“Are you sure though? I don’t want you to do this because you feel pressured,” Noah tells me.
“Are you trying to talk me out of this?”
That has a hint of a smile tugging at the corner of Noah’s mouth. “Considering you just kissed me in a locker room full of reporters, I’d say I really can’t.”
My eyes widen as I stop to take in the room around us. There’s not much by way of privacy in here. The locker room has gone silent. I’ve never heard a group of guys be so quiet.
And every eye is locked on the two of us.
Including the reporters that are here covering the team. The only sound in the locker room is the clicks of their cameras.
“Shit.” I scrub a hand down my face. “I guess I really didn’t think this through.”
“Hey. You don’t have to be scared alone.”
“No?”
A smile stretches across Noah’s face. “I can hold your hand through it.”
My smile matches his. “That’s all I want.”
Because it means I get to be with the one guy I well and truly want. The soft look on Noah’s face has me further confessing to him.
“I love you, Noah. And I hate that it took you getting injured to make me realize it, but if it got us here…”
“I love you too,” Noah cuts me off. “Now, go change so we can go out and get drinks. Piper is buying.”
“Did I miss something?” I laugh.
Fuck. It’s been awhile since I’ve done that and it feels good. Really damn good.
“Yeah. She bet against the Knights.”
I shake my head. “Never bet against us.”
“I can say the same about you and me.”
I lick my lips, giving Noah one last kiss. Now that I can, I don’t think I’ll ever stop. “I’ll take that bet every day of the week.”
Chapter Twenty-Nine
NOAH
“How long has this been going on?” Jasper asks from across the table.
“Officially?” Graham checks the time on his phone before leaning back in his chair. “An hour or so?”
Nick rolls his eyes at us. “Seriously. How long?”
I shrug a shoulder, grabbing Graham’s glass and taking a small sip. I don’t want to be drinking, but if this is how the evening is going to go, I need at least one sip.
“A few months?”
I peer over at him. The smile on Graham’s mouth lights up his entire face. I love that I put it there. That it’s not one of pain.
It’s one that I’m going to strive to put on his face every day for the rest of our lives.
“A few months,” Graham confirms.
