LOGINEveryone knows the rules of fake dating: No catching feelings. And definitely no falling for the guy who once wrote your perfect twin sister love letters he never sent. I’m Olivia Carter: the unloved twin, the spare, the one who got dumped so my ex could marry my sister, the one currently fake-dating Rowan Parker, captain of the Ice Hawks, just to make Caleb choke on his own wedding cake. Rowan needs a girlfriend to scare off puck bunnies until playoffs. I need revenge that tastes like his mouth. We’re professionals. This is business. Except he’s looking at me like I’m the only person in the room, and I’m starting to forget the word “pretend.”
View MoreSaraThe hospital room felt too quiet after Mom finally left. She had given me that awkward hug and said goodnight in this fake cheerful voice like everything was normal. I just nodded and turned my face away. Now it was just me and the beeping machines and some nurse footsteps far down the hall. My lips still tingled from Cole’s kiss earlier. I kept touching them without thinking then yanked my hand away and muttered to myself what an idiot I was.I grabbed my phone with my good hand. The broken arm ached every time I moved wrong but I ignored it. My thumb hovered over Cole’s name. I typed out “What the hell was that” and stared at it for a second before deleting the whole thing. Then I tried “Are we really not cousins” but that looked even dumber so I erased it too. My heart was pounding like it wanted to jump out. In the end I sent something short and stupid. “You shouldn’t have done that.”He replied so fast it made me jump a little. “But I did. And you kissed me back Saphira. Twi
SaphiraMy heart was still slamming against my ribs like it wanted to jump out and run after Cole. The door clicked shut behind Mom and I just lay there staring at the stupid white ceiling with my good hand pressed to my mouth. My lips felt weird. Warm. Tingly. Like they still remembered exactly how Cole kissed me. Both times. And my cheek burned from where I slapped him. Twice. What the hell was wrong with me?Mom walked back in fast, her shoes squeaking on the floor. She had that look on her face, the one that said she was about to start asking a million questions while pretending she wasn’t mad.“Saphira, what was that?” she asked right away. She set her coffee down too hard and some spilled on the little table. “Cole just showed up out of nowhere? Your face is all red.”“Nothing happened, Mom,” I said quickly . My voice came out higher than normal. I tried to sit up more but my broken arm hurt so I just flopped back like an idiot. “He just surprised me, okay? I wasn’t expecting hi
ColeI sat on the edge of my bed and held my phone tight. Mom had just called. Her voice sounded tired on the phone. "Cole, I have news," she said. "Saphira is in the hospital. She fell down the stairs at home. There was a big fight with Sara and their mom. She has a broken arm and a concussion. The doctors want her to stay overnight."My heart beat fast. I had always liked Saphira. We grew up together. Everyone called us cousins. We played in the backyard when we were little. We ate ice cream and told each other secrets. . We were not blood cousins only I know. Our families connected through marriage, not blood. Rowan was Sara and Saphira's real dad. That news changed everything for me. I liked Saphira even more after I heard it.I liked her smile. I liked her laugh. I liked the way she looked at me when no one else was watching. She was pretty and kind and strong. Now she was hurt and lying in a hospital bed. I knew I needed to see her.I stood up and walked to the kitchen. Mom sto
SaraI stood in Rowan’s bathroom with the water still dripping off me, staring at my face in the mirror like I was waiting for it to argue back. My cheek looked like someone had slapped a strawberry across it. Swollen, hot, ugly. I poked it once and immediately regretted it because it stung like hell. “Nice one, Mom,” I muttered under my breath. “Real mother of the year stuff.”Rowan had left a clean towel on the sink and one of his old black t-shirts folded next to it. I pulled it on and it hung down to my thighs like a dress. The soft fabric felt weird against my skin, too gentle or something. Like it was trying too hard. I grabbed the sweatpants he’d left too and rolled the waistband three times so they wouldn’t fall off my ass.When I stepped out, the apartment was quiet. Too quiet. No Mom yelling at Dad, no Saphira being all noisy , no doors slamming. Just the low hum of the fridge and Rowan clattering around in the kitchen like he was fighting with the cabinets.I walked down th
~Ava~I was still riding that stupid, warm fuzzy high from the hug with Liv, both of us sniffling like a couple of idiots in front of the whole boat, phones out recording it live, people clapping like we’d just cured cancer or something when I turned around and there he was. Maddox. Leaning agains
~AVA~I laughed, but it came out all choked and ugly. “You want me? You’ve been obsessed since I blocked you. Texting from fake numbers, showing up at my shoots. That’s not love, that’s... I don’t know what that is. But it’s not healthy. And if you ruin this wedding if you walk out there and make a
Liv I grabbed her phone without thinking. "Hey, this is Liv, the sister. Yeah, the one from the headlines. Listen, roses are fine, but if you want lilies, call this number it's a contact from Rowan's team, they got hookups with event suppliers for Ice Hawks stuff." The planner paused, then laughed
Liv The day after all that yelling and fake smiles, I woke up with my head pounding like I'd chugged bottles of alcohol, phone buzzing like it was possessed, and Ava's voice already echoing from downstairs, bossing everyone around about packing for the cruise. I dragged myself out of bed, threw on












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