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“I’m fine.” I hastily wipe a cheek, well aware it does nothing to curb the flow of water. “Just overwhelmed.”
He opens his arms, and I collapse against his chest. There are probably people staring at us. I don’t care.
Once my snot situation is under control, I glance up at him. “I love you, Elliot. I want nothing to change between us, but I also want to be able to do this whenever I feel like it.” I stand on my tiptoes and kiss him. “And I really want to have sex with you again.”
He grins. It starts tender and turns dirty. “You could probably talk me into that.”
“Oh, really?” I tease. “I was thinking it might be—”
His lips crash onto mine. I forget what I was going to say. Where I am. My own name.
“Reid! Reid!”
Elliot pulls away and glances behind him. “What?” he shouts back.
“Aren’t timeouts only two minutes?” Luke’s voice is filled with amusement.
“Fucker,” Elliot mutters.
I laugh. “It’s fine. Go play.”
“You’re sure?”
“Yeah. We can talk later.”
“Talk ortalk?”
I smirk. “Both.”
Someone else calls his name. “Reid!”
Elliot grits his teeth but keeps his attention on me. “Do you want to get dinner tonight?”
“Dinner? Like a…date?”
“Yeah.” He nods. “Exactly like a date.”
“You’re asking me out?”
“Yep.”
“Okay. Uh, yes. I’ll go out with you.”
“Okay. You like steak, right?” I shove him, and he grins. “I’ll pick you up at seven.”
“Okay.”
Elliot leans down and kisses me again before he skates off. I can feel the wide grin stretching my face as I carefully make my way off the ice.
I can practically feel the smugness radiating off of Annabel when I reach the brown grass. “Told you.”
“Yeah, you did.” I’m too happy to be annoyed. Plus, it’s nice—and unexpected—that she’s happy for me.
“Do you want to stay?”
I shake my head. “No, not unless you do. I’m freezing, and I’ll see him later.”
“We could head to Sydney’s? Get a coffee?” Annabel makes the offer casually, but there’s some vulnerability beneath the suggestion as well.
