by Skye Jordan
He smiled up at her, his eyes soft and brimming with emotion. The quiet spreading through the stadium felt deafening.
“Eden,” Beckett finally said, “you make me happier than I’ve ever been.”
Lily nodded. “Me too.”
Another ring of laughter came from the seats, and tears swelled in Eden’s eyes. She bit her lower lip to hold herself together.
“I love you with all my heart,” Beckett said.
“Me too,” Lily added.
Eden couldn’t hold back a laugh, which pushed the tears over her lashes.
“Oh no, Daddy,” Lily whispered, her eyes round and worried. “She’s crying.”
More laughter from around the stadium.
Beckett chuckled and pulled a small box from somewhere beneath his uniform. “I think those are happy tears, baby.”
Eden’s gaze held on the tiny square black box, and her stomach triple-flipped like a damned gymnast. Then she looked at Beckett. And he was grinning. Grinning in that affectionate way that told Eden he did indeed love her with everything he had. Everything he was.
Holy shit.
Holy. Shit.
Lily took hold of the box, and Beckett helped her open it. The gorgeous diamond band sparkled up from a bed of black velvet, taking Eden’s breath. She lifted her hands and tented them over her mouth, shaking with emotion. “Oh my God.”
Her whisper shivered through the stadium.
Beckett held Eden’s eyes when he asked, “Will you stay with us forever, Eden? Will you marry us?”
Lily looked up at her with the same loving, longing expression as her father and said, “Will you marry us?”
Emotion overwhelmed her, and when she tried to answer, she got caught in a mini hyperventilation episode. It took her several excruciating seconds filled with fluttering hands and tearing eyes before Eden could control her voice well enough to rasp out, “Yes.” She took another breath and repeated, “Yes, yes.”
She crouched and wrapped her arms around them. “I love you both, so much.”
But her words were drowned in the crazy applause raising the roof, so Eden turned her head and kissed Beckett. As much as she wanted to devour him in front of everyone, she was well aware of the families in the audience, not to mention his own daughter right there.
Their daughter now.
When she pulled back, Beckett took the box from her hand, pulled out the ring, and slipped it on her finger, then kissed her again. “I love you, Eden.”
The three of them pushed to their feet together. Beckett held Lily in one arm and used the other to lift Eden’s arm overhead to a raging crowd. She grinned at Lily, whose smile was so bright and so pure, it swelled Eden’s heart.
“These women,” he yelled to the fans, “make me better in every way. They make me stronger, tougher, and faster. Who’s ready for round three, Rough Riders fans?”
The rumble that erupted through the building shook the floor like an earthquake and made Lily cover her ears.
With a grin and a kiss, Beckett handed Lily over to Eden and skated backward toward the tunnel leading to the locker room. Eden stepped back behind the wall with Lily in her arms and was greeted by Beckett’s parents, sister, and nieces with more hugs and more love.
Across the ice, Beckett punched a fist in the air, yelling, “Unleash—”
And the entire stadium joined him with “The fury!”
Dear Reader
Thank you for reading Hot Puck.
I hope you enjoyed Beckett’s and Eden’s story. I especially loved writing the single father aspect of Beckett’s story. And pulling Eden from her shell to take a chance on love again was both challenging and rewarding. I also loved writing Beckett’s tight-knit family.
Books in the Rough Riders’ Hockey Series:
Quick Trick
Hot Puck
Dirty Score
Wild Zone
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Until next time, happy reading!
~ Skye
About the Author
Skye’s New York Times bestselling novels are all about enjoying that little wild streak we all have, but probably don’t let out often enough. About those fantasies we usually don’t get the opportunity to indulge. About stretching limits, checking out the dark side, playing naughty and maybe even acting a little wicked. They’re about escape and fun and pleasure and romance. And, yes, even love, because Skye is ultimately a happily ever after kinda gal.
Skye is a California native recently transplanted to the East Coast and living in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside Washington DC with her husband of 25 years. She has two grown daughters in college in Colorado and Oregon. In her free time she’s always taking classes and attending seminars. She’s currently loving mosaics, sculling, writing retreats, watercolor, pastry and cooking classes and knitting.
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Also by Skye Jordan
RECKLESS, Renegades Book 1
REBEL, Renegades Book 2
RICOCHET, Renegades Book 3
RUMOR, Renegades Book 4
RELENTLESS, Renegades 5
RENDEZVOUS, Renegades 6
FORBIDDEN FLING, Wildwood Book 1
WILD KISSES, Wildwood Book 2
QUICK TRICK, Rough Riders Hockey Book 1
HOT PUCK, Rough Riders Hockey Book 2
DIRTY SCORE, Rough Riders Hockey Book 3
WILD ZONE, Rough Riders Hockey Book 4
INTIMATE ENEMIES, Covert Affairs Book 1
FIRST TEMPTATION, Covert Affairs Book 2
SINFUL DECEPTION, Covert Affairs Book 3
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