Page 52 of Coaching Prince Charming

I would offer him all my years and all my time. I would offer him my heart on a string, and I knew, deep down, that he would take it. He had already taken it on the night I had come for him. And he had given me his heart for safekeeping just the same.

In the two years that we were together, I discovered more joy and more life than in the twenty years that preceded him. When I coached the Titans, he cheered me on. When I decided to leave that job with an entire generation of players who were going out to make their dreams come true, he held my hand. And when he performed for the ever-growing crowds, I was in the front row. When gossip columns speculated about us, we came out to the public and were met with nothing but love. Times had changed, but my love for Carter never lost its edge or its immense power.

Yes. I knew we were meant to be.

Offering him the ring was only a reminder of a promise I repeated every day of our lives. “You are my love. You are everything I could possibly want. You are the person I live and breathe for.”

And every day, he blinked slowly and pressed a kiss to my lips, sealing the promise anew.

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