Love from Left Field
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She jerked back. “I own this team, buddy. You work for me.”
“With you. We work together.”
“I can work with that.” She smiled and kissed him.
Epilogue
Miranda stood on the field at home plate with three of her players who had made the All-Star team. A group of little league all-stars rounded out the little group, posing for pictures and accolades before the Sunday afternoon game. The All-Star game was that week and Miranda as feeling very confident in her players. The team was winning. The stadium was close to a sellout. And her father stood next to her, offering his approval.
A hand came up behind her and lay against her low back. She turned and looked up into the visor of the Georgia Knight, familiar blue eyes peeking out from the eye slits.
“Lucas! What are you doing?”
He pulled her to his side, hugging her awkwardly against the fake metal of the armor. “Getting the girl.”
She frowned at him but he raised his sword to the crowd and was met with a chorus of cheers.
Next to her, Cody Patterson grinned. “We need our good luck charm to win today at the All-Star game.”
She glanced back at Lucas who shrugged. “What can I say? I bring good luck wherever I go.” He flourished his sword to encompass the whole stadium. “Your evidence, madam owner.”
She looked around the stadium at the cheering fans, the players, and her father shaking his head. She leaned into him. “I think we’ll have to keep you around for a while, Mr. President.”
Seamus glared at them and muttered, “Have some decorum, man. You’re the goddamn president not a mascot.”
Gwen nudged him and he subsided with a grumbled, “Sorry.”
Miranda and Lucas shook hands with all of the players and posed for pictures. Then it was time for the game to start. Seamus headed to the mound to throw out the first pitch. He’d been practicing for the past few weeks with his therapist but Miranda still didn’t think he should be throwing a baseball, not sixty feet. Seamus gestured Prosser to the crouch and threw the ball, almost a strike. The two men met halfway, near Miranda and Lucas, and shook hands.
“You’re doing a damn fine job, young man. I’m not too proud to admit I was wrong. Keep up the good work.”
Prosser nodded and jogged back to the catcher’s position for the game to start. Miranda stepped away from Lucas and hugged her father.
“Thank you, Dad.”
He nodded. “You’ve done well, too, Miranda. I’m proud of you.”
Tears prickled behind her eyes and she nodded, not trusting herself to speak. Seamus held out a hand to Gwen and they walked off the field into the dugout. Lucas wrapped a hand around her waist and pulled her close again, where she belonged.
“You okay?”
“Yeah, he really meant it, Lucas. He’s proud of me.”
“And why shouldn’t he be? You did all this?” He flipped his visor up and hauled her up against him, perfectly positioned. “Now, I think the fans want something more, don’t you?”
Before she could say anything, he lowered his head and claimed her lips in a sweet, hot kiss that took her away from the screaming crowds, the stadium, everything. He ended the kiss and she slowly opened her eyes, staring up at him, bemused.
“Now, what do you say you help me get out of the gear? I think you owe me again.”
“Not sure you can stand it, Mr. Wainright.”
“I know I can’t stand it, Ms. Callahan, but I’m willing to give it a shot if you are.”
She wrapped her arm around him. If anyone would have told her she would find love at the stadium, she’d have laughed and never believed it. But Lucas had come back to her and love had come out of left field to change her world forever.
“Always and forever, Mr. Wainright.”
The End
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Ever since Megan Ryder discovered Jude Deveraux and Judith McNaught while sneaking around the “forbidden” romance section of the library one day after school, she has been voraciously devouring romance novels of all types. Now a romance author in her own right, Megan pens sexy contemporary novels all about family and hot lovin’ with the boy next door. She lives in Connecticut, spending her days as a technical writer and her spare time divided between her addiction to knitting and reading.
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