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“I love you, Lucy. I’minlove with you. You are the one for me. You’re it. My end game. My ride or die… Help me here—are there any other ways to say it?”
She giggles and the sound is my undoing.She’smy undoing. Thank fuck we never had to go along with my stupid breakup plan, because I honestly don’t know how long I could have kept it up. She’s my everything, and it’s about time she knew that.
“Lucy, I want a life with you and Katie. I want to experience all the ups and downs, teach Katie to swim, teach you how to catch—you really should be better considering who your brother is.”
Lucy swats at my head with her spare hand, but I duck in time and she misses. “I knew that practice would come in handy.” I wink. “Joking aside, I—”
“But what about everything that happened?” she says, cutting me off. “Aren’t you annoyed that you had to give up so much for me? Isn’t there a little part of you that resents me for that?”
“Not even my smallest cell. It wasn’t about you. Is there a part of you that resents me for Greg coming back into your life?”
“No, of course not, but—”
“There’s nobut. I don’t blame you. And that’s not something that will ever change. Plus, Greg fucked up. He wanted me to have nothing, and yet he’d already succeeded when he took away the two things I wanted most in the world. But he traded them back for possessions and money. He can take everything that I own and I’ll still be happy. Because Lucy, if you let me back into your life, I will always have what I need.EverythingI’lleverneed.You and Katie. I’ll always haveyou.”
Lucy’s eyes shine with unshed tears, and she nods.
I’m hoping the nod is a good sign but have to ask. “Does that mean—”
“Yes!” She throws her arms around me and burrows her face into my chest before looking up at me through hooded eyes. “Yes, I want us to be together. You’ll always have me.”
Framing her face with my hands, I press a kiss to her forehead, then her nose before gently brushing her lips with mine. She sighs, rising to her toes to increase the pressure as my hands move into her hair, securing her in place. Our lips open at the same time, allowing our tongues to explore, and I groan at the feel of finally having Lucy back where she should always be—in my arms.
Our kiss remains soft and unhurried yet it feels like a deeper connection, and when I finally pull back with a lazy smile on my face, Lucy looks up at me with a sassy grin. “So, ‘Truly Madly Deeply,’ huh?”
I huff out a chuckle at the change in direction and shrug, like it’s no big deal, and yet… “It’s kinda our song. At least it is for me.”
Her brows furrow as though she doesn’t believe me, and I laugh out loud, running a hand through my hair. “Okay, you got me. The first time I hummed it was because I’d heard it early that day and I couldn’t get it out of my fucking head. But when you smiled, even though I thought you were sleeping, it kind of became a song that reminded me of you over the years. So of course, I really fucking hated it when we were apart. But now it’s not so bad.”
“So romantic.” She rolls her eyes and bites back a smile, nibbling on her bottom lip. Pulling her back into my arms, I squeeze my eyes shut and try to focus on anything but her lips, knowing that if I do, she’ll never get back to work.
“How many more players do you have on your schedule for today?”
“Just the one, in…” Lucy looks at the clock on her wall. “Shit, right now. You need to get out. We still have to talk through our work situation. Should I resign? I mean—”
“What? Why would you resign?”
“Because of the policy?”
“Don’t worry about that. I’ll sort it out. There are always ways around these things. And if there weren’t, it wouldn’t beyouresigning. Don’t even think about it. I’ll have it all worked out before you’ve finished for the day.”
Lucy nods as one of our running backs knocks on her door, freezing when I open it. “Ahh shit. I can come back.”
I smile and shake my head. “No need, I was just leaving. I’ll see you tonight, okay?” I say, turning back to Lucy.
“Okay,” she mouths as she moves about the room.
It takes all of two seconds for me to get written approval for our relationship. Turns out, we weren’t hiding from anyone, and Aaron submitted the application weeks ago. Maybe he’s not as bad as I thought.
After supervising a workout session with some of the team, I jog back to the office to meet Lucy before she finishes for the day.
“It’s taken care of. We are officially on the approved couple list with HR,” I say as soon as she steps out of her room.
Her brows furrow in confusion. “There’s an approved couple list?”
”No idea, but either way, we’re good. We don’t have to hide it. And it wasn’t even my doing. Aaron handled it.”
Lucy barks out a laugh before covering her mouth. “Sorry, how did that make you feel?” she whispers knowingly.
