“There you are,” Aiden said, waving at me, and I realised West had stepped out the door beside me. Rory must have spotted us and pointed me out to Aiden.
“Hey, thanks for waiting,” I said as I walked over to him. I didn’t know where Hunter was, but he’d catch up in a minute. If Danny didn’t talk his ear off first. Or Ezra. I was sure I’d heard the word ‘content’ being thrown around.
Aiden grinned and threw his arms around me, squeezing my middle. There was nobody else here except players and staff, butI’d still only stick to a hug. The kisses could wait until we were behind closed doors. Because the way I was feeling, there was no way they were going to be appropriate for public consumption. “Great job today. You were fucking awesome.”
“Yeah, wasn’t too bad.”
“Are you always this humble or are you just trying to play it cool?” he asked teasingly.
“Don’t know what you mean. Winning thirty-three to seven is totally normal for us. Not a big deal at all.”
“Really? So we shouldn’t celebrate this magnificent achievement and your excellent sporting display?”
“I mean, we promised Hunter.” I grinned as he stepped back, looking around for our third. I spotted him by the door, trying to ease away from the conversation he’d been trapped in. It looked like Matty had joined them too, his son Jack balanced on his hip.
“Where is he anyway?”
“He got cornered. He’ll be here in a minute,” I said. “By the way, I saw the link you sent.”
He put his hands in his hoodie pocket and smiled up at me, twisting slightly on the spot. “Yeah?”
“It looks good. Really good.”
“Glad you think so. Because I already emailed them about it—thought I might as well since the price is so good and it’s exactly what I want. I looked around it on my way up and it’s perfect, so there’s no point waiting around or it’ll go.”
“Seriously?”
“Yeah. And they got back to me during the second half. They said yes.” He laughed breathlessly, like he couldn’t believe it was happening. Neither could I. It felt too good to be true. “There’s checks and everything they need to do, and we’ll need contracts, plus I need to break my lease in Leicester and figure all the shit out with deposits, but yeah… all goes well, first of December it’s mine.”
“Fuck yeah!” I whooped as I pulled him into another hug, lifting him off the ground and spinning around, the desire to kiss him stronger than ever. “We’re celebrating the fuck out of this!”
“Celebrating what? The win?” Hunter asked as he popped up beside me, looking between us with an adorably confused expression.
Aiden was still smiling as I slowly put him down again. “Not just that. I applied for that kitchen. I’m moving here.”
