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“Which is?”
“I love you.” He glanced around them and then signaled the bartender.
Sera’s eyes grew round. Now they were really creating a scene. “What are you doing? I have to take the order at my next table.”
A slight smile curved Jordan’s lips. “Already taken care of.” He signaled again to someone across the room. “Angus has you covered with another waiter.”
“He’s short-staffed!”
“Not anymore he isn’t. Another employee just stepped out of the back room.”
Sera snapped her mouth shut. “You planned—”
“Let’s just say Angus is a romantic at heart who’s happy to lend a helping hand.”
“He called me in when he didn’t need me.”
“I need you,” Jordan said, looking into her eyes. “I’ve had a chance to sort out my priorities lately. And I’ve figured out what’s important to me besides the career and whether I recover from my injury.”
After he gave a sign to the bartender, the music was turned off, and everyone stopped talking. In the sudden stillness, Jordan raised his voice. “I’d like everyone’s attention.”
Bewildered and worried for him—was it fever? A momentary bout of insanity?—Sera leaned close and whispered, “What are you doing?”
He gave his trademark devilish smile. “In lieu of a jumbotron or big screen...”
OMG.
“I’m making a public declaration—”
Some people hooted.
“—that I think my teammates never thought they’d hear from me.”
There was scattered laughter.
“This should be good,” someone called out.
“I’m declaring my undying love for—”
Jordan took her hand and kissed it.
“The Puck & Shoot?” someone else wisecracked.
“Hey, maybe it’s Angus or his beer.” One patron elbowed another.
“Nah, Angus has been married for ages,” Vince Tedeschi put in.
“—Serafina Perini,” Jordan finished.
“Aww.”
“Makes my heart flutter.” Marc Bellitti clutched his chest dramatically.
Several women gave audible sighs.
Jordan turned to the peanut gallery lining the far side of the bar, including Vince and Marc. “Hey, guys, knock it off. This is difficult enough. Wearing my heart on my sleeve with no clue about my chances...”
Sera swallowed hard because she’d been getting choked up. Jordan was putting it all on the line for her—in public. She could spurn him, make him pay...or confess that she loved him, too.
