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Bri lets out a sigh of relief, and she starts shifting her hips again. "When we get back to Texas, I'll show you the plans. We can make changes to whatever you want."

His need for her, his love, makes him ache, and he lifts his hips to thrust as far into her as he can. As he hits the right spot, her back arches, and her eyes roll to the back of her head as she moans. How the hell did he get so lucky with her? This beautiful, insatiable woman.

"Bri," he pants as she starts to tense around him. His thumb slides between them to rub her clit, and she looks down at him. "I'm going to marry you one day."

Her body shakes while she cries out, but she never breaks eye contact. Her body squeezes him a few more times before she finally collapses onto his chest. "You think so, huh?"

Flipping her onto her back, Kace lifts her legs onto his shoulders and thrusts long and slow. Her tight heat brings him to the brink, and he can't get over how much she wants him. How quickly Bri Waters cries out in pleasure with him.

"No, I know so," he says, thrusting twice more before he comes and cries out her name, feeling her pulse around him.

This woman will be his bride one day.

Epilogue

Bri

Bri stands in the Twisters VIP box with most of Kace's family, Tessa, and Rudy, as they watch Kace and Brett out on the ice in the finals. The Twisters and the DC Eagles are tied with three wins each, and whoever wins today takes home the Stanley Cup. Bri can't remember ever being this stressed out in her life.

"There's only five minutes left," Rudy says. "They're tied right now, so as long as they don't let the Eagles score, they'll go into overtime."

Bri happened to have the TV on in the background while she was cleaning, and she saw a press release shortly after Kace signed with the Twisters. Rudy told everyone he was a big reason Kace wanted to leave the Bootleggers, and that he'd spoken prematurely before when he talked about the relationship between Kace and Bri being fake. He said he lied about his indiscretions with puck bunnies, and to his knowledge, Kace had never gone after one. He's a one-woman man, and he always has been. He then apologized to Bri on camera for all the pain and suffering he caused her.

With Brett and Kace playing for the same team, Bri knew they needed to work out their issues before training started. Because of the interview, she invited both Brett and Rudy to her rental place for dinner with Kace. It was during that dinner that friendships were mended. Kace admitted later that the only reason he forgave Rudy was because she did. He doesn't know if he can fully trust Rudy, but he'll come up with a way to try and figure it out.

"Where's Sasha?" Bri asks him as the Eagles call a timeout.

Rudy and Sasha had been off and on for a while, and Bri's somewhat happy to see the woman not with them. Something about her still bothers Bri.

"We, uh, we decided to call it quits last week. There's a lot of damage we caused, and it's hard to move past it. It's best if we just make a clean break," Rudy says.

Even as he says the words, she can tell it breaks his heart. Maybe these two people were destined for each other in a way no one else could quite understand.

"I can't say I'm disappointed," Victor says, joining their conversation. "Sasha has never been very pleasant."

"She's a bitch," Tessa interjects. "No offense, but Mr. Lyons is being nice. She's a shallow bitch."

The woman has so many opinions, considering she’s never met the woman. Tessa’s been spending time with Brett recently, and it’s obvious who’s been feeding her this information.

It's obvious Rudy wants to say something to defend her, but he stays silent. Bri feels bad for him.

"Maybe we all got off on the wrong foot with her," she offers.

"She's shallow, babe," Tessa says. "Plain and simple. I don't know how you did it for as long as you did."

"She wasn't like that with me," Rudy says as the team jumps back onto the ice.

Bri pats his shoulder. "Don't fight your heart," she says into his ear. "Trust me, it'll feel like you're dying."

He nods and rubs his nose. "It just doesn't feel right now that Kace and I are rebuilding our friendship. He's even trusting me with secrets. I know they're test secrets, but it's something."

"He doesn't care if you're with Sasha. And I know for a fact because he talked about burying the hatchet with you before the interview about us. He missed having you as a friend, and he didn't care that you were with her. He still doesn't."

"Yeah, but what happens if we do some type of get together? You can't tell me bringing Sasha over for a dinner party wouldn't be awkward."

Tilting her head from side to side, something she’s picked up from Kace, she shrugs. "Yeah, probably. But we'd figure it out. Especially if she's a different person than we think she is. If you don't want to be with her, and you, personally, cannot get past what happened, that's one thing. But don't make the decision for any other reason than that, Rudy. Seriously. You'll regret it if you do."

"I wish I could believe that. I feel like I'll regret it if I stay with her."

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