Page 101 of Home Game

We mixed and mingled with the rest of the guys for about half an hour. Adam’s house was beautiful—he was another past renovation client from the Fixer Brothers’ show, and their work was no less perfect than it was in Storm’s house. Storm and I found Landry and chatted with him about some stuff for Waycott Marketing and also looked at his phone, scrolling through potential cats he was thinking of adopting.

A while later, Chase clinked his mimosa glass as Adam was turning on the big screen TV in the living room.

Soon, Chase’s brother’s face popped up on the TV screen. Jamie, the nice young guy from California that I’d briefly met earlier this fall.

“Hello!” Jamie said, waving out at us all. “Wow, sad I’m missing this party.”

“Well,” Chase said, walking over to Adam’s side and taking his hand. “We wouldn’t want you to miss it for the world, Jamie, because Adam and I have an announcement to make.”

Chase was beaming. Adam was, too. They held hands, looking out at us.

“We’re engaged,” Adam said, looking the happiest I’d ever seen him.

“We’re fucking getting married, baby!” Chase shouted out to all of us in his typical bubbly, energetic way. “And you’re all invited, next winter!”

Everyone in the room erupted into cheers and applause.

Jamie’s face, particularly, became a jaw-dropped shock face like I’d never seen before.

“My brother’s getting married?” Jamie asked, and I swore I saw a single tear fall down his face. “I’m so proud. I love you, Chase!”

Everyone went to hug Chase and Adam. Nathan and Shawn made plenty of jokes about the credit they deserved for bringing them together, all while congratulating them, too.

“Like we said, the wedding will be next winter, at a beautiful ski resort here in the mountains. And it’ll come way sooner than you’d think,” Chase said. “We hope you all can be there.”

“Fuckyeah!” Kace called out from the side of the room.

“And my very single brother Jamie will be there, too,” Chase said, winking over at Landry, who was sitting at the edge of the couch. “For any eligible bachelors out there.”

“Wait, did you just say something about me?” Jamie asked over the video call on the screen.

Landry also blushed, looking up at it.

“Just that I can’t wait until you’re all together with me at my wedding,” Chase said. “God, I even love saying it.Wedding.”

Everyone broke off into chatter and laughter again, and finally, we knew what we were here to celebrate.

“A winter wedding,” I said to Storm and Landry now. “Wow. I don’t think I’ve been to one before.”

“A winter wedding would have sounded terrible to me back in the day, but now I think it’s going to be amazing. Getting married in a beautiful, cozy ski lodge? I love it.”

“Would you everwanta winter wedding, though?” Landry asked Storm.

I stood beside them with my heart suddenly pounding faster than ever.

Storm and I told each other we loved each other plenty these days, of course. But we definitely hadn’t brought up the idea of marriage yet.

What if he didn’t believe in marriage at all?

He hummed, pondering Landry’s question. “Well,” he said. “It would depend on what my partner wanted, theoretically. I could be down for a winter wedding, if it was beautiful, although I’d probably slightly prefer a summer one. It’s all about love when it comes to marriage, right?”

I felt like my heart might fly out of my chest.

So he didn’t hate the idea of it, after all.

I was glad to know that.

Storm turned to me, a little mischievous smile on his face. “What about you?”

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