Teacher's Pet - A Standalone Novel (A Teacher Student Romance)
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“Oh my God, we did it! You did it!” shouted Harriet as she hugged me, with tears of joy streaming down her face. “We did it! We just won Olympic gold!”
After a lot more hugging and crying, we went to the side of the court, where our coach also gave us hugs and handshakes. My mom, Anne, and her husband were in the stands with Wade, and they hurried down to hug me and congratulate me. All of them also had tears of joy glistening in their eyes.
Wade was the first to reach me. He jumped out of the stands onto the court – and I jumped straight into his arms. He held me so tight that I never wanted him to let go, and I could feel just how proud he was of me and just how much he loved me. The warmth and love just radiated from him.
“You were amazing out there, Eryn, just amazing!” he exclaimed, before planting his lips on mine and giving me a deep and passionate kiss that left me breathless. “How does it feel to be an Olympic gold medalist?”
“It...it really doesn't feel real yet. It hasn't sunk in properly. I still can't believe it just happened.”
“You'll believe it when they hang that gold medal around your neck in a few minutes, trust me!” he said. We both laughed, and Wade hugged me again.
“Remember the house we looked at before we flew out here to the Olympics?” he said suddenly.
“In San Diego?”
“Yeah.”
“Guess who the proud new owners are?”
I beamed a huge smile at him. “No way...you bought it?!”
He nodded, smiling. “And, of course, there's the detached area of the house that your mom can live in.”
“It'll be perfect – and Anne will only be three blocks away.”
“And with the university just a 10-minute walk away, it'll be great for me for work. Are you happy?”
“Thrilled,” I replied, looking around, wondering why Mom and Anne hadn’t made their way to me yet. Anne was still standing at the edge of the stands, videoing everything with her camera. She smiled at me and waved. I smiled back. She’d always been the shutterbug in the family.
Suddenly, an altogether different look came into Wade’s eyes – one of extreme seriousness.
“There's something else I have to ask you, right now,” he said. “It can't wait any longer.”
“All right,” I said, feeling suddenly worried. “You know you can ask me anything.”
He dropped down onto one knee, reached into his pocket and pulled out a little, black box. My jaw dropped with shock, disbelief – and, of course, pure joy and ecstasy and jubilation. I looked up and saw that the TV cameraman had focused his camera on us, and we were currently on the huge screen at the center of the stadium.
“Eryn Barnett,” Wade said as he stared up into my eyes, “you are the best thing that has ever happened to me. Would you make me the happiest man alive and do me the honor of marrying me?”
I didn't hesitate, not even for half a second.
“Yes, Wade! Oh my God, YES!”
He slipped the ring over my finger, wrapped his arms around me, and kissed me passionately – and once again, the crowd went wild.
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This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places and incidents are products of the writer's imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locales or organizations is entirely coincidental.
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