What happens when the captain of the hockey team kisses you in front of his ex?
It gets awkward.
What happens when he asks you to pretend to be his girlfriend?
Things get complicated.
At Wittmore University, being the hockey team intern means dealing with more than just injured players and grueling workouts. It’s the egos of the players that really test my patience. As much as they might look at me as more than just another locker room fixture, my boss made one thing crystal clear: I’m off-limits.
That all changes when Reese Cain, the team’s charming but notorious womanizer, kisses me unexpectedly in the campus coffee shop. Suddenly, I’m thrust into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. But it turns out Reese has a plan—he needs to stay focused on the season and convince his ex that he’s no longer available. And somehow, I’m the perfect person for the job.
For someone like me, who’s more at ease in hoodies than at house parties, pretending to date Reese is a way to boost both my social status and my confidence. But the longer we keep up this fake relationship, the more the lines between what’s real and what’s pretend begin to blur.
Especially when he makes it feel so incredibly real to belong to him.
