I pulled on the threads until it ripped open showing the smooth skin of her back. Pulling it off along with the stockings I pushed down on her back. "Spread yourself for me."

Leaning on her shoulders, Sweets reached back and spread her pussy wide for me to see. Stroking myself with a giddy smile I thought about watching her finger herself until I came but that could always be done later.

"Jace." She wiggled her ass impatiently.

Rubbing the head of my penis over her pink wetness we moaned together as I pushed in. Keeping the first few strokes easy so she could adjust to my size, I waited for her to gush just a little more so I could go harder. "You missed my dick baby?"

"Yes."

"You miss me in your guts?"

"Y-Yes." Her voice was muffled as she tried to cover her moans.

Her back was arched so perfectly as I held her hips in place. The clapping of her ass around my dick was music to my ears. Raising my left leg to go deeper, Sweets moved forward. "Don't run from the dick. You wanted it rough, remember? Now make some fucking noise." I grabbed her shoulder and pulled her up pumping into her as she creamed around me.

This was what I needed. This was what we needed. Not just the fucking but the intimacy. I couldn't give that up. I wouldn't give her up. Florida seemed far away, especially without me knowing where I would go. Minnesota, Chicago, Arizona and California were the only teams that have contacted me and the draft wasn't until after graduation but it didn't matter. Sweets had my heart and this would work. We were going to make it work.

"You're going to fucking leave me to go to Florida?" I pushed deep inside until my pelvis was hugging her ass.

"No! Ugh!" Her head fell back to my shoulder. "N-No!" Pinching her nipple, she tightened around my dick as I rolled her piercing around. "Jace!"

"Don't fucking Jace me. You said yes to that job and didn't even consider us." Opening her legs wider I shoved my fingers in her mouth for moisture then slapped her pussy. Sweets shook under me as I moved against her clit.

"Jace! Agh! I did! I do!"

"You do, what?" I slammed into her again as her nails dug into my arms. "I'm scared to lose you. I fucking love you, Savannah." My body suddenly felt drained and my thrusts slowed to an almost complete stop. My heart ached in my chest and the feeling to cry from heartache hit me. Wrapping my arms around her, I eased out of her halfway then slowly pushed back in. Leaning down to rest my head against her shoulder, Sweets pulled away from me until I slipped out.

Pushing back her hair she turned around and straddled my waist aligning us perfectly before lowering herself. Closing her eyes enjoying the fullness that I gave her, she leaned forward pressing a kiss to my lips. "I'm scared too."

Grabbing her ass, I spread her cheeks thrusting up my hips to meet her slow bounces for a deeper penetration. "I can't imagine a life without you." I pulled her closer, shoving my face between her breasts. Moving my hands to her hips as she buried her fingers in my hair, I felt my head being pulled back to look at her.

"I want us to still have a future together but we don't know where you're going. We could be separated by thousands of miles." Her eyes watered. "I need to know how you feel too."

"If a few thousand miles is going to shred the future that we want together, then you have no faith in me or us." I stopped moving so we could focus. "I will always stand by you and support your dreams even if I can't be there physically. No matter where I go, I'll find a way to fly out and see you every chance that I get and as soon as your internship is over you're moving in with me and we're going to fuck like rabbits. Maybe in a few years you'll want to have little Carter babies with me." I pulled her down for a kiss. "You mean the world to me, Sweets. We can make this long distance relationship work baby, I promise we can."

"What about the hard times when we haven't spoken in days cause we're exhausted from work? When flights can't be booked and I miss your games or you miss your flights because of practice or some interview?"

Thrusting my hips into her, she gasped falling forward. "Don't do that. Don't think of the negatives and how we won't work. Stop trying to end us."

"I'm not." She nuzzled into my neck. "I want us to be realistic and think this through. I don't want a broken heart after we promised to try."

Flipping us over so that I was on top resting on my forearms with Sweets legs wrapped around me, I looked over her freckles and smiled. Raising up to balance on my knees, I unclipped the necklace from around my neck and put it on her. Adjusting the anchor so that it laid perfectly between her breasts I kissed it then looked into her hazel eyes. "This will work. We will work."

"How do you know?"

"Because I do."

"Jace -"

"I want to marry you." I cut her off.

"I told you before to stop playing games like that." Her legs dropped from my waist as she tried to sit up but I shifted my legs wider to open hers more. Slipping back inside of her, her eyes rolled to the sky as her back arched releasing a pleasured moan. "You're not playing fair. Mm. You're using sex to distract me."

Holding her leg up, I pushed in further. "I'm making love to you so you'll fucking listen to me."

"I-I can't."

"Look at me, Sweets." Her eyes fluttered open as I slowly pulled out but not all the way. "I am being serious when I say that I want to be with you forever. I want you as my wife and I want us to have a family."

Sweets looked at me in silence. Her eyes flitted from my left eye to my right. "I would love to make a future with you." Easing us into a spooning position, I held Sweets' leg up and slipped back inside. She pushed back as I moved forward and we made love slowly. Turning her head as her nails tugged at the roots of my hair, she kissed me while I rolled her pierced nipple between my fingers. "I love you too." Her breaths became labored as she neared her orgasm. "Cum with me." She reached between her legs to rub over her clit as her walls squeezed my dick until my cum filled the condom.

Continuing to thrust my hips against hers until they became lazy and my dick softened, I pulled out as she whimpered something before her eyes fluttered closed. Kissing her neck to see if she would shrink away, her breathing had already evened out to a light snore.

Taking off the condom, I rolled out of bed and tied it in a knot before going to the bathroom to toss it in the trash and wipe off. Running the water waiting for it to get hot enough I looked at my reflection and thought about what I told her.

I was really in love with Sweets and everything I said was true. I want Carter to replace Thomas. I want to make beautiful babies with her and to grow old together. I didn't want to go back to being just friends. Being together had to work because I couldn't survive any other way.

The next day Sweets and I stayed naked in bed talking about my mom. I told her about my childhood while she was alive and how things changed once she died. I told her about Uncle Thurman and how he never married after his wife and unborn child's murder. I told her about hockey with Tyler and Paige dropping into our lives. I told her about the reasons why Tyler hated Paige and why I felt the need to protect her for so long. I told her the truth about my dad's unexpected visit and how angry I was at him for disliking her without even giving her a chance. I told her that I was sorry that he would eventually be her father in-law.

In return, she kissed me deeply and told me about life in foster care. She told me more about her foster family and the four other foster siblings she and Siannah haven't had contact with since their foster parents' funeral. She told me about pretending to be her sister when we first met and how she hated that she thought I was cute. She told me about feeling empty sometimes not knowing who her birth parents were. She whispered that she wondered if she had more siblings. She told me that she was excited about KC & Family and how she was excited for my NHL career. She told me that I still didn't officially propose so she wouldn't give me an answer.

We talked and cuddled. Laughed and caressed each other until we found ourselves making love again. Thankful that Reid and Tyler read my text to stay away from my door, we enjoyed pizza on the floor while wrapped naked in my comforter.

Within eight hours everything felt like it should be. Sweets was cheering with her sister and friends in the crowd. The stadium was filled with fans ready to see us win.

Rolling my neck and shoulders I tapped my stick on the ice keeping my eyes on Emmerich Makarov. He was the biggest shit talker from Pittsford and I was more than ready to shut him up. My favorite left defenseman has been giving out pushes right and left slamming into anyone that tried to pass him. Already getting into two fights, Tyler licked over his busted lips as if he liked the taste. The cut on my eyebrow burned a little but it was nothing to cry over. Reid was working fucking magic as our goaltender but the Panthers were good. Even I had to admit it but you'd never catch me saying it out loud.

The game was tied and we were all tired but kept our form tight. Mateo was in as my right winger, sending me a quick pass once he saw number fifteen charging for him. Taking the puck I turned just in time to see Tyler body rush Emmerich into the glass giving me the perfect opening to cut it down the ice and get it into the net. Nearing their goaltender, number fifty-two and nineteen came for me. Moving my right shoulder forward I collided with nineteen spinning to my left. I hit the puck before making a full turn watching it sail past the goaltender's right shoulder and into the net. My skates glided across the frozen ice as the buzzer sounded and the frame behind the goaltender turned red. The fans cheered all around us. My team charged at me as I quickly scanned the crowd hoping to find Sweets but held the gaze of the man with the same green eyes as mine.

Standing underneath the shower letting the water massage my scalp as the steam surrounded me, I tried to keep my energy uplifted but knowing that my dad was waiting for me was bringing me down. I tried to think of a way for him and Sweets to not cross paths but I wanted her to meet my uncle.

Uncle Thurman enjoyed hockey and I was sure that he would ask me how I felt about winning but like a normal uncle, he would want to know about the one I had my arm wrapped around. Washing myself clean, I quickly dressed and congratulated the few teammates still in the locker room on our win. Reid then proceeded to shout about his birthday party at The Caretakers being epic and mandatory. Little did he know, Sweets and I would be very late.

Walking down the hall ready to get back inside my sweet girl, I shook hands thanking students and families that came out to support us along with some of my teammates. Smiling to a couple who swore that they baby-sat me once, I finally spotted Sweets near the photo she took of me for her class project.

Looking sexy as always wearing light blue jeans that hugged her thighs with black Timberlands. A Trenton hoodie kept her warm along with a blue and gray scarf and fingerless gloves. Moving around the crowds of people making sure she didn't see me coming I enjoyed watching her while she didn't notice me. The way she pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose. The way she would politely smile at other students or step aside when someone invaded her personal space while they tried to find their friends.

"What are you doing?" Looking to my right, Uncle Thurman stopped next to me with his hands in his jacket pockets. With a raised eyebrow he looked in the direction that I was.

"Just admiring my girlfriend."

"She's cute. Just like your screensaver." We both laughed. Running a hand through my damp hair feeling my neck and ears warm, I looked back over at Sweets. She was fucking gorgeous. Why wouldn't I have her as my screensaver?

A voice cleared over my left shoulder. Knowing that it was my dad, I rubbed my lips together preparing for his lecture. "Thanks for coming dad. Glad you two made it up here to see me play."

"No thanks to you though."

"Greg." Uncle Thurman warned. "Cut the shit. Tell 'em congrats on the win so he can get to his girlfriend."

"Congrats son."

"Thanks da-"

"On fucking up so many times." Looking up to the ceiling I closed my eyes inhaling deeply. "If you would just listen to the pointers that I give you, you can easily have your coach add them to your plays. I do know what I'm talking about. I was the one that played in the league, remember?"

Turning to my dad, I rubbed a hand over my face. "Would you stop? Would you please, for two seconds, just stop. I didn't ask you to come here so no. No, I don't need your pointers."

"I've never met such an ungrateful kid like you."

"Jace?" I felt her small hand slip into mine. Refusing to look away from my dad, I watched as he turned around and left the stadium without giving Sweets a second glance. I wanted to snatch him by his collar and make him give her a chance but it was better that he was gone. "You okay?"

Looking at the floor needing a quick moment to force down the disappointment and anger, I pulled Sweets into me, kissing her head. "I want you to meet my god-dad. Uncle Thurman, this is my girlfriend, Savannah Thomas, soon to be Carter."

Uncle Thurman looked at me with wide eyes and a smile. "Oh, it's like that nephew? It's nice to finally meet you, Ms. Savannah." He extended his hand. "I've heard how much he loves and cares about you as well as your amazing baking skills."

"It's nice to meet you too." She laughed, leaning forward to shake his hand. The necklace I gave her last night fell forward catching my uncle's eye. Smirking to himself, he winked at me truly seeing that I was serious about my girl.

The anchor wasn't much but it was my promise to make us work. It was my vow to her heart that I wasn't going anywhere and her last name would be something of the past. The anchor was a gift my Aunt Tarisha gave Uncle Thurman to wear alongside his dog tags and after he buried his tags with her and their baby, he passed the anchor to me hoping that one day I would give it to the one who had my heart and she did. Savannah Thomas had me always and forever.

📚 END OF BOOK ONE📚