The NHL Captain's Fake Girlfriend
He hesitated, then smiled in that awkward way people do when they’re about to say something they think is a compliment.
“You’re even more beautiful in person.”
My heart dropped straight into my stomach.
I was already pulling my phone out, fingers clumsy. Was he some pervert? A stalker? How the fuck did he know who I was?
Then the pieces clicked.
Everyone had been talking about Kyle’s new girlfriend. It was everywhere. Gossip Hub, campus group chats, probably half the city by now.
The photo of me stumbling into his house drunk, the party confrontation and even the way he’d claimed me in front of everyone.