Page 191 of Puck Me Secretly

We did it.

We won thefreakingStanley Cup.

Around me, 20,000 fans were going berserk.

Everyone was screaming and hugging and cheering.

I stood watching as Max hugged his teammates. They ecstatically jumped up and down. Hugged each other. Screamed at each other. Mad joy between the team. They fought to get here, and this was their moment to share with no one else.

As if he could sense my gaze, his head lifted and his eyes scanned up. Our eyes met.

I blew him a kiss. His smile was perfect. Another teammate jumped on him and the craziness on the ice continued.

Dad touched my arm. “Let’s go down to the ice.”

Security guards led us to the ice. Dad stopped to shake the hands of his coaches. I stepped onto the ice, and stood off to the side, loving watching our team lose their minds over their win. They had fought long and hard this season for this win, and my eyes watered watching them celebrate with each other.

I watched Max as he hugged teammate after teammate. Then his eyes lifted to the box again, above me. When he didn’t find what he was looking for, his eyes scanned the ice.

His face lit up when he saw me. He powered towards me and stopped short.

“You did it,” I fought the tears in my eyes.

“We did it,” he grabbed my hand and held it to his chest. “You and me. We did it.”

“Nice winning goal.”

His expression was serious. “Your sex talk motivated me.”

“Oh yeah?”

He grinned. “I might be too tired to have sex.”

“I’m confident I can keep you awake.”

Max lifted me off my feet into his arms. When his lips found mine. I moaned as he kissed me like he had all the time in the world.

He started to skate, still holding me. “I want lots of dirty talk tonight.”

I clung to him. “That’s your department, you’re the one with the dirty mouth.”

“Yeah, but I want you to talk dirty.”

“Not going to happen, 33. For one, I don’t know how.”

“It’s easy. Just say something dirty.”

“Like what?”

“Like whatever you want.”

I thought about it for a second. “I want to go off the pill.”

Max stumbled and his arms tightened around me. We both stared at each other.

“How was that?”

His mouth covered mine. “Yes.”

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