Loving Knight: Book One of the Cresswell Series (COMPLETED)

22. DEION

My phone’s alarm goes off the next morning, echoing loudly throughout my room.

I groan a little and open my eyes, sitting up. I look next to me, seeing Aliyah sound asleep. A smile creeps up on my face as I move a bit of her hair away from her eyes. She stirs a little bit before her eyes open slowly, smiling a little once she sees me.

“Hi,” she says softly.

“Hi,” I say back. “Did you sleep okay?”

Aliyah nods and sits up, using the sheets to wrap around her chest and torso. “Mhm. Although, I am a little bit sore.”

I chuckle a little. “I didn’t go that hard on you.”

“I know that,” Aliyah giggles. She reaches out, grabbing my hand. “But…Deion?”

“Yeah?”

“Thank you.”

“For what?”

She smiles at me. “For making my firsts special. My first date, my first kiss, my first time. My first everything.”

I look down at her hand, caressing it gently before looking back up at her. “You don’t have to thank me for that.”

“I know, but I want to.” Aliyah leans down, giving me a quick kiss. “I love you.”

I lift her hand up to my mouth, pressing my lips gently against her knuckles. “I love you, too, Alicat.”

Aliyah gives me another smile along with another kiss before leaning down, grabbing my shirt from off of the floor. She removes the sheet from around her body then slips on the shirt, turning to me once she is done. “You don’t mind if I borrow this, do you?”

“Oh, come on, Alicat,” I said with a small grin as I sat up, grabbing her waist from behind. “I like you in my shirts. You look more sexy in them than I do.”

Aliyah turns away with a small laugh, getting up from the bed. “You’re always saying things like that.”

“Because everything I say about you is true.”

“Whatever,” she giggles.

The grin on my face grows. “Are you doubting me, Alicat?”

“No,” she says. “I’m not.”

I reach over and take her by the arm, pulling her back down on the bed, making her yelp. “I think you’re doubting me.”

Aliyah glances back at me as I wrap my arms around her. “I’m not doubting you.”

I poke at her side with my finger. “Liar.”

She smiles as I do it again. “I’m not lying.”

I pull her closer to me with a smirk, my lips finding her neck. “You are.”

“Deion,” Aliyah breathes out, her head falling back on my shoulder.

My lips find another place on her neck, kissing it gently. “Hm?”

A small laugh escapes her. “That tickles.”

“Does it?” I pull the collar of the shirt to the side, kissing her shoulder. “Then maybe I should keep going, right?”

Aliyah grips the bottom of the shirt, biting her lip. “Deion, I have practice later, and so help me, I am not going feeling even more sore.”

“I won’t go that hard,” I tell her. “I know when to be careful with something so beautiful.”