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"I can spend the rest of my life with the woman I can't live without, or I can spend half of it on the road without her. I've had enough of the latter and not nearly enough of the former." I brush my lips against hers. "I'm not asking permission, baby. I'm telling you that this is how it's going to be. When my contract expires, I'm done."
"When does your contract expire?"
"At the end of the year."
"I just talked Nash into not giving up hockey; now you want to give it up," she frets.
"I'm not Nash, Dimples. I'm not sacrificing anything. I'm just beginning to realize that my heart isn't in the game anymore. That's the worst kind of player to have on a team. My spot should go to someone willing to eat, sleep, and breathe hockey. That's not me anymore." I press my lips to her furrowed brows. "I'm filling a slot that some other motherfucker dreams of holding. It should go to him."
"I don't like it."
"You don't have to like it." I grin at her. "You aren't the boss of me."
She growls and pushes against my chest, forcing me onto my back. "We'll see about that, Noah Diamante." She clambers over me, straddling my hips. "I bet I can make you do whatever I want."
She's not wrong about that. Especially if she keeps straddling me like she is.
"You better finish telling me what happened today, Dimples. In about five minutes, you won't be able to say anything but my name."
"Troy told Dillon where to find Silar, so he's in jail, too."
"Getting arrested is looking better and better."
"You can't get arrested. I promised Nash that you were going to look out for me. You can't do that from jail, Noah."
"You really talked to him?" I ask, more surprised by that than anything.
"I did," she whispers. "He knows everything now."
"Everything?"
"I mean, I left out the part about your tattoo, but I can call him back if you want…" she says, shifting as if she's going to reach into her pocket for her phone.
I grab her, flipping her onto her back beneath me.
She laughs out loud, her eyes shining with happiness as she stares up at me. "He knows everything, Noah." Her expression softens. "I think we're both going to be okay now."
"Yeah?"
She nods.
"Yeah, you are," I agree, leaning down to capture her lips with mine. I kiss her long and deep, sealing my vow. She will be okay now. My new goal in life is making sure she's more than okay every day. I made her brother a promise, after all.
I fully intend to keep it.
"I love you," she whispers as we strip each other bare.
"Not nearly as much as I love you."
"Lies," she moans as I lift her legs over my shoulders, skimming my lips up the inside of her thigh. "All lies."
"I bet I can convince you otherwise, Dimples."
"Do it."
I bury my face in her center, taking us both to heaven all over again.
Epilogue
