Pretend To Love You

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I agree to fake date my little sister's best friend never expecting I'd fall in love.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>My professional hockey career is over thanks to a busted leg from one too many hits into the boards. Coming home to Dogwood Cove to figure out my next steps is the best option I've got even if I'm in a dark place where not even my nosy family can lift my grumpy mood.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But Lily isn't deterred and her sunshine alone pierces the darkness. She's the physical therapist tasked with helping me recover and she's helping heal more than just my broken body. So when she needs my help I don't hesitate to step up.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Falling for her starts out innocent enough. Lily needs a date to a family wedding one that promises to be more torture than celebration. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Now thanks to an overbooked hotel with only one bed two gossiping bridesmaids and a three minute slow dance... the entire town including our families thinks we're dating.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>To save face we decide to keep the ruse going.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>There's just one problem: </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>What I'm feeling for Lily is anything but pretend.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>She thinks my future is still in hockey but I know differently. My future is with her.</span></p><p></p>