The Hockey Captain’s Fake Girlfriend
Daisy, as if the entire novel weren’t a slow-motion warning about mistaking obsession for love when Priya dropped an iPad on top of her homework with the reverence of someone delivering a subpoena.
“You need to see this.”
“I need to finish grading these or Professor Alden’s going to make me retake comp myself.”
“Bella. Look.”
She looked. It was a video some hockey player, dark hair, broad shoulders, absolutely leveling another player into the boards while the crowd screamed. The caption read: NORTHRIDGE CAPTAIN LUCA DE SANTIS GOES VIRAL FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS.
“Okay,” Isabella said slowly. “And I care about this because…?”