Cassius by Stevens, Madison (chromebook ebook reader txt) 📕

relaxed than she expected, meaning she could tackle the race without the demons of doubt who always tried to sabotage her before an event. Victory required both physical and mental toughness.

Her stupid superstition had limited her potential through the years. Or maybe it hadn’t. Maybe she had to wait for the right man to come along, in particular, one super-stud who’d come out of nowhere to rock her world. She needed more CJ, not less.

Graham tilted his head and stared at her, the corners of his mouth curling up in a smile. “Oh my. I don’t know why I didn’t see it before. You horny little bitch.” He laughed. “You slept with him, didn’t you?”

Kendra blinked. Sometimes having somebody being her friend for years was a pain. It was hard to get anything past him.

“What? How did you know?” She looked down at her tracksuit as if she’d left evidence there. “I… I’m… oh man. Yes, I did, but I haven’t said anything. I didn’t give you any goofy smiles.” She frowned. “I think I didn’t. Did I?”

“Girl, you should never play poker. You’re terrible at hiding anything.” Graham smirked. “You have been way too bubbly with everything that’s going on, especially since it felt like you were going to explode from stress just the other day, but now you’re carrying yourself a certain way. I thought you were nervous about the race and accepted it, but it finally just clicked into place. Sex, the best, most relaxing drug on the planet.”

“What can I say?” Kendra let out a nervous laugh. “I took your advice. Didn’t you say that would take away all my problems?”

Kendra stared at him, challenge in her eyes. She wasn’t worried or ashamed of what she’d done and wasn’t about to let anyone, including Graham, make her feel that way. She was finally feeling good and didn’t want to let it go.

The mischief in Graham’s eyes pointed away from accusation, calming Kendra. “I recall saying something along those lines, yes.” He ran his tongue along the inside of his cheek as he continued looking at her. “It’s not a bad thing, depending on the answer to one important question. Did it take away all your problems?”

“It took away enough. And now I feel a lot more relaxed.” Kendra might be close to Graham, but even he didn’t need to hear about the good soreness from getting pounded by her special man. “I’m feeling as good as I have in a long time, and it’s all because of CJ. I don’t have any complaints and I’m more than ready for the race.”

“I’m not complaining,” Graham replied, “but I thought you didn’t like to do that kind of thing right before competition. That’s always been your rule, not mine. That’s why this is so surprising.”

Kendra nodded to an area closer to the fence with fewer people. She didn’t want to talk about her love life and have some random person overhear her and post about it out of context on Facebook or Instagram. Graham nodded and followed her with the camera lowered.

“I don’t know,” Kendra said. “I was trying to make sure this wouldn’t happen, but it just sort of happened. I’ve never been so drawn to a guy before. I barely could stop myself the other day, and I already probably went too far even then.”

“The other day?” Graham laughed and slapped his knee. “Oh, damn. You’ve got it bad. I didn’t even realize when it was so obvious.”

Kendra didn’t want to voice the truth aloud. It sounded ridiculous in her head, and she could only imagine it’d cross over to the absurd if she told Graham.

She couldn’t help it. She was through hiding things both from herself and others. A champion faced all foes, including herself.

“I think I’m in love,” Kendra said.

“You’re in love?” Graham’s brow lifted. “That quickly? I thought I was the easy target for Cupid, not you. Damn! This is a special guy.”

Kendra folded her arms and leaned against the fence. “I know it all sounds ridiculous, but I don’t know what to say. Being around him makes me feel good, and by good, I don’t just mean horny, but don’t get me wrong, the other day…” She rubbed her shoulders and tried not to squeeze her thighs together. “I’ve never, ever had my world rocked like that or even close to that. It’s like he was born to get me off. Maybe even designed that way.”

“That sounds great, but are you sure?” Graham sounded suspicious, his smile fading.

“I know what I felt. I didn’t have anything to drink if that’s what you’re asking.”

Graham sighed. “You’re not getting what I’m saying.” He put his fingers to his forehead. “I saw the guy, and he’s definitely a hunk with stamina, so I get that, but it’s been a while for you. Maybe it was an okay performance that you’ve turned into the best ever because of your dry run, and you’re letting it convince you it was more special that it was. I’ve had that happen to me with guys.”

Kendra mulled it over. The thought hadn’t occurred to her, but now that her friend said it, she rejected it out of hand. There was something special between her and CJ, something primal and different from any other relationship she’d ever experienced. She wouldn’t let Graham talk her out of her dream man and likely soulmate.

“It’s not like I don’t, you know, take care of myself.” Kendra glanced around to make sure nobody was listening. “And I know my body. And I know my heart. I don’t know what to say other than I think he could be the one. This is something special, and I’ve had sex after dry spells before and never felt anything like that.”

Did it sound crazy and irresponsible? Probably. She also didn’t care.

A lot of people thought she was crazy and stupid when she left school to become an internet star, but it’d worked out for her. Sometimes a woman