Page 247 of Waiting Game

It’s both nuts and beautiful—which sums up Cole entirely.

“You named your horse after a queen?” I demand when I see the final piece.

“Only kings get to ride queens, babe.” He raises my knuckles to his mouth and presses a kiss to them. “Which makes you Queen Mia.”

My lips quirk into a grin as he bows. “You’re ridiculous.”

“And you love me for it,KillerCatQueen.”

He’s not wrong…

Cole: Ruben, we all wanted to tell you how fucking sorry we are about Lacey

Liam: Yeah, man. It was hard at the funeral with the press hovering around us, but I wanted to loop you in on some of the stuff Gracie is putting in place for you

Cole: Gracie rocks, Ruben.

Liam: She’s got you this nanny that’ll travel with us so that London can come along when we’re on the road

Jude: Not that we’re pushing you to come back or anything

Liam: No! Of course not. But like, I know that hockey got me through some shit times, and maybe it’ll help you?

Liam: Anyway, that’s not it.

Liam: Gracie’s on the warpath.

Liam: Keep telling her she’s deferring her grief… You can imagine how that turned out for me.

Cole: G’s arranged for a food fest to come to you.

Jude: Mercy will be over, Ruben, with a bunch of lasagna and casserole dishes so that you don’t have to worry about food

Cole: Mia will be by to help clean as well if you need?

Liam: There’ll be a nanny on staff at the rink for London during practices too

Cole: Ruben?

Liam: We’ll leave you in peace, dude. But we’re here. Let the ladies in because otherwise, I feel like your doorman will go nuts trying to stop them from storming the barricade

Cole: Lol. You know it.

Liam: We’re here for you

Jude: All of us

Jude: Even if Cole isn’t an A yet lol

Cole: I’m an A in spirit

Liam: An A-hole lol

*Fourteen hours later*

Ruben: …

Cole: How was the lasagna?

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