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Chapter 8

Author: Vivi Anne
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-18 06:04:26

Anna’s POV

The break in the game came too soon.

One moment, the crowd was still buzzing from the kiss — the shockwaves of it rippling through the stadium like an aftershock — and the next, the referee’s whistle cut through the noise, sharp and commanding. Players skated toward the benches, sticks tapping the ice, coaches shouting instructions that blurred into meaningless sound.

My heart was still pounding far too fast.

I could feel it everywhere — in my throat, in my fingertips, in the places Liam had touched me when he pulled me close. My lips tingled faintly, the echo of his mouth still lingering, and that alone should have terrified me.

This was supposed to be fake.

I shifted my weight, suddenly hyperaware of how exposed I felt standing there. Even with the Winterveil boys flanking me, even with their presence acting like a shield, I felt like the entire stadium could see straight through me — to the girl who had been shattered and was now pretending she wasn’t.

Then the air chang
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