Page 27 of Hat Trick Heart

I drop the roses to the ground and fall into him, almost landing flat on my ass. “I will. Yes, please!”

He grins happily. “Thank you, baby. I swear I will never let you go. You’re it for me and you have been since I first saw you in that rink with those beautiful blue eyes that stopped me in my tracks.”

I nod happily and he slips the ring on my finger. I can’t stop staring at the stunning stone. “This ring is the exact shade of your eyes and I knew it was meant to be on this pretty finger as soon as I saw it.”

He lifts my finger up to his mouth and kisses it lightly, tugging me into him. The guys cheer and I blush as they race around and act like idiots. Emile pulls me tight into his arms and his lips take mine gently. He lifts up slightly and I can feel his warm breath on my mouth.

“I can’t wait to get you home and finally make love to you like you deserve. I have fucking missed you so much it hurts. I dreamt of you every night. And the one thing that kept going through my head was that it’s not over. It can’t be over.”

“No matter how hard I tried to stay mad at you, I couldn’t stop dreaming about you coming to me.”

“I will always find you, Angel. You are mine.”

“Forever and ever.”

He grins wickedly and lifts me up in his arms. “Now… how about we go act out some of those dreams?”

I smirk at him. “You think you’re up to it? You turned me down the last time. I think you were the one that needed some time.”

He lifts a brow. “Oh, baby. You’re gonna pay for that remark.”

“Over and over again, I hope,” I laugh.

“Get him, Sassy!” Becca yells and I laugh, my head thrown back, as he skates us off the ice and then he gently settles me in the car.

I blow her a kiss. “You’re the best!”

“I want all the dirty details later!” She hollers.

A warm burst of blood shoots to my cheeks and I shoot her a glare.

Emile starts the car and we wave at all of the team members who came to help him.

I turn to him and lean over, running my fingers over his soft hair. “I hope this is the start of something amazing.”

“It is. I promise you that I will work my ass off to make you happy every damn day. And I know how to work, Angel. I’m a professional athlete. It’s what we do.”

I kiss his hand and lay my hand on his as he drives out of the lot. “Where did you guys get those tights?”

He laughs and kisses my hand. “I’ll tell you on our wedding day. It’s an interesting story.”

I giggle. “I’ll look forward to hearing it.”

“Hope you know that I’m gonna have to move you in soon.”

“We’ll work on that.”

“Oh. I’m gonna work a lot of things out on you, sweetheart.” His gorgeous green eyes glow with love and happiness and I can’t believe this is real.

But when he rolls me under his big body later and claims me until I’m screaming his name, I know it’s real and it’s forever.

Just like a fairytale.

EPILOGUE

Sassy

I love to watch my husband and our kids out on the ice. All of them are much better than me. Emile smiles at our daughter, the seven-year-old with auburn pigtails grinning at her brother with her mouth guard in.

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