All Chapters of Secret Marriage To My Brother's Best friend : Chapter 71 - Chapter 79

“Hell, yes. Let’s do this. What did you buy?” We walk into the large mall, and I shake my head.“Something for Lola. It’s a new toy that teaches her unfamiliar words and looks amazing. I didn’t mean to think about work, but it’s hard not to when she’s involved.”“So, she’s a good part of the job.”“Lola is amazing. She’s at the age where she wants to learn everything, from new words to helping me in the kitchen. Her energy level is a lot, but that’s normal. We play hard and she sleeps hard and often, I sleep when she sleeps. It’s a legit thing.”Allison laughs at me, and I can’t help but laugh with her.“And Dad?”I let out a long groan.“He’s crazy. Like completely insane. He nitpicks everything I do, Allison.” I grip the bag harder and look forward, lost in thought. “She’s a cheerful kid, despite losing her mom at a really young age. I feed her the healthiest food, she learns when she plays, and I keep her active outside. Lola is happy. She’s got his family and friends supporting he

Andrew loves hockey as much as I do, but he has the luxury of focusing entirely on his career.“I’m with Lola today.”“Yeah, and you have my sister working for you. What’s up?”I think about my answer and tame my voice.“I gave her the day off. With the season coming up, I just wanted to be with Lola and get my fill of her. It’s going to be tough leaving her.”“Delilah isn’t even there? She left?”“Yeah. I let her have the day off.”I didn’t even tell her she had the entire day off, but why wouldn’t Delilah take it after last night?“Is everything cool there?”I can hear the suspicion in my friend’s voice and my heart rate picks up quickly, but I take a deep breath.“She’s been keeping busy, so she deserved a little break. Your sister is a great nanny, Drew.” I’d like to tell Delilah that in person, but my stubborn ass can’t seem to do it. “You know how busy we get during the season. I want to spend time with Lola for the next few days.”“I think I’m still getting used to you being a

“That will never change. He’s watchful over you, Delilah. I think they’ll both be like that with Lola. Poor girl.”We both laugh and I try to imagine the future.“No guys will get anywhere near Lola.” I look at the little girl with a smile. “She will hold her own just fine, though. We’re all going to teach her to take care of herself and with that sass, she’s already on the way there.”“Amen!”There are enough leftovers to feed an army, and I stack the Tupperware in the fridge after Lola is tucked into bed. I leave a note for Miles and assume he went to sleep since we weren’t here.On the way to my room, I look at the calendar with his schedule. Their first home game is in three days, and there’s one more before they leave for a week. I already ordered Lola a tiny little jersey representing Miles to wear during games, both at home and at the arena. She’s Miles’s biggest fan, though Lola doesn’t know it yet.I have a few jerseys with Andrew’s name on them that I’ve collected for years.

“I’ll talk to her and see how she feels. I think Delilah is really into the schedule, but after a long day with that girl, I understand it. They can watch it on TV at home and introduce Lola to it slowly.”Don’t I want my daughter at my games? Everyone has their families there supporting them and we even have a lot of family events as a team. It seemed like it would never happen with Kim in charge, but everything is different now.“Miles.” I look at my mom as she brings me back to reality.“Yeah?”“Kim isn’t here anymore. It’s tragic that Lola lost her mom, but Kim never encouraged her to get into the sport. Thankfully, Lola won’t have any memories of her, and she seems so close to Delilah. It’s a good fresh start for both of you.” Mom touches my arm, and I nod to acknowledge her because I’m having trouble speaking.“I don’t know how to walk away from Lola, even for hockey. She had her mom before and that comforted me despite our differences, but now I am it for her.”“We all love Lol

“There’s no doubt about that.”Linda bounces in her seat and smiles as she watches the action on the ice.“You’ve been to games for Andrew before, haven’t you?” Miles’s sister looks at me with a warm smile.“Tons, but when I was in college, I missed so many. I have only met Miles a couple of times and even then, it was brief. I love this sport and it’s in my family’s blood.”I can feel that same blood flowing through my veins now, but there’s something different in the way my heart beats faster. When I watch Miles on the ice, there’s something so raw and sexy about the control he possesses out there that Andrew just doesn’t have. Granted, he’s my brother and shouldn’t have that kind of effect on me, but Miles is different out of all of his teammates over the years.All the surrounding people distract Lola, and I swear she keeps looking out on the ice for Miles. I point him out every single time and Lola giggles.When the game starts, we all settle in to watch it. Everyone helps with L