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She spins around to face me, skating in a circle while I pivot on one knee, following her, barely remembering to keep my damn leg up.

This figure-skating shit is fucking hard.

That’s when I scoop my leg in and push off so we’re both vertical.

We separate to spin on our own before she collides with me in a controlled explosive motion once more. Leaning backwarduntil we tilt into one another, we weave some fancy footwork that has us floating forward until the pair of us skate wide, our knees facing outward, mirror images of one another.

My hands cup her waist as we duck low and skim the ice.

From a crouch, we extend into an arabesque, and that’s when she lets go of me and I do a full circle on my own. Lifting my leg, I hold it at a right angle, then I spin.

And I spin.

And I fucking spin.

Hooting as I complete a full spin twice over, I immediately drop to my knees.

She shrieks at the sight but I drawl, “Your lack of confidence in me is hurtful.”

“Jerkface!”

Snow sprays me as she skids to a halt in front of me.

Exactly where I want her.

“What did you fall for?”

I dig in my pocket, beam a grin up at her, then, as I pop the lid on the velvet box, ask her, “Mia Charles, will you be my wife?”

She gapes at the ring then lets out a sob before hurling herself at me.

“Is that a yes?” I croak as she practically chokes me with how hard she squeezes.

Mia jerks back, plunks a kiss on my lips, then growls, “It’s a hell yes.”

A HONUS WAGNER TRADING CARD HITS RECORD-BREAKING HIGH BID IN ONE-OF-A-KIND AUCTION

BY MACK FINNEGAN

A rare trading card of Honus Wagner went up for auction yesterday, one lot amid a dedicated sale for a single collection of rare trading cards that recently came onto the market.

The last sale of a Wagner card reached $6,600,569, but yesterday’s lot topped seven million from an anonymous buyer.

The original owner of the trading cards is Marty Charles’s great-granddaughter.

The record-breaking World Series winner apparently started the collection for his son, but it appears he used it as a secret journal with some cards annotated with his personal opinion of specific players.

Between fifty and two hundred copies were said to have been made of the unique ‘Honus Wagner’ trading card, with only a handful still surviving.

Ms. Charles, the owner of Chuck’s, a bar in Midtown that was recently destroyed in a fire believed to be arson, now belongs in a different tax bracket thanks to the auction that saw her become a millionaire eleven times over because of the other unique cards amid the collection.

‘Chuck’s’ social media account, in light of recent events, has received a spate of publicity with Charles’s alleged fiancé and New York Star player, Cole Korhonen, discussing the history of the vintage cards as well as Charles herself sharing anecdotes of her great-grandfather and his opinions on baseball legends.

KillerCatQueen7: Hey, handsome

GretzkyWannabe42: I’m afraid I can’t talk to you anymore, queen.

KillerCatQueen7: *pouts* Why not?

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