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Off the Ice
Last Updated : 2026-08-03
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"I’m straight, Thorne. I like women." "Good. Because you’re definitely not my type." As the captain of the city’s most brutal pro-hockey team, Jaxson Thorne rules the rink with iron fists. He doesn't do PR stunts, and he definitely doesn't do men. But when a massive bar brawl threatens his captaincy, management hands him a devastating ultimatum: fake-date the new figure skating coach to clean up his image, or lose his contract. Liam Vance is desperate. When his Olympic funding is cut, his dreams shatter. The contract to pretend to be deeply, madly in love with a thuggish hockey player is his last financial lifeline. The catch? They have to move into Jaxson’s luxury penthouse to keep up the charade for the paparazzi. Both men are fiercely, stubbornly straight. Behind closed doors, it’s a war of flying insults and strict boundaries. But when the cameras flash, forced proximity starts to blur the lines. A casual touch sparks an agonizing heat. A fake kiss leaves them breathless. Suddenly, the most terrifying game isn't on the ice—it's the realization that the man they are supposed to be pretending to love is the only one they can no longer live without.
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Off the Ice Chapter 140: Shadow over the Lake
The morning was blindingly bright. The high-altitude sun reflected off the frozen surface of Blackwood Lake like polished silver, throwing harsh, glittering glare across the ice. Located two miles west of the cabin in a deep granite basin, the lake was their primary winter larder—a silent, pristine world surrounded by dense, snow-laden hemlocks.Liam sat on a overturned wooden bucket near the center of the lake, his hood pulled up against the biting wind. He was jigging a hand-line down a six-inch hole Jaxson had cleared with the iron auger, watching the clear green water below for the flash of cutthroat trout. For the first time in days, his mind felt completely quiet, cleared of the ghost broadcast down in the cellar.Fifty yards away, Jaxson was kneeling on a foam pad, hauling a heavy mesh net from a secondary ice hole. His breath bloomed in thick white clouds, his broad shoulders flexing beneath his canvas coat as he hauled a pair of thrashing, fat trout onto the snow."That's fou
Last Updated : 2026-08-03Off the Ice Chapter 139: The Weight of the Name
The static from the radio down in the cellar seemed to echo through the floorboards, bleeding into every corner of the cabin.Liam sat on the edge of the heavy cedar bed, his head buried in his hands. His breathing was rapid, shallow, and ragged. For months, he had believed that walking away meant the nightmare was over. He had thrown away his gold medal, severed his corporate ties, and vanished into the high country to protect his sanity. But hearing Marcus’s voice on that broadcast—smooth, grieving, and effortlessly monstrous—had shattered the illusion.His name wasn't just his own anymore. It was a weapon. The "Liam Vance" the world knew was being used to paint Jaxson as a monster, a criminal, a violent kidnapper marked for open season by federal law enforcement."It’s because of me," Liam choked out, his fingers digging frantically into his blond hair, his knuckles turning white. "It’s my name. My legacy. My fucking family. Marcus is going to put a bullet in your head and call it
Last Updated : 2026-08-03Off the Ice Chapter 138: Broken Telegraph
The cellar beneath the cabin was a cold, dirt-floored cavern that smelled of damp earth, stored root vegetables, and age. While Jaxson was out clearing the frost off the secondary chimney pipe, Liam carried a battery lantern down the steep wooden steps to search for extra kerosene cans.Tucked beneath a dusty tarp behind a stack of empty preserve jars, he spotted an iron-bound wooden chest. Inside lay a dusty, commercial-grade ham radio unit—a heavy, analog receiver with a faded frequency dial and a coiled rubber microphone, left behind by the forestry workers decades ago.Curious, Liam brushed away the thick cobwebs and flipped the toggle switch. The unit hummed to life with a crackle of static, its orange vacuum tube glowing softly in the dim subterranean gloom.Liam slowly turned the tuning dial, cycling through bursts of white noise, weather reports from distant airports, and static-heavy emergency broadcasts. He was about to turn it off when a sharp, clear signal cut through the
Last Updated : 2026-08-03Off the Ice Chapter 137: High Country Winter
The high country winter closed its jaws over the ridge forty-eight hours after Miller’s vehicle disappeared into the mist. It wasn't just a storm; it was an absolute, systemic freeze that dropped the mountain pass into forty below zero, burying the access road under six feet of impenetrable blue ice and drift-snow. The world down below—Marcus Vance, the private security firms, and the threat of exposure—was entirely cut off by a wall of white granite and screaming wind.Inside the cabin, the isolation was complete. The world had shrunk down to the heavy cedar walls, the iron woodstove, and the stone hearth that glowed red from dawn to dusk.Jaxson stood near the kitchen alcove, stripped down to his dark thermal trousers, his bare chest slick with a light sheen of heat despite the sub-zero gale rattling the heavy window shutters outside. He was hauling thick oak logs from the wood-box, dropping them onto the hearth rug with heavy, reverberating thuds.Liam watched him from the wide bed
Last Updated : 2026-08-03
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