Hot Flashes and Hockey Slashes

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>He's a hot shirtless hockey player... and he's my fake date for my ex-husband's wedding. Talk about a hot flash to beat all hot flashes.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The wedding bells are ringing and my ex-husband is the groom! When my grown kids hook me up with a fake date to my ex-hubby's tropical island nuptials I expect sun sand and plenty of fruity cocktails - not steamy nights with a shirtless pro hockey player!</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Roman might be all swagger on the ice but this growly egotistical male model of perfection has a soft side too. While I battle dresses made for twenty-somethings awkward run-ins with my ex and unwelcome hot flashes Roman is there to distract me with flirty compliments stay up late with me when I can't sleep and make me feel vibrant and ageless.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>As good as it feels none of this is real and Roman is </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>way</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> out of my league. Who's going to believe this gorgeous famous muscle-bound athlete would ever date a scatterbrained hot-flashing insomniac nerd with twenty stubborn extra pounds around the middle?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>But as the big day approaches we grow closer. Wedding activities lead to beach walks at sunset and his oh-so-talented fingers twist my hormones up in a whole new way. Gazing into Roman's eyes I start to wonder if he could be my shot at a real happily ever after.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>That's the thing about vacations though; at some point you need to return to reality. </span></p><p><br></p>