“Like tonight?”
“Exactly like tonight.”
It’s a few more hours before I sneak back downstairs to the couch. Wren is exactly where I left her, curled up in a heap of pillows and blankets. As softly as I can manage, I take my spot on the other end. The blanket Travis and I were using smells like him, or maybe it’s me at this point. I dip my chin to inhale the front of my shirt and smile.
“Hannah?” Wren asks, quiet and voice laced with sleep.
“Yeah?”
“I like your husband.”
“I do too.”
27
TRAVIS
“I’m unstoppable today, boys.” I raise my hands up as I circle around the back of the goal.
D-Low groans as he accepts defeat. Poor guy. He didn’t stand a chance. “I demand a rematch.”
“You had two,” Nick tells him. I also destroyed him. And Shep. And Penn, though he was in the net trying to stop all of us so technically we all destroyed him.
The five of us are messing around after practice, having some fun. Or I’m having fun. Them less so. I’m on fire today. Laser-focused.
“Aw, let him have his moment,” Shep says. “When’s the last time he beat all of us in a shoot-out?”
“Good point.” D-Low nods. “Congrats. Rematch tomorrow.”
I chuckle and accept his challenge. “You’re on.”
“Should we play some two on two?” I ask, but before the guys can reply, I spot Ruby.
I glance at Nick. His smile tells me he wasn’t expecting her but he’s damn glad she’s here.
“Ruby-Doo!” I call to her, then my gaze snags on Hannah and Wren walking behind her. Surprise renders me temporarily speechless as they make their way to the edge of the ice.
“Hey, Trav,” Ruby says to me with a knowing grin. She tips her head toward Hannah. “I brought you a present.”
Fucking Ruby. I knew she was my favorite person for a reason. “You’re the best.”
“Yeah, she is.” Nick wraps her up in a hug and pulls her over the side of the ice away from me.
I look back to Hannah and her sister with excitement and bewilderment. “I thought you two had plans today.”
“We spent the morning with Kinsley and Skylar but on our way home Ruby called and asked if I wanted to pull a surprise visit.” Hannah’s stare briefly leaves mine to look around the rink. It’s different when it isn’t filled with fans and noise. It feels smaller somehow.
“I’m so glad you did.”
“Well,Ididn’t want to come but Wren forced me.” The taunt in her tone and the mischievous smile makes me want to kiss her until she concedes that she’s as happy to see me as I am her. Last night feels like a dream. The best fucking dream.
My chest is light as I huff a laugh and lift my hand toward Wren for a fist bump. “Little sister! Way to have my back.”
“I got you.” She knocks her knuckles against mine.
Hannah’s smile stretches wider as she playfully rolls her eyes at us. “You two meeting was such a mistake.”
“Too late to take it back now.” I skate backward. “What do you say, sis, want to shoot some pucks with me and my friends?”
