She’d definitely had fun. She always had fun with Drew. And the sex, of course, had been phenomenal. But the underlying emotion of the day and night they’d spent together had been unexpected. She didn’t know what to make of it, and had tried her best to push it aside, to concentrate only on the hot and fun aspects of her relationship with him.
And now her deadline loomed even closer, and she had spent a week buried with her team, finalizing clothes and making subtle changes to a few of the designs.
Gray had stopped by for a fitting during the week, so she at least had his clothing figured out now. All of the models had received final fittings, so everything was being settled.
She wanted to do a test shoot with Drew for the ad campaign, and she’d gotten permission from the Garden to do that with him after one of his practices this week. She wouldn’t need the professional photographers until the day of the shoot. She just wanted to get positioning right, to make sure this idea in her head would actually work. That she could do with her own camera.
Drew had agreed to stay after practice and meet with her at the rink. She brought the clothes and met him outside the locker room after everyone had left. She hadn’t seen him in two weeks. He’d had a few road games, his schedule had been packed tight, and she’d been over her head with post-holiday catch-up.
Though they had talked on the phone and texted every day.
She’d finally had to admit to herself that, like it or not, this was a relationship. Surprisingly, the idea of it hadn’t panicked her as much as she thought it might.
She smiled as she saw him walking down the hallway to-
ward her.
He pulled her into his arms and kissed her, thoroughly, until she went limp, content to let him work his magic on her mouth.
When he pulled back, his eyes had gone dark with desire, and every nerve ending in her body was zinging.
“It’s been a long damn time since I held you in my arms. I missed you.”
She smiled and looped her arm in his as they headed down the hall. “I missed you, too. How did practice go today?”
“Practice went good. It always does. If only we could figure out how to transfer those kick-ass practices into winning games.”
“Your record isn’t that bad.”
“At home we’re awesome. It’s only on the road we’re having problems.”
“You’ll figure it out, Drew.”
“Yeah, we will.”
He led her into the locker room. “Okay, what’s the deal for this shoot?”
She laid her bag on the bench. “This is the underwear line I’ve created. I’d like to start with you in the briefs and T-shirt, and then just the briefs.”
“And you want me on the ice in these?”
“Yeah. I know it’s going to be uncomfortable, but I want you with your hockey stick in your hand, near the net. Did they leave the net up?”
“Yeah. I asked the crew to leave the net up. They’re going to come back later and take it down and lock up.”
“Okay, great.”
He kicked off his boots. “I can’t believe I’m going to freeze my ass off for you.”
“I really appreciate this.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
He changed into the boxer briefs and T-shirt that Carolina had provided him.
“How do they feel?” she asked.
He looked down, then at her. “Like underwear.”
She rolled her eyes.
“Why? Do they have superpowers? Or will my dick grow an extra inch when I’m wearing them? Because if so, you’re going to make billions on these things.”
“Never mind.” She walked away.
He followed. “Babe. It’s underwear. Men aren’t picky about it. Besides, you’re really advertising this to women, aren’t you? Women buy a ton of underwear for their men, don’t they?”
She stopped and turned to face him. “Yes.”
“All right then. Let’s make women want some men’s underwear.” He grabbed his hockey stick, and Carolina laughed.
Sometimes, Drew could turn the most complicated thing into something simple.
They headed toward the ice, where James had set up a carpet leading from the step off onto the ice and toward the net.
He owed James a case of beer.
“I’m pumped and feeling energized in these briefs. Like I could maybe even fly.” He took a superhero stance.
She laughed. “Too late. Let’s get you into position and take the pictures.”
“Sounds good to me. I’m already cold.”
Excitement fueled her. “Okay. Let’s just do a few test shots of you standing next to the net.”
Drew stood there holding his stick.
“Um, boring. Could you kind of get into a sexy position?”
He cocked a brow. “Define ‘sexy position’.”
“I don’t know. Lean back.”
He leaned back. And looked ridiculous. She laughed.
And Drew frowned. “So we’re done now?”
“I’m sorry.” She wasn’t a professional photographer, the kind who could make a model feel sexy, who could draw out the vibes needed to get them in the mood.
But . . . she was a woman. And she knew what it took to get Drew in the mood.
She walked over to him. This visual had been in her head for so long, she just had to get it out, take the test shots, and see if this was even going to work.
“Put the stick in your left hand, then lean over this way, with your hand on the net. Yes. Just like that.” She made sure to touch his body, to caress him the way she would if they were alone together.
She focused the lens on him. “I love seeing you in my clothes. Of course I love seeing you without any clothes.”
His gaze hit hers, and she took the picture.
She smiled at him, then moved in closer, getting his face, the way he watched her whenever she touched him to realign his body.
“Spread your legs, just a little.” She made sure to touch his butt, his thighs, to take deep breaths when she was near him.
“Carolina.” His eyes looked dark and a little dangerous. Perfect.
She got the shot, and with every subsequent picture, she was certain she’d been right when she’d visualized this.
“Now, take off the shirt and let’s get you in just the briefs.”
He pulled the shirt off and she tossed it over her shoulder.
“Slide just the tips of your fingers inside the briefs, Drew. Let me see your hipbone.”
“You asking me to do a striptease for you?”
She smiled, but kept her focus through the lens. “Maybe.”
The look he gave her melted her. She clicked the camera, shot after shot, as he instinctively got into it. Now he knew what she wanted.
But then she lifted her gaze above the camera. “I don’t think the erection is going to work.”
“Then quit talking dirty to me.”
She laughed, then came closer. Drew palmed his shaft, rubbing back and forth.
“I can’t help myself. You bring out the best—or is it the worst—in me.”
And now he wasn’t the only one turned on. “This isn’t productive.”
He reached around to grab her butt. “Screw productive. I think you want to have sex on the ice. It’s probably some long-held fantasy of yours.”
“I’m thinking more likely it’s yours.”
“Nah. My fantasy has always been a blow job on the ice.”
“Is that right? And just how alone are we here?”
“Everyone’s gone. The crew didn’t want to hang out, so I bought them lunch and told them I’d call them when we were finished here so they could clean this up and lock the place down.”
“Is that right?” She dropped to her knees on the carpet, realizing he must be freezing in his bare feet. Even with the carpet down, it was really cold.
“Get up, Carolina.”
Instead, she reached for his cock, sliding it between her palms. “We already know it’s not too cold out here for you to get a hard-on. And like you said, we are alone here, right?”