Page 85 of A Game of Ruck
I laugh, wiping my eyes with the back of my hand.“You know, life’s no game of ruck, Luca.”
He grins.“Maybe not.But if it was, I’d catch you.Every single time.”
And he means it.
Because he always does.
And for the first time in my life, I believe it.I believe inus.
Forever and ever, game on.
Epilogue-Daniela
The wedding receptionis a blur of champagne, happy tears, and way too many photos of Annabeth's perfect kiss with Luca.
I should be focused on uploading content for the team socials.
Ishouldbe polishing the heartfelt caption I drafted about love and commitment and blah blah blah.
But I’m not.
Because somehow, I’ve ended up outside on the pool deck of the Rovers' new team house—pressed up against the sliding glass door by a very large, very hot, very shirtless man with his hands up my dress.
Hudson "Tank" Jackson smells like whiskey, wood smoke, and trouble.
His lips are on my neck, his breath hot against my ear, and my brain?
Not working.At all.
“Tell me to stop,” he rasps, his Kiwi accent so damn cute it makes me ache.
I don’t.
Instead, I kiss him like my life depends on it.
Because maybe it kind of does.
His tongue tangles with mine, one big hand palming my ass like it belongs to him.He lifts me like I'm weightless—what is with these rugby guys and their human forklift powers?—and suddenly I'm straddling him as he walks us down the hallway to the nearest guest room.
I’m not thinking.Just feeling.
It’s messy.It’s hot.It’s over way too fast.
We collapse in a tangled heap on the guest bed, both panting, both staring at the ceiling like we just got tackled by a damn freight train.
And for a second, I think maybe—maybe—this was something.
Until he opens his mouth.
“Damn,” Tank mutters with a satisfied grunt.“You got, like, the perfect ratio of butt to boobs.Like a sexy hourglass.If the hourglass was also a snack.”
“What?”I blink.
He turns his head and grins.“A snack.Like a sexy Scooby snack.You know.Curvy and biteable.Rrrr.”He even adds a growl.
Agrowl.
I stare at him, mouth open.“Did you just compare me to a cartoon dog treat?”
