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“Give us an hour, then you two can sneak out.” He pushes an icepack in my hands. “Besides, you need to ice, hydrate, and rest. You’ve got a big day tomorrow.”
Speaking of. “Do you know where Cap is?” I press the ice to my cheek. Figures I’d have a bruised face for my wedding. I hope she doesn’t mind.
“He and Lili have everything handled. You’re all set for two o’clock. Lili will pick up Frankie at eleven.”
“Noon.”
He looks up, ready to argue, but decides against it. “I’ll let her know.”
“And, Jonah? I appreciate you being here these last few months, putting up with me, getting me to this point.”
“Welcome.” He grabs our bags and eyes me. “Ready?”
“Born ready.”
He scoffs. “Cheesy fuck.”
I shrug. “It sounded good in my head.”
“It should have stayed there.” He laughs.
When the door opens, my Angel comes off the wall where she’s standing with my mom, sister, Rowdy and Cap. After I was declared the winner by KO, I only got to see Frankie for a second before the guys shoved me in the dressing room backstage, forcing me to shower—without her. Not my first choice.
I meet her half way. “You okay, Angel?” I saw the stress on her face after the fight. I heard her screaming for me to haveno mercy. I lost my concentration for only a moment. But her and everyone else yelling and cheering for me got me back on track.
“Shouldn’t I be asking you that?” Her hand feathers across my cheek where that numbnuts landed a blow.
“I’m good.” I grip her waist and pull her closer. “Perfect now that I’m with you.”
She leans into me, her breath tickling my neck. “Same.”
“One hour, then we take our celebration back to our room.” I link our fingers and guide her back to my family and Rowdy.
“Sounds good.” Her sweet smile has me wanting to change our time clock to one minute instead.
I hug my mom and sister, leaving their safe return to the hotel in Rowdy’s hands. Celebrating with a bunch of people is not their scene. I understand. Neither of them does well in crowds. I’m still shocked as hell they made it here tonight. It means more than either of them will ever know to have them see me succeed when my father told me I would never amount to shit. He was wrong about me—about all of us.
I notice the look on Rowdy’s face when he eyes my sister. I pull him aside, arm around the back of his neck, maybe tighter than necessary. Maybe. “Listen. I owe you for what you did for my Angel.” I catch his eye as he pushes back, coming face to face. “I’ll forgive you for kissing Frankie, but I will end you if you touch my sister.”
He flinches as if my words put ideas in his head he wasn’t even considering. He’s a guy. I know what he’s thinking. All. The. Fucking. Time. “Clear?”
“Clear.” He glances over my shoulder and back to me. “This won’t be the last conversation we have about this.” He presses in, bold as hell. “Clear?”
My evil smirk doesn’t even have him wavering.Good for him.“Look forward to it.”
We head out, my girl under my arm, close by my side.
I feel like I can breathe again.
We stayed to celebrate with the gang for a grand total of fifteen minutes. The guys didn’t seem to mind. They know what it’s like after a fight. Even if I did win the biggest match of my career, I’m still one tired fuck. The only thing keeping me going is the adrenaline and the idea of burying myself deep inside my fiancée.
My fiancée. I like the sound of that. Too bad I only get tonight and a short time tomorrow to use it.
Frankie steps out of the bathroom, towel tucked in under her arms. She wanted a quick shower. I couldn’t deny her. It gave me time to ice my face and the bruise on my side, and down a few anti-inflammatories.
I point to the cart. “I ordered some food, since I dragged you out of the party before we ate.”
She moves toward me. “You didn’t drag me. I was happy to come.” She glances at the cart. “Whaddya get?”
