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No, we’re not. I’m not giving you up,” he promised.

A lone tear fell down my cheek. “You don’t have me to give up.”

“I promised to give you a clean start with no questions asked, and I did that. You let me down by lying to me. I can’t forgive that right now. I don’t even know what to believe.”

He shook his head. “I’m telling you the truth. Nothing is going on with Madison and I’m not doing the show.”

Taking a deep breath, I opened the door. “I’m sorry. I just can’t trust you right now.”

She’s just so beautiful. I promised Dallas I wouldn’t throw his past back up in his face, but sometimes it’s hard to trust blindly.”

Huffing, I tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. “Not like this. I forfeit. All I wanted was a fresh start with you, but if you can’t, that’s fine. I just hope one day you can. I’m not going to let you hurt yourself just to prove a point.”

She took a nasty fall just to trick me into leaving the goal.
Grabbing her wrist, I pulled her closer so I could touch her hip. She hissed at the contact. “You’re hurt. Why would you do that?”

She shrugged, her eyes searching mine. “You know I have my tricks. It’s the only way I can beat you.” I wasn’t about to let her hurt herself again.

The closer she got, I focused on the puck. But then she tripped and I watched her fall to the ice, her scream echoing in my ears.

“Callie!” Ripping off my glove, I dropped my stick and raced over to her.
Gotcha!” she squealed, jerking out of my hold. She rushed to the goal and slammed the puck into the net. As she lifted her arms triumphantly in the air, I couldn’t help but notice the bruising on her hip.

She skated by me, showering me with ice when she stopped to get the puck. “I still have three more tries.”

I burst out laughing. “Good luck.” She tried again and failed, her smile steadily disappearing when I blocked the goal. “Just two more, angel.” I passed the puck back to her.