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“I’m not,” she said through clenched teeth. “Your brother puts monstrous babies in me.”
“Hey!” Beau called out.
“We’re not monsters!” Ty chimed in.
She waved away their concerns and they went right back to their war on the rug. She continued typing, so I plopped on the recliner and flipped the TV channel to SportsCenter.
“Annnd done,” Addie said, slamming her laptop shut.
My eyebrows popped up. “With the project? Really? Can you say what it was now?”
She grinned. “Okay, I’ll tell you because I need a name for it and maybe you guys can help me. I’ve been interviewing some of our friends about their love stories. The first one was Grey and Jules. It’s really such a heart-wrenching story. I kinda… turned it into a romance novel,” she said shyly.
“Damn, that’s awesome, Adds.”
Her cheeks pinked up a bit. “Really?”
“Yeah, that’s fuckin’ cool.” I leaned forward. “If ya haven’t heard already, I’m kind of a hockey romance reader now.”
She dropped her head back against the couch laughing. “I forgot about that!”
“Who else are you gonna write about?”
She twisted her lips in thought. “Maybe TJ and Ellie, Savannah and her husbands, and maybe Duke and Claire would be funny.”
“So, everyone from the Ice League?”
“Yeah, I guess those are all couples who skated at the Ice League at one time or another– Oh oww!” she cried out, making me jump to my feet.
“You’re sure those aren’t real contractions? When are you due?”
She squeezed her eyes shut and breathed through her mouth to ride through the pain. “Not for another two weeks, it’s fine. Distract me.”
It was suddenly all too quiet in the room. I turned to see Stevie and the boys staring at Adds in concern.
“She’s okay,” I told them gently. “Stevie, why don’t you take the boys in the backyard by Uncle Case and Josie? Maybe play a round of soccer before dinner.”
They scampered off, but Stevie kept glancing back in concern. I gave her a reassuring smile.
“Distract me, please,” Addie begged.
“Okay, our story would be a good one,” I said.
“Yeah, it would be, but you two haven’t finished your story yet,” she said.
“No?”
“Nah, you need to at least get engaged first. Or promise your undying love to her or something. Actually, you better get on that. If you take too long, Coach is gonna be on your ass about it,” she said with a smirk.
“True, especially because I already asked for his permission to marry her. He’ll be expecting it soon,” I added.
“Wait really?” Her face lit up with excitement. “How are you gonna ask?”
I snorted. “Well, I was actually gonna ask tonight.” I pulled the ring from my pocket and showed her.
“OhmyGod.” She took the ring and her eyes widened. It was a simple gold band with a singular oval diamond. As soon as I saw it in the store, I knew it was hers. “What happened? Why didn’t you do it?”
I shrugged. “The fancy restaurant vibe wasn’t really us, so my new idea…”
