The Hockey Captain’s Unwanted Wife (Blair and Grayson) novel Chapter 170

Chapter 170

LIVIA-

I was frozen to the spot.

Roman had just confessed he was in love with me. In front of everyone. He loved me. Roman Vale was in love with me. He’d never said it before.

Tears gathered so fast everything blurred around me.

And he had not said it to me first.

He had shouted it at Luca, like the truth had been ripped out of him in a fight instead of confessed in a quiet room the way I had imagined since I was nineteen.

Still, this moment was better. Hearing him shout it like that made it raw and real-no rehearsed lines, just genuine emotion pouring out of him. I love her…my heart ached in a good, soulful way. He loved me. Roman loved me. Despite all the chaos around us-the marriage my father desperately wanted to impose! Luca and Roman’s recent fight, I felt an overwhelming sense of joy because he loved me. This was, undeniably, the best day of my life.

As if he realized what he had done, he finally turned to look my way. Wide-eyed. Blood at his mouth. Green eyes on mine like the rest of the track had fallen away and the only thing left on the planet was my

face.

Luca let go. He looked defeated for some reason as he gathered himself, wiped blood from his lip, and stepped back without another word.

That silence was almost worse than the punching. Charlotte still had a hand on his jacket. I could not look at her long. I could not look at anyone but Roman.

He swallowed hard, a visible tremor passing through his throat as his eyes softened with affection. I could see the love for me unmistakably in his expression; he wasn’t hiding it from me anymore. The warmth in his gaze and the subtle trembling of his lips conveyed emotions words couldn’t fully capture. I couldn’t even begin to describe how happy that realization made me. It felt as though he was finally accepting, it, embracing our connection without trying to pull away from me.

“I love you.” His voice was filled with so much gentleness that I almost fainted from the shock of it, my heart was not ready for a confession from him. “I love you, Olivia.”

I could not hold back anymore. I leaned forward and wrapped my arms around his neck. Then I let the tears come. He held me like he had been waiting a long time to pull me into his arms again.

His hand settled at my back as he tightened his hold around me.

When we pulled away, Nico was standing behind us eating popcorn.

I frowned.

Where had he even gotten popcorn? Was this entertainment to him?

“High quality stuff,” he said, perfectly calm, as if we were a movie. “When’s the next show? I missed the

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