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Author: J.j
last update publish date: 2026-10-22 22:50:32

Mia

Gerald came over that afternoon because he needed help studying for his test.

At least, that was what I told myself.

I had agreed to help him because he was struggling with the material and because I had already promised him I would go through the notes with him. There was nothing weird about that. We were friends, and helping a friend study was normal.

I made us lemonade while he settled at the kitchen table with his books spread out in front of him.

“Here.”

I placed the glass in front of
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  • $50K to Fake-Date My Brother's Hockey Star   59

    Mia Gérald walked up to me. “Hey, what are you doing here?” I asked as soon as he was close. He pulled me into a hug. I held onto him longer than was appropriate. “Are you okay?” he asked. That was enough to make me cry. “Oh my God, Mia.” He pulled away slightly to look at my face. “What’s wrong?” “Nothing.” I shook my head. “There is no way you are crying, and it's for nothing.” “I just need a long hug.” He pulled me into another long hug. "Let's go up to my room.” He finally said. “People are starting to stare. “I already paid for a room.” “Is that right?” “I nodded.” “Don’t worry, you'll get your refund.” “Christine, please refund this lady’s money, and put it on my tab.” “Yes, sir.” I blinked. “Come.” He pulled me towards the elevator. I followed him. “Are you hungry?” he asked. My stomach chose that time to growl. He smiled. ‘You are, huh?” I nodded. We got to the 6th floor, where the presidential suite was, and he swiped his card against the card reader.

  • $50K to Fake-Date My Brother's Hockey Star   58

    Mia I left Scott's place and walked the whole way to my dorm room. I couldn't believe how things had completely blown up in my face. I had pushed Scott so far that he wanted nothing to do with me anymore. It hurt so bad it felt like someone was gripping my heart and squeezing really hard… I got to my dorm building and just stood at the entrance. Students filed in and out. Some of them yelled at me to move aside, but I was too defeated. Fuck! Shit, was I crying? I touched my face to find that it was completely wet. I made my way upstairs and opened the door. I froze at what I saw. Tangled up in the couch was Stacey and my brother. “What the fuck is going on?” I demanded. Stacey practically jumped off the couch. Reid sat up so quickly that he nearly fell over the other side. For a few seconds, none of us said anything. I just stood there staring at them. Stacey's hair was a mess, her shirt was slightly wrinkled, and Reid looked just as guilty as someone could possibly l

  • $50K to Fake-Date My Brother's Hockey Star   57

    MiaI avoided Gerald like the plague.For the first few days, it wasn't difficult because I had classes, assignments, and the hockey players' ball to think about, and I made sure that whenever I saw him somewhere on campus, I immediately went in the opposite direction.It was probably childish, but I didn't know what else to do.I didn't want to see him.I didn't want to remember kissing him.And I definitely didn't want to think about the look on Scott's face when he walked in and saw us.So I avoided him.Until I couldn't anymore.I was walking out of one of my classes when I nearly walked straight into him.“Mia.”I stopped.Gerald was standing right in front of me, holding his backpack over one shoulder.For a second, neither of us said anything.Then he sighed.“I've been trying to talk to you.”“I know.”“I've been calling.”“I know.”He looked at me.“You've seen my calls?”“Yes.”“And you didn't answer?”I nodded.“On purpose.”He looked down for a second before nodding.“That

  • $50K to Fake-Date My Brother's Hockey Star   56

    ScottI played like I had something to prove.Every shot was harder than it needed to be. Every pass was faster. Every time someone got in my way, I hit them harder than usual.“Dylan!”Coach's voice echoed across the rink.I ignored him.I grabbed the puck and went after it again, skating so fast my legs were starting to burn.I wanted to be tired.I wanted my body to hurt enough that I wouldn't have to think.Because the second I stopped moving, I saw Mia kissing Gerald again.I slammed my stick against the ice.“Fuck.”“Scott!”I finally looked toward Coach.He was standing by the boards, watching me.“Take five.”“I don't need five.”“You do.”I shook my head and skated away.My arms were already hurting like hell, especially my left one. They had been hurting for days, but I hadn't bothered doing anything about it. The bruises from my fight with Reid hadn't completely gone down either, and every time I moved my arm too quickly, pain shot through it.I didn't care.Nothing hurt as

  • $50K to Fake-Date My Brother's Hockey Star   55

    Mia“I don't know how it happened.”Stacey stared at me like I had just said the dumbest thing she'd ever heard.“What do you mean you don't know how it happened?”“I mean exactly that. I don't know.”She shook her head and crossed her arms over her chest.“You were kissing him, Mia.”“I know.”“You were very clearly kissing him.”“I know, Stacey.”“Then how do you not know how it happened?”I rubbed my forehead, feeling a headache coming on.“Gerald came over to study. I made lemonade, we started studying, and he kept staring at me.”Stacey's expression didn't change.“So?”“So I told him to focus.”“And?”“He told me he was trying, but all he could think about was kissing me.”She stared at me.“And you thought, what? Let me help him with that?”I groaned.“I don't know.”“Apparently not.”“I wasn't thinking.”“That much is obvious.”I looked away.I didn't have a good explanation because there wasn't one.I had been thinking about Scott before Gerald even kissed me. I had been thin

  • $50K to Fake-Date My Brother's Hockey Star   54

    MiaGerald came over that afternoon because he needed help studying for his test.At least, that was what I told myself.I had agreed to help him because he was struggling with the material and because I had already promised him I would go through the notes with him. There was nothing weird about that. We were friends, and helping a friend study was normal.I made us lemonade while he settled at the kitchen table with his books spread out in front of him.“Here.”I placed the glass in front of him.“Thanks.”I sat across from him and opened my notebook.“Okay, let's start with chapter six because that's the one you said you didn't understand.”Gerald nodded and looked down at his notes.For the first few minutes, things were completely normal.I explained the first section, asked him questions, corrected a couple of answers, and made him go back over the parts he had gotten wrong. He was actually trying, but every time I looked up, I caught him staring at me.The first few times, I ig

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