Hail Mary (Red Zone Rivals, #4)

by Kandi Steiner

“As long as it’s okay with you, Daddy.”

Love, Leo

“Making dreams come true.”

The North Carolina Panthers were playing their first preseason game, and there was a high chance we’d get to see Holden on the field.

and we all went fucking insane.

but ended up just dragging her hand over my cock, instead.

“What if I want it to be?”

“You were once before and you don’t even remember!”

“Stig?”

And then I let out a gasp of a sob as he charged me and swept me into his arms.

“Are you crazy? You meant everything to me.”

“Come home with me,”

And when I took her hand in mine, the piece of me I’d been missing for years quietly snapped into place.

I guess you can start with tattooing my name on your chest,”

“Like I’d devour you if you said the word?”

“Step aside, Stig,”

And then I froze, because Leo stood waiting on the other side.

couldn’t sleep one more night without making you mine.”

“You couldn’t either, could you?” he asked, nipping my bottom lip. “You were coming to find me.”

“Let me see my girl.”

cariño,”

“There are always big emotions after the first time.

La cagué.

“I want you buried so deep I feel you in my gut.”

“You’re looking at NBU’s new Captain.”

“Must be haunting Leo, then, because I definitely heard it screaming his name,”

“So, let me sit in the darkness with you.”

“I love you, Mary,”

But I love you, and that will never not be true.”

“Because I’m having trouble breathing without him in my life,”

“It’s just that you’re so much like me, it terrifies me sometimes.”

Trust me — you can do much worse than a man who loves you so much he can’t see straight.” That made me burst into tears, and Mom pulled me into a hug.

“Oh shit, it’s a Hail Mary!”

“Te amo, cariño,”

And I just gave her a high-five for finding a way to make a book-related joke about her pregnancy.