To escape a relentless bully, a girl pretends to be dating the school's hockey captain — and the arrangement starts to feel dangerously real when he genuinely falls for her.
I didn't answer. I placed my cup in the best spot by the sink. Madison zoomed in on the photo she had just took in. If you're really his girlfriend, prove it tomorrow.
The next day, she dropped her lunch tray across from mine. Where's Cole? Boyfriend too busy to eat with you? The hockey team entered the dining hall after practice. I grabbed a bottle of strawberry milk and stepped into Cole's path.
Thanks for yesterday. I pressed it into his hand, rose onto my toes, and brushed ice from his cheek. Jake bumped Cole's shoulder. Captain, did she seriously buy you kitty milk?
Cole looked at me, then at Madison behind me. He pushed in the straw and took a long drink. Phones rose across the room. A post exploded across the campus gossip app.
Scariest captain on ice drinks milk from his girlfriend. Madison shoved the post toward me. You're actually dating? I renamed Cole's real number Cole his tutoring text appeared just the two of
us again tonight I turned my phone face down we keep things private a new anonymous post appeared Nora commented from her verified account Emma took my bed and landed Cole in under a month fast work Sloan stormed over and slapped the strawberry milk photo against me what makes you think you can compete
compete with me. I'm not competing. She slapped me. My glasses hit the floor. Sloan the frame beneath her heel. Then stay away from him.