Stepping back, Kasey slides the ring onto my finger as the fans start to chant, “Kiss. Kiss. Kiss…”
Kasey smirks and holding my face in his hands, kisses me. He places light kisses all over my face until he reclaims my lips for a searing kiss that leaves me aching. “Hold that thought.”
My heart feels so full and I’ve only just remembered that I have a surprise of my own.
Stepping out of his arms, I hold out a hand. “Stay there,” I mumble and turn my back to him while I remove the shirt.
Turning around, I give him a shy smile and wait for him to read my shirt, which has, “It’s a boy!” written over my belly. I point down and when his eyes follow, they widen and seconds later he drops to his knees in front of me.
Xander takes the microphone and announces, “Kasey’s going to be a daddy to a little boy.”
I smile through my tears and feel my legs about to give way when Kasey wraps his arms around my waist and kisses my belly. His hold tightens and then I feel dampness against me and realize he’s crying.
Grabbing hold of his arms, I tug, and after a minute or two, he rises and wraps me up against him. He nuzzles into my neck, and whispers, “I never knew what it was like to be so happy, until I met you.”
Crying with him, I admit, “I can’t believe that you asked me to marry you. How did you manage to keep that such a secret?”
He smacks me on the ass and taking my hand, leads me off the ice. “The same way you kept your secret.”
“I couldn’t miss your last game.” Diego surprises us as we step out of the rink. “And after the engagement and baby announcement, I’m sure as fuck glad I didn’t miss it.”
“We need to tell everyone at home,” Kasey says.
Diego laughs. “They know.”
“That was quick, even for you,” Kasey adds.
“As soon as you asked for Felicity to join you on the ice, I videoed it. Sent it to everyone in a group text.” He grins, and says to me, “Welcome officially to the family,” followed with a hug.
“Bro, can you look after Felicity while I go and grab my stuff?”
Diego nods.
“Back soon,” Kasey says, and with one last kiss, follows the rest of the team from the ice.
Epilogue ~ Kasey
Watching Felicity as she chats to the women of the family, I can’t help thinking how lucky and happy I am and all because of the beautiful woman who loves me. I never knew true happiness or that there was anything missing from my life until Felicity dropped into it. Now, I can’t imagine my life without her.
My eyes caress over her face and down to her stomach where I find that I can’t move them away from the small baby bump. Our little boy is growing in there and I might be over excited about that. Felicity tells me that I’m like a little kid on Christmas morning, but I think she enjoys me showing her just how big I actually am too much to stop with the teasing.
“I never thought I’d see the day,” Andie says, snapping me out of my thoughts. “You do realize that you wear a sappy look twenty-four seven?”
I laugh and counter, “This handsome face wears a contented look twenty-four seven.”
“Eww, Kasey.” Laughing, she sits beside me with a groan.
“Are you okay?” I frown and really look at her.
The dark circles under her eyes tell me she hasn’t been sleeping well. Her skin is white with hardly any color to her usual rosy cheeks, and she’s lost weight.
“What’s going on, Andie? And please don’t say nothing.”
She rolls her eyes with a small smile appearing on her lips. “You always say that.”
“Because I want the truth.”
“I know,” she