‘The friendlies start again at the end of August. We’ll be travelling a lot.’ He runs a finger over my bare shoulder, eyeing my cleavage like he might eat it.
‘Right.’
Is he telling me that he won’t be around? Letting me down gently already? The niggle of doubt is always the first to rise. I push it forcefully away, reminding myself that Callum is not Sean.
‘I’ll be expecting you to be screaming for me with the other WAGs. You can rub my injuries better after each game.’ His suggestive tone soothes my insecurities, a tidal wave of sweet relief.
I made an agreement with myself to move on, to trust Callum. Yet my thoughts revert to him leaving me already.
Callum glances at the roses on the hall table and tilts his head.
‘Someone has an admirer. Should I be concerned?’ he jokes, but there’s an underlying question in his tone.
‘Very funny, Callum. I meant to thank you. It slipped my mind when you slipped your tongue in my mouth.’ I swoon outwardly again, melting at the thought of his hot mouth.
‘As much as I probably should have sent you flowers this week, they’re not from me.’ A frown forms on his tanned face.
‘Did you pack a bag?’ he changes the subject. We have an unspoken agreement: to be entwined in every way possible for the next forty-eight hours.
‘Did you want me to?’ I tease, wanting to hear it from his lust-driven lips now that he stands merely a foot in front of me.
‘Well, you’re coming home with me tonight. I don’t care if you have nothing to wear tomorrow. In fact, I might even prefer it that way.’ His eyes glint mischievously as he traces a finger from my cheek, along my neck and cups my breasts seductively.
‘If you want to leave this house any time soon, I suggest you stop that immediately. Because I don’t care if I never make it to Marcus’s,’ I warn him throatily.
Callum carries my weekend bag to the boot of his car and opens the passenger door for me.
‘Such a gentleman,’ I observe.
‘What can I say? You bring out the best in me.’ He slips into the driver’s seat and places a hand firmly on my exposed thigh as he exits my driveway.
