Ace of Spades (Underground Affair Series Book 1) (43 page)

Luke, Ace and Chace were all waiting in Shane’s locker room for Shane and Declan. Declan was technically Shane’s manager so he was able to sneak inside ahead of them. Shane still had a press conference to sit at before he could celebrate but he needed to see his friends first before he got checked out and cleaned up.

The door opened and Shane walked through smiling from ear to ear. He walked right over to Luke and he picked him up in a bear hug and spun him around while he kissed him. Ace and Chace walked over. Shane put down Luke and hugged his friends.

“Thank you all for being here.”

Chace smiled, “Congrats!”

Ace nodded, “So I may have lost count on how many wins but I know this was your first knockout. You did good man.”

Luke reached for Shane’s hand. His fingers were bloody, he wasn’t sure whether it was even Shane’s blood or not.

“I’m so happy for you.”

“Maybe you can help me get showered and cleaned up, Doc?” Shane winked.

“I can do that, with pleasure.” Luke gave Shane an evil grin.

Buddy walked over. “Akai is conscious and his doc said he’s going to be fine.”

“Good. Now, my doctor is going to check me out and I will shower quickly and meet you outside the press room, ok?”

Buddy looked at Luke, “Do what you may but he only has twenty minutes. Understand?”

Luke nodded his head.

Declan walked over to Shane and handed him a bottle of water and a banana.

“Thanks, Dec.” Shane hugged Declan. “We will see you at the party.”

Ace was walking through the lobby headed towards the room they had rented for Shane’s party with Declan and Chace. He thought he heard someone yell his name. He stopped and looked around but didn’t see anyone trying to gain his attention so he kept walking. Then he thought he heard it again but this time it sounded like…Lucy? No, his mind was playing cruel tricks on him. There was no way Lucy was here.

“Ace, I think I heard someone yell out your name.”

“You heard it too?”

Declan shook his head, “It almost sounded like Lucy.”

“You guys fucking with me?”

“ACE DEAN!”

“Does that sound like we’re fucking with you?” Declan turned around and there was Lucy running toward them. He grabbed Ace and pointed him towards Lucy and shoved him.

“I can’t.”

“Ace, she came all the way here, now get your ass over there and talk to her.”

Ace walked towards Lucy. When Lucy was finally in front of him she held out her hand.

“Lucy, why…”

“Ace, give me a minute, please.”

“Ok.”

Lucy walked over to a nearby couch and sat down with Ace.

“Ace, you told me the only way that you would marry me was if I had my parents blessing and they were by my side.”

“Yes, and that hasn’t changed. Lucy, I love you but…”

“Son.”

Ace spun around in his seat. The Chief and Lucy’s mother were standing there. Ace looked over at Lucy who was smiling.

“We are so sorry and ashamed for the way that we behaved. All that should have mattered was that you loved our daughter and made her happy.”

“I do love her, more than life itself.”

Lucy grabbed Ace’s hand. Ace squeezed it tight.

“Lucy said that you promised to marry her if we gave you our blessing and stood by her. So what do you say? Still want to marry my daughter?”

Ace dropped to his knee right there in the hotel lobby, in front of Lucy’s parents, his friends and every onlooker.

“Lucy Jenkins, I don’t want to spend another second of my life without you by my side, I love you, Sweetheart. Will you marry me, right here, right now?”

“I love you, Ace. Yes, I will marry you right here, right now.”

Ace stood up and grabbed Lucy and kissed her. The whole lobby broke out in applause.

Chace turned to Declan, “Looks like it’s just you and me from here on out.”

“Looks like it.”

Shane and Luke walked into Shane’s victory party. Shane had some bruised ribs and Luke glued a gash above his eyebrow closed but for the most part Shane was feeling pretty good, especially after the quickie Luke gave him in the shower.

“Shane, Ace and Lucy are getting married.”

“Chace, what the hell are you talking about?”

“Lucy showed up with her parents and they are in the chapel about to be married.”

“Without us?”

“That’s why I’m here. Come on, it will only take ten minutes.”

Luke, Chace and Shane headed to the chapel.

Ace stood at the front of the chapel with Declan at his side. All the guys were like brothers to him but Declan is the one who always kept him on track, so to speak.

As soon as Chace, Shane and Luke arrived the minister took his place and hit the tape recorder to play the wedding march.

Lucy’s parents walked her down the three foot aisle while she held her paper flowers. She didn’t care as long as she was Mrs. Ace Dean when all was said and done.

Lucy handed her mom the paper bouquet and kissed her. Lucy’s dad shook Ace’s hand. Then he kissed Lucy on the forehead.

“I love you.”

“I love you too, Daddy.”

Ace grabbed Lucy’s hand. They looked into each other’s eyes and it was all a blur until Declan handed Ace two beautiful white gold bands. Lucy’s was adorned with diamonds. Ace and Lucy slid the rings on one another’s fingers and then those words they waited the last six minutes to hear, “I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss your bride.”

Ace and Lucy kissed and kissed until finally they realized everyone was standing around them staring. Lucy pulled away first.

“We have the rest of our lives to kiss. Tonight is Shane’s night, let’s celebrate.”

“Always thinking about everyone else, I love you, wife.”

“I love you, husband.”

Lucy and Ace were showered with hugs and kisses. Ace never thought he would have a family but these people right here were his family and with Lucy by his side as his wife, he felt like the luckiest man in the whole world. He thought about what Coach Nichols told him at his first track meet, ‘It isn’t where you start out, it’s where you finish,’ that didn’t just apply to his races but life too.

THE END

Keep reading for an excerpt from
Jack of Heart
s – Underground Affair Series – Book 2.

Shane couldn’t wait to see Luke after being away. The whole flight home all he thought about was being in Luke’s bed having sex and more sex. He was hard just thinking about it.

Shane decided he would surprise Luke since he came home a day early. He stopped on his way and picked up dinner from Luke’s favorite restaurant, a bottle of wine and a box of cannoli for dessert.

Luke’s car was in the driveway but when Shane rang the bell he didn’t answer the door so Shane used his key and let himself in. He figured maybe he was asleep or in the shower. He put everything down on the table and headed for the bedroom when a man he didn’t know, wearing only a towel, stepped in front of him.

“Who are you? Where’s Luke?”

“You’re Shane Hart, my husband is crazy about you.”

Shane’s heart sunk when he heard the word husband.

“Husband?”

“Yeah, we were in the shower…”

Shane couldn’t breathe, he needed to leave. Luke lied to him just like everyone else had.

Jack of Hearts
is Shane’s story…Releasing, Summer of 2016

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