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18: A Good Reason
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2026-07-27 04:35:58
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FAKING IT ON ICE: DATING THE SPORT KING 33: Forged Documents
MIKKA.I lowered my eyes to the sealed brown envelope while the committee chair carefully opened it, and my heartbeat became so loud that I could barely hear anything else inside the room. He slowly removed a single photograph and placed it on the table before gently sliding it toward me. My hands hesitated for a second before I picked it up, and the moment I saw the picture, I felt my stomach tighten instantly. It showed me standing beside Seven outside the arena after one of his practice sessions. We had both been smiling at something one of the coaches had said, completely unaware that someone had been watching us from far away with a camera. Looking at the picture made my skin crawl because it reminded me that whoever had been following me had been much closer than I ever realized.The committee chair folded his hands before speaking in a calm voice."Miss Rowan, this photograph was included with the anonymous complaint."I looked up from the picture."And the sender claims your a
FAKING IT ON ICE: DATING THE SPORT KING 32: The Meeting
MIKKA.The sound of my alarm pulled me awake while the sky outside was still dark, but the truth was that I had barely slept at all; every hour of the night filled with thoughts about the hearing waiting for me. I stayed on my back for a few quiet moments, staring at the ceiling and listening to my own breathing as I tried to stop my heart from racing before the day had even begun. I slowly reminded myself that today was only another challenge, not the end of everything I had spent time and effort building, and that no matter how frightened I felt, the truth had not changed overnight. After taking one long, steady breath, I climbed out of bed and forced myself to begin getting ready instead of giving fear another chance to control me.I chose the simplest professional clothes I owned because I wanted the committee to see me, not the rumours surrounding me, and after getting dressed I placed my folder on the desk and opened it one final time. Every recommendation letter sat neatly besi
FAKING IT ON ICE: DATING THE SPORT KING 31: What I Noticed
MIKKA.The excitement inside the arena stayed alive long after practice ended, and Seven's attention was diverted from me before I could answer his question because everyone wanted to congratulate him for earning his place back on the first line.I quietly slipped away before anyone noticed I was leaving. Seeing him smile after weeks of frustration made me happier than I expected because I knew every extra hour on the ice and every difficult drill had finally paid off, yet my own heart refused to celebrate for long because tomorrow morning kept pulling my thoughts back toward the hearing waiting for me. The folder pressed tightly against my chest felt heavier than it really was because it carried everything I had left to fight with, including recommendation letters, research records, emails from my supervisors and every document I hoped would prove I had done nothing wrong. I lowered my head and walked toward the parking lot, the thought of tomorrow's final hearing sitting heavily in
FAKING IT ON ICE: DATING THE SPORT KING 30: Confidential Information
MIKKA.I stood frozen in front of the administration building while my own name glowed across the giant digital noticeboard for the whole university to see, and for a few terrible seconds I forgot how to breathe. Students slowed down as they walked past, pretending not to stare while staring anyway, and some quietly lifted their phones to take pictures as though I had become another piece of campus news instead of a real person whose life was falling apart. I heard someone say the university would never schedule a formal hearing without proof, while another student answered that they had always thought there was something suspicious about me ever since the videos with Levi and the photos with Seven appeared online. A few familiar faces tried to defend me, saying I had always been one of the hardest-working students in the department, but their voices disappeared beneath the growing wave of gossip, and I realized that rumours always moved faster than the truth."Come on," Seven said qu
FAKING IT ON ICE: DATING THE SPORT KING 29: False Accusations
SEVEN.I stood outside the video room instead of returning to the locker room, and although I tried convincing myself to stop pacing, my feet refused to stay still because I couldn't stop thinking about the worried look on Mikka's face when she walked inside with the head coach. Through the glass wall, I could see her sitting at the conference table with her notebook resting on her lap, twisting the strap of her bag the way she always did whenever she was nervous or afraid. The coach spoke most of the time while the assistant coach occasionally opened folders and pointed toward printed reports spread across the table. Every now and then Mikka nodded, but she barely spoke, and that only made me wonder whether the meeting was good news or bad. Ten minutes became twenty, and twenty became almost forty before the door finally opened.Mikka stepped out first, and I immediately noticed that her eyes looked slightly red, as though she had been fighting back tears. She wasn't smiling, but she
FAKING IT ON ICE: DATING THE SPORT KING 28: An Offer
MIKKA.Everything around me seemed to stop the moment the reporter's question echoed across the university courtyard, and even the wind felt like it had forgotten how to move as dozens of cameras stayed fixed on Seven, waiting for him to either deny me like Levi had or walk away before this became an even bigger disaster. My heart pounded so hard that I could barely hear anything except my own breathing, and I knew that whatever happened next would follow both of us for a very long time. I slowly shook my head at Seven, silently begging him not to sacrifice his reputation for someone like me, because I had already lost almost everything, and I couldn't bear the thought of watching him lose something too. When he glanced at me, I whispered as softly as I could, hoping only he would hear."You don't have to do this."He didn't answer immediately, and instead he kept his eyes on the crowd standing in front of us while more reporters squeezed closer, stretching their microphones toward hi
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