Their New Beginning (Oh Captain, My Captain #5) (15 page)

My heart melts at his tender words. I know that he means it. As do I. I can’t lose Jax again. I love him too much.

“Are you happy that you’re stuck in Vegas for another eight years now?”

“I’m happier that you’re stuck in Vegas with me for another eight years and well, you’re really stuck with me forever. Are you happy about that?”

“More than anything. Now,” I clasp my hands together. “I need to give you your renewal vow gift, or whatever they call it. Either way, here,” I practically shove the puck into his hands. “This is yours and I want you to look at it and know how much I love you, and how blessed we are to still be together after... everything.”

“You…” Jax shakes his head with a smile. “Thanks. I love you, too, Avery. I guess now would be a good time to tell you about yours? I wanted like a do-over for our anniversary. Do you remember the charges for plane tickets? They are for a trip to New York this summer.”

“Are you serious?” I ask him more enthusiastically than I meant. Between hockey and my previous job, we never made our way to New York for fun.

“Of course. Why wouldn’t I be? Start making a list of everything you want to do, Avery, and we’ll go do them.”

I giggle. “I’ll keep the musicals to one or two so we have time to do stuff you want to do too.”

“I’ve been to New York before, Avery. This is your trip, and we’ll do everything you want, even if it’s a musical every night. Don’t worry about me. I’ll be there with you, so that’s good enough.”

“A musical every night? Jax, do you know what you’re getting yourself into?” I tease him.

“Yep. I’m getting a vacation with my wife. Maybe we should plan a second honeymoon while we’re at it. We can’t get married again and
not
have a honeymoon.”

“We didn’t have a honeymoon the first time, remember? We got married, had sex all day, and then we went back to work the next day. But, a honeymoon sounds pretty awesome.”

“I remember, but I counted it anyway. We’ll do that then.”

I raise my glass to him. “Then here is to our new beginning and our happy ending.”

“A new beginning and happy ending, always.”

About the Authors

Lindsay Paige is a romance author from North Carolina who has published nine books on her own. She is a huge hockey fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins and loves to play tennis. When not writing, Lindsay is focused on completing college.

Mary Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois, but currently lives in West Virginia. She is an avid reader, co-founder of Book Nerds Across America, and author of the Ice series,
Always Forever
, and
The Hockey Tutor
. She goes nowhere without her cell phone or Kindle. Mary loves anything to do with Chicago Blackhawks, Patrick Sharp, or is hockey related!!

Despite their love for different teams and players, Lindsay and Mary write sports romances to vicariously live through their characters and their experiences with these hot athletes. Together, they have also written The Penalty Kill Trilogy.

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The next two books in the Oh Captain, My Captain series will feature captains, Luca Zotov and Valo Manner. Luca's book,
You and Me Forever
, will release April 24, 2015. Valo's book,
Tainted
, will release May 21, 2015. Both are now available for preorder.

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