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22: The Drill

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MIKKA.

I barely slept that night.

Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the photographs from the brown envelope. One was taken outside the university. The other showed me sitting inside Seven's SUV only minutes before it was delivered. Whoever was watching me hadn't just followed me. They had stood close enough to see us without either of us noticing. Every creak outside my motel room made my heart race. By the time the first light slipped through the curtains, I gave up trying to sleep and sat on
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  • FAKING IT ON ICE: DATING THE SPORT KING   57: Part Of The Job

    MIKKA.I barely said goodbye to Seven before I stepped out of his SUV and closed the door behind me. I gave him a small smile through the window, then turned toward my residence before he could say anything else, but the moment I started walking, my mind went straight back to the waterfront. I could still feel how close he had been, how his voice had softened when he asked if I would regret kissing him, and how neither of us had moved away when our faces were only inches apart. I had been so close to kissing him that I could almost feel his lips against mine, and that thought made my heart beat faster.I tried to tell myself it had only been a moment brought on by everything we had talked about that night. We had shared things we had never told each other before, spoken about our fears, our families and the parts of ourselves that hockey had shaped, so maybe it was normal for emotions to become confused after a conversation like that. Maybe the quiet waterfront, the cold air and being

  • FAKING IT ON ICE: DATING THE SPORT KING   56: Regret

    SEVENI didn't start the car immediately after Mikka asked me to stop fighting her battles. I kept both hands on the steering wheel, staring through the windshield while the sounds of the arena slowly faded behind us, and for several seconds, neither of us said anything. My heart was still beating too fast from the fight, but now that the anger was gone, all I could feel was regret. Mikka was right, and admitting that hurt because I knew I had allowed my emotions to control me.“I shouldn't have confronted Levi,” I finally said. “And I definitely shouldn't have let it become physical.”Mikka looked at me quietly, her anger softer now but still present in her eyes. “Your career is finally getting back on track, Seven. One stupid fight could give everyone another reason to question whether you've really changed.”“I know.”“Then why did you do it?”I swallowed hard and looked down at my hands. “Because when he shoved me, all I could think about was you. I kept thinking about everything

  • FAKING IT ON ICE: DATING THE SPORT KING   55: He Came To Me

    MIKKAI was halfway through a report when the door suddenly opened and one of the players rushed inside, breathing hard enough to make me look up immediately. His face was tense, and before he even spoke, something inside me told me that whatever had happened was not good. He looked at me for a second before glancing toward the hallway."Mikka, you need to come with me.”I pushed my chair back."What happened?""It's Seven."My stomach dropped."What about him?"The player swallowed."He and Levi almost came to blows outside the locker room."For a moment, I couldn't move. The words seemed to hang in the air while my mind tried to understand them, and then I was already grabbing my notebook and rushing toward the door. I barely heard the player explaining that Levi had started the confrontation, because all I could think about was Seven and everything he had worked so hard to rebuild. He had spent weeks earning back the trust of the coaches, the organization and the fans, and now one

  • FAKING IT ON ICE: DATING THE SPORT KING   54: What He Wants

    SEVENMikka told me about her meeting with Levi later that morning, after we had finished reviewing the previous night's footage. She sat beside me with her notebook open, calmly explaining everything that had happened at the café, but I barely moved as I listened. She told me Levi had apologized for how he treated her, admitted that he had taken her talent for granted and offered her position back on his team. He had even promised to publicly admit that she had been treated unfairly and clear her name wherever he could. I kept my eyes on the screen, pretending none of it bothered me, but the moment she mentioned the position, something inside me tightened."You didn't accept it, did you?"Mikka looked at me."No."I finally turned toward her."Why not?""Because I have no plans of going backward."She explained that she had told Levi she was choosing the future she had already started building, and that she didn't need him to decide what her career should look like anymore. I listene

  • FAKING IT ON ICE: DATING THE SPORT KING   53: Chosing Him

    MIKKAI kept staring at Levi's message while Seven waited across the room, watching me with a quiet question in his eyes. The awkwardness from only a few minutes earlier was still sitting between us, and now Levi's name had made everything feel even more uncomfortable. I could still remember the way Seven had leaned toward me, the warmth of his hand against mine and the look in his eyes before my phone had interrupted us. My heart was still beating too fast, but I forced myself to lock the phone and push those thoughts away because I had another problem standing in front of me.Seven studied my face."Who was that?"I forced a small smile."Nobody important. Someone just reminded me that I need to pick something up."He didn't look convinced, but he didn't question me again. I remembered everything we had talked about, especially his promise to respect my choices and my own promise to stop pretending that I could handle every problem without telling anyone. Still, I wasn't ready to ex

  • FAKING IT ON ICE: DATING THE SPORT KING   52: You Are Done

    MIKKAI woke slowly, confused by the warmth around my shoulders and the quiet sound of something playing in the background, and for a few seconds I had no idea where I was. Then I saw the frozen hockey footage on the screen, the half-finished report in front of me and Seven sitting across the table with his phone in his hand, and everything came rushing back. I looked down and realized his hoodie was covering my shoulders, keeping me warm in the cold video room. My cheeks immediately heated when I remembered that I had fallen asleep while working, and I quickly sat up, rubbing my eyes as if that could somehow erase what had happened.Seven looked up from his phone and smiled.“Hello, Sleeping Beauty."I frowned at him, although I couldn't stop myself from smiling a little."Don't start. I was tired.""You were asleep for almost forty minutes.""Forty minutes?""Forty-three, actually."I stared at him in disbelief before looking at the clock on the wall. He was right, and somehow that

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