waist, and raises me up so I can kiss him. I wrap my arms around his sweaty neck, and I give him the kiss of a lifetime. “Whatcha thinking about?” he asks me as he lets my body slide back down to the carpeted ice, but keeping our fingers locked together. “About marrying you,” I tell him simply. “So now you’re ready?” he asks skeptically. “Hey,” I say with a bit of a whine. “I’ve always been ready. I just didn’t think the world was ready for us. But now it is.” “In that case,” Ryker says as he drops down on one knee in front of me. It makes me just slightly taller than him.
