Hating her never stopped me from wanting her.

Lilah

Hawthorne Prep hockey reigned on and off the ice. I watched from afar. None of them even knew I existed, especially not Mason Shaw.

Moving into the gardener’s cottage on his family estate changed that. So did finding him bruised and bleeding after a brutal game where he needed my help.

We met night after night. Our time lit me up brighter than any star we watched on the grass while our fingers brushed. Every kindling hot look, touch of my lips, or second in his arms felt like a dream.

And then school started and my nightmare began. The Mason I knew was gone, replaced with a hockey god. Heartless. Brutal. Cruel.

Mason

After a summer where I bared my soul, Lilah betrayed me.

So I vowed to ruin her life like she’d tried to ruin mine. I wanted her out of my school, out of my mind and most of all out of my heart.

Then with a vicious punch, I discovered the truth. And there’s only one choice. Play hard for her forgiveness, even if my future goes up in flames.

Because I’ll do anything, but let her go.