I Dare You by Lylah James

Two months later

Watching Maddox’s football games never got any less exhilarating. Every time I watched him walk through the tunnel that led to the football field with the rest of his team, heard the crowd go crazy as Maddox strutted about with his typical swagger and arrogant smirk – my chest tightened, and I could feel myself shaking with excitement.

He loved the crowd, as much as he loved playing football and being on the field. Maddox enjoyed the attention of his fans. The energy, the spectators screaming his name, as he threw a perfect spiral for a touchdown.

It was the first home game of the season, and our players were putting on one hell of a show. Harvard hadn’t lost to Brown University in three years. If they won this game, which would have been Maddox’s fourth win… It would be a record-breaking, and I wanted to be that girlfriend who praised her man for their success.

Maddox has played for the team since his freshman year, and this would be his fourth and final season.

Yeah, it was silly.

But I was so damn proud of him. Maddox Coulter was an exceptional player. Okay, yeah… I was definitely bragging – but that was my right and my duty as his girlfriend, wasn’t it?

Maddox said their coach was riding their asses about making sure to win this home game.

It was my job to motivate him…

Withhold sex until he wins this game.

It turned Maddox into a grumpy bear the last two days. I’m a growing boy, Babe. Need pussy, three times a day, like people need food.

It was hard to withhold sex, since Maddox could be really convincing – both him and his dick.

But if Harvard won, then he was in for a real treat.

I smiled as the crowd went insane, once again. Excitement bubbled inside my chest, as I joined in the cheers. Another touchdown by my man.

I had heard that the Brown’s defense was weak, and the score on the scoreboard at the half – 21-7—proved that fact to be true.

I couldn’t help but laugh as Colton scored a touchdown and strutted around the field like the arrogant asshole he was. He paused a few yards away from where Riley and I were sitting in the front row. I watched him and Riley make eye contact, only briefly… but it was monumental.

Colton grabbed his crotch, winked and smirked, before he swaggered away.

Riley blushed.

What. The. Hell?

“Is there something you need to tell me?” I grumbled under my breath. The tension between those two was thick and intense, but I’d like to think that Riley’s accident had driven her and Colton to being civil with each other. Civil enough that we could all have dinner without them being at each other’s throat.

They weren’t exactly friends. Not yet.

But Riley was beginning to tolerate him a bit more.

It was… something, at least.

She choked back a nervous laugh. “Nope. Nothing yet. Except I saw Colton’s penis yesterday.”

“You WHAT?” I grabbed her elbow, forcing her to look at me.

She hissed at my outburst, but her cheeks flushed even brighter. “It was an accident. I walked in on him… You forgot to tell me he was showering at your place.”

My place – mine and Maddox’s.

After coming back from Paris, Maddox was adamant that I moved in with him. It was hard saying no to him, so I didn’t see a point not to acquiesce to his demand. We had known each other for four years and were already practically living together. All I had to do was move my clothes over to his place, next door, and that was it.

Nothing much changed.

Except that now I went to sleep in his arms and woke up with his head between my legs.

Which always made for a goodmorning, indeed.

Riley didn’t complain much about the move, since I was only next door.

Colton had to move out, since he believed Maddox and I needed privacy… which was true. Apparently, Maddox had a thing for kitchen sex – while I was prepping his meals.

Riley didn’t have a housemate anymore, but she said she didn’t need one. Not that she had trouble paying for the apartment on her own. Riley came from a family as rich as Colton’s and Maddox’s. Sure, she hated using her family’s money, but she had a trust fund with multiple zeros.

Riley was a bit of a recluse, like me.

Sure, we had a lot of girls approaching us, but we quickly realized they didn’t want to be our friends; their end game had been getting to either Maddox or Colton.

“Colton’s new place is getting renovated. He’s only staying with us for three days,” I explained. Colton had moved into one of his parents’ townhouses.

He apparently liked his new place better. It was much bigger than our apartment and had a backyard pool, so he was back to hosting his lame parties again. Pussy and alcohol – he’d said. Best. Fucking. Combination.

My attention flickered to Riley. “So, what happened after that?”

She grimaced. “Something I regret.”

Oh shit. OH. SHIT!

“Did you and–”

“No,” she practically screeched. “We kissed, that’s it. And then I left. Well, I kissed him. You should have seen the look on his face.”

“Was he still naked? When you two kissed?”

She nodded and then chewed on her lip, looking a bit nervous. “It was a moment of weakness. I saw a nice dick, and my vagina was like: Hello there, Mister. How are you doing today?”

I coughed back a laugh, as she elbowed me in the stomach, her lower lip jutted out in a pout. “Stop laughing at me. At least you’re getting some action.”

I grinned, my attention going back to the game. Twenty minutes later, the crowd roared, and I could no longer suppress my own cheer, as I jumped down from the bleachers and ran toward Maddox. He was coming right for me, jogging across the field, with a wicked grin plastered on his face.

The scoreboard read 42-7. Half of those points were from Maddox’s touchdowns.

The cheerleaders surrounded him and his teammates, like always. But his attention was all on me. I paused a few feet away, but Maddox didn’t make me wait for too long. He pulled away from his harem and sauntered over to me. My gaze darted to the crowd; everyone was watching as MC – their favorite quarterback – made his way to me.

He wiped his forehead with his thumb, and he arched an eyebrow at me, looking way too cocky for his own good. My belly pooled with warmth, and his scrutinizing gaze had me feeling all kinds of hot.

I laughed, as he picked me up, twirled me around once, before he smashed his lips down against mine. I smiled into the kiss, my heart feeling like it would burst at any moment. Maddox shoved his tongue in my mouth, stealing my breath away, as he kissed me long and hard.

This was our first public display of affection. Sure, we went out on dates, shared a few kisses here and there, but no one had been paying any attention to us. We were a normal couple, on normal dates, doing normal dating things.

Unlike right now…

Everyone’s attention was on Maddox Coulter.

They were all watching, and I could feel their burning stares on my back, both judging and curious.

My heart hammered in my chest, as Maddox cupped my ass cheeks and hoisted me up, giving me no choice but to wrap my legs around his hips, my ankles hooking right above his ass.

This was a public declaration. A silent confession by Maddox. I was his girl, and he was mine.

Sorry, ladies. Maddox Coulter was officially off the market.

My chest heaved, and I was breathless when he pulled away from the kiss, just long enough to grin down at me – a very happy grin – before he claimed my lips once again.

Maddox walked off the field, with our lips still locked in a passionate kiss, one that was driving me utterly insane. Hungry lust gnawed at my stomach, and my thighs clenched around his hips, my clit practically pulsing with need.

“You might end up with a bruised pussy tonight,” Maddox muttered. “That’s two days of sexual tension.”

I nipped his earlobe before my mouth latched on his throat, biting and then soothing the sting with my tongue. “I’ll hold you to that.”

Maddox groaned when I traced my tongue over his Adam’s apple. I knew that was a sensitive spot of his. I let out a small, breathy giggle, and his fingers dug into my ass cheeks. “Minx.”

We didn’t make it back to our apartment.

Actually, we barely made it back to the car.

I was just glad it was dark enough that no one saw me riding Maddox in the backseat.

Maddox groaned against my lips as he bucked upward, thrusting inside me one last time, before he stilled. His body shuddered as he found his release, and my sex clenched around him. My stomach tightened, as I felt thick ropes of cum filling me.

It was a good thing I never missed my pills.

He buried his head into my chest, as we struggled to catch our breaths. My mind was complete mush, and my body was still shaking from my orgasm.

His hands moved down to my thighs, and he caressed me with the softest of touches. “Give me five minutes, and I’ll be ready to go again,” he grunted, as he circled my inner thigh with his thumb. He pressed his hand between us, where we were still locked together.

His index finger skated over my clit, and I whimpered. I was still so sensitive after our first round.

“Maddox?” I breathed.

“Hmm?”

“Maybe… we should go home first.”

His face was still buried between my breasts, and I felt him inhale. His hard length twitched inside me. “I’m happy right here. Tucked away inside your pussy. Ain’t moving, Babe.”

“Are we going to spend the night here?” I questioned with a small laugh.

“No,” he said, raising his hips to give me a half-thrust. Just enough to remind me that he was still inside me, semi-hard. “But I’m way too comfortable right now to move. Fuck, Lila. You’re tight and so fucking soft.”

My hand curled around his neck, and I pressed my face into the curve of his shoulder. He smelled sweaty, musky with the fresh smell of grass. His favorite cologne lingered around his manly scent. I licked my lips and tasted the remnants of his minty kisses.

My stomach did stupid, silly somersaults, and my heart squeezed.

God, I still couldn’t believe it, still couldn’t wrap my head around the simple fact: Maddox was mine.

I no longer felt any uncertainty about it, but fuck it, my feelings for him still scared me shitless. I wondered if he felt the same way.

But then I felt silly.

Of course, he felt the same. I often caught him looking at me, his blue eyes smiling and warm with affection.

Sure, we never said those three little words to each other, but I liked to believe it wasn’t needed. Not yet, at least.

While I didn’t doubt Maddox’s feelings for me, we were still so new. I wanted our first time saying those three words to each other, and it was probably the romantic in me speaking, but I wanted it to be special.

Maddox tucked stray hair behind my ear, and his lips caressed my temple. “You’re so goddamn beautiful, Lila,” he said in his deep, raspy voice.

My chest fluttered, and my eyes closed, as I shoved my face into his chest and inhaled. I was addicted to him and his scent. It was like I wanted to breathe him in, all the time. Who knew you could get addicted to someone’s smell? That was so weird, but damn my hormones.

It scared me. Being so addicted to him.

God, it scared me shitless.

And this was why…

“Maddox?”

He hummed. “What?”

“Can you promise me something?”

“Babe, I’m dick deep inside your soft pussy. You can ask me anything right now, and I’d say ‘yes,’ before you can finish your sentence.”

I gave him an internal eyeroll. Of course, I should have known he’d spout some shit like that. Maddox had a one-track mind.

I breathed in a ragged breath, preparing myself for what I was about to say. There was a sudden, hard lump lodged in my throat.

His fingers smoothed down my back, as if he could sense my worry. “What is it, Lila?”

I loved the way he said my name.

I loved the way he touched me.

I loved the way…

I loved…

Keeping my eyes closed and my face buried in his chest, I spoke, “If you ever get tired of this… tell me.”

Maddox’s hand paused on my back. “This?”

“Us,” I whispered.

He was silent for far too long. My lungs squeezed, until I suddenly couldn’t breathe. “Why are you so quiet?”

“I’m thinking…”

Did I just fuck this up? “What are you thinking about?”

Maddox’s head lowered, and his hot breath feathered across my cheek, sending another round of shivers down my spine. “I’m thinking… that maybe I didn’t fuck you hard enough, just now, if you’re doubting this… us…”

Oh, God.

His hand came up, and he gripped my jaw, lifting my head up. His teeth scraped along the column of my throat. I squeezed my eyes closed. “What do you want, Lila?”

That question again…

“You,” I gasped.

His hand inched down to the base of my throat. My breath hitched when he wrapped his fingers around my dreamcatcher. The necklace I never took off. Our dreamcatcher.

“Ask me what I want.” There was a hard command in his voice, thick and deep.

I swallowed, my tongue feeling heavy in my mouth, and I could barely push the words out. “What do you want?”

“You,” Maddox murmured.

His cock hardened inside me, twitching, and he gave me a slow thrust. “Look at me,” he grunted. My eyes snapped open. Darkness casted a shadow on his face and oh my, the look in his eyes.

It was downright territorial and predatory. “Ask me again.”

“What do you want, Maddox?”

“You,” he said. “Never, ever doubt my feelings for you again, little dragon. Next time, I’ll whip your ass.”

I gasped, and my ass clenched at the threat. “You wouldn’t dare.”

“Try me,” he challenged, with a dark look.

“I don’t doubt you, Maddox. But I need you to promise me something.”

Maddox waited patiently for me to continue. Damn him, for being so sweet… so understanding… so patient with my overthinking self.

“You’ll never lie to me. You’ll never keep secrets from me.” I brought my hand up and showed him my pinky. “Promise?”

Maddox’s face darkened, flashing with an unreadable expression, but it was gone too quickly for me to consider it. He wrapped his pinky around mine. “Promise.”

I leaned forward and pressed my lips against his. His chest rumbled with a deep sound in response.

Maddox was the person my dad told me about. “Always choose the person who makes your heart beat a thousand miles an hour,” he had said to me. I remembered telling Maddox that I didn’t want to ever fall in love.

Because I wasn’t strong enough to lose yet another person in my life.

That was four years ago.

And now…

Daddy, I found him. Wherever you are, if you’re watching over me… I found my person like you found mom.