Jasmine’s Reviews > Heated Rivalry > Status Update

Genuinely tearing up thinking about how the Irina Foundation went from this beautiful symbol of hope in the books to now an actual charity irl. There are so many beautiful things that can come from fiction♥️♥️

“Oh no!” Ilya mocked him. “How can I impress Montreal’s fifteenth best player?”
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I live for Ilya ragebaiting Hayden😭

Ilya wanted to tell Shane that it had been one of the best days of his life.

He wanted to tell Shane that the closest he felt to home was when he was with him.
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That's his family now🥺🥺

But good god, now Ilya was imagining that. Playing together, living together, being together.
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Unrivalled, I need to read you so I can experience this. Why is June so far away?!!😭😭

“I don’t want you to think she was weak,” Ilya said. “She wasn’t. She was...amazing. But she was so sad. And my father was so hard on her and...”
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It's not even surprising how much he suppresses his depression later on in life, given everything he's been through. I want to hug him

I love fast burns to emotional slow burns because they're so rewarding, wdym they're actually holding hands and going on a road trip together after 9 years of only quick hookups😭♥️

Now, I'm mourning the loss of the Skype call in the show, Ilya obsessing over Shane's freckles. "He wasn't you". Shane kissing his finger and pressing it to the camera. I love my sappy loverboys

That admission would have been embarrassing enough, but Ilya had also slipped in an “and on top of everything, I’m pretty sure I’m in love with you and I don’t know what to do about it.”
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Finally! It only took 7yrs and Shane couldn't even understand him. I'm so harmed all over again🥺🥺

Ilya waited for the words. I’m seeing someone. I’m engaged. I don’t need you anymore.
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Really?! Engaged after 2 months? He's so dramatic😭

Shane kind of couldn’t believe that Rozanov had made them both dinner. He found it, he realized with some horror, adorable.

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I know it will all go to shit in the next few pages, but early domestic Hollanov, I love you🥺