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A tall security guard, intimidating enough to be a bouncer at a night club stands by the door. He reaches over and opens the door as Autumn and I walk up.
“Thanks, Gerald. This is Juliet Di Costa. She doesn’t have an Owner Box pass yet but I’ll ask Penelope to get her one tomorrow.”
“Awe, Mr. Haynes’ fiancée. I heard about the proposal. Congratulations Ms. Di Costa.”
I can feel my cheek warm at the title of fiancée.
It feels too new for it to sink in but I guess I’d better get used to it, and fast.
“Thank you,” I tell him as Autumn and I walk through the door he’s holding open for us.
The first I notice when walking through into the owner’s box is the large room with floor to ceiling glass windows directly across from us.
The room is designed the same as the officers with dark stained wood floors and grey-painted walls with jerseys from what I assume to be retired players.
To the left is a bar with a bartender mixing up drinks and to the right is a huge buffet of food that would feed the whole stadium, never mind the thirty or so people in this room.
Maybe the players come up after the game and eat?
I have no idea. There’s so much I don’t know about this team and about hockey, but I guess I’d better learn. I’m now the company's party planner and a player’s fiancée.
For better or worse, Ryker and I are about to be stuck together for the next two years. I have a part to play, and I intend on holding up my bargain.
Chapter Eight
Ryker
She said yes.
If I’m being honest, I wasn’t confident she would.
I went into tonight with my best foot forward, but I knew there was a chance she was going to turn me down.
Sliding that ring on her finger felt better than I thought it would. I have a good feeling that she and I are going to pull this off.
“Did Haynes just get fucking engaged on national television?” Brent yells out as I walk through the locker room after Autumn stole Juliet at the bottom of the tunnel.
I’m glad she did, though, because Juliet becoming friends with the girls will make the next two years a little easier for her.
Now, she’ll have people to sit with during home games and friends in the same building when I’m at away games.
“I thought you were dating that social media chic. Where the hell have I been?” Briggs asks.
“Pussy whipped on the sixth floor,” Lake blurts out.
A few of the guys laugh as we all move around getting ready to head back out for the last period.
“You should know since Tessa keeps your balls in her purse,” Briggs fires back. “When’s the last time you’ve seen them?”
“Yeah Powers, does Tessa let you have visitation from time to time?” Brent jumps in.
Oh shit… here they go.
I can feel the nervous energy of wanting to get through this game. Winning tonight will get us just that much further to the championship.
We need to pull off a victory tonight, and with all of us playing the way we have been for the last two periods, I think we have a good shot at it.
But another reason I want to get through the game is talk to Juliet. We haven’t said more than a couple of words since we got engaged, and I want to feel her out. There was an obvious panic in her eyes when I pulled her onto the ice with me. All I can hope for is that she doesn’t bail on tonight and change her mind.
