“Every time I missed you,” she admits quietly. “Every time you made me laugh, or I hung up the phone wishing I was wherever you were.” Her eyes meet mine. “Tonight was just the first time I stopped talking myself out of it.”
Words feel useless after that.
So I kiss her again instead.
Honey laughs against my lips, her hands sliding up into my hair while Dax audibly breaks down in real time.
I think Sebi just shouted, “FINALLY,” but it barely registers.
I pull away and rest my forehead against hers.
“Brother, pull yourself together,” Reese says somewhere nearby.
“I can’t,” Dax yells back. “Love is real.”
Honey’s shoulders shake with laughter, and I just hold her tighter, because through every version of my life—good, bad, messy, impossible—it’s always come back to this girl.
Always back to her.
“Congratulations, Zach,” Sienna, the cockblock reporter, is still at my side, shoving a microphone in my face. “I think the stadium would like to hear from their newly engaged, winning quarterback.”
I frown, side-eyeing the mic. I don't move. I don't want to go and be the Zach Evans everyone else gets. I want to be here, with my fiancée forever.
Fuck. Did I just say that? Is Honey Sanderson my fiancée?
Yes. She fucking is.
My fingers press into Honey's hip, and she leans forward and presses a kiss to my cheek.
“Go talk to them.” She pulls back just enough so we're looking at each other. “I'll be right here waiting for you.”
I raise a brow. “Promise?”
“I promise. I'm happy right here with you.”
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Dax:[video attached]
Dax:BROTHERS. SISTERS. THE DAY HAS COME.
Dax:I AM CRYING. I AM NOT ASHAMED.
Reese:You were standing four feet away from them. If you listen close enough to the video, you can hear his sobbing.
Dax:What’s your point?
Madison:Screaming, crying, throwing up!!
Madison:It happened!!
Madison:When I saw it on TV, I screamed so loud that Dash came running back into the room with his hockey stick and Bertha to protect me from intruders.
Dax:Who’s Bertha?
Madison:His foam roller.
Tiff:@Madison, it was amazing live! We were watching from the box, and everyone was rooting for them! Everyone!
