After her hockey-player ex dismisses her as just "practice," a woman finds unexpected comfort in the arms of his fiercest rival on the ice. Caught between a man who undervalued her and the rival determined to prove her worth, she must decide whether to risk her heart on a second chance at love.
At midnight, my best friend Lily showed up with tequila and mascara running down her face. We're going out. I don't want to go out.
You absolutely do. Lily Claire he dumped you for a cheerleader after telling his friends you were practice we are not staying home an hour later we were at the lantern the crowded student bar two blocks from campus everyone people who pretended not
to stare at me I drank too much too fast or more sterling locked in Noah Sterling was the captain of the ice hockey team he was also the one person they had He had competed for everything since freshman year. Campus sponsorships, sports awards, attention, girls.
Noah had a reputation. He was rich, reckless, charming, and never seen with the same girl for long. Girls called him a heartbreaker.
Guys called him trouble. I called him someone I had not spoken to in years. He saw me from across the room. Then he walked over.