Breathless

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Professional hockey players aren't supposed to get their hearts broken.</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But that's precisely what happened to me.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I fell hard for my ex...and then she cheated on me with a truly reprehensible teammate.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Because she was bored. Of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>me</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. Not life. She made </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>that</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> fact crystal clear.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>So I moved on...if remaining single and losing myself in books when I'm not on the ice is </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>moving on.</em></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Until I met Prudence Hansley. She is-quite literally-the most </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>im</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>prudent person I've ever had the privilege of knowing. A total daredevil she's jumped out of planes hiked into volcanos spent time in a shark cage.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>She is...terrifying.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And wonderful. And somehow she likes </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>me.</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Boring me.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But when she dares me to take another chance on love will I be able to find the courage to leap.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>