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Hailey Winters has spent her entire life chasing perfection on the ice. With Olympic gold just within reach after high school, every jump, every landing, every second of her day is calculated, controlled, and pushed to its limit. There's no room for mistakes, and definitely no room for distractions.
But pressure doesn't just live at the rink.
Ezra Beckett knows what it's like to carry expectations you didn't ask for. With a father who built a legacy he's expected to follow, Ezra is constantly caught between who he is and who he's supposed to be. The more the pressure builds, the harder it becomes to tell the difference.
So when their worlds collide, they come up with a solution that's supposed to be simple: fake it.
Fake dating. Real boundaries. No complications.
It should've been easy.
But somewhere between staged hand-holding, late-night conversations that feel a little too real, and the understanding neither of them can find anywhere else, the line between real and pretend starts to blur.
As Hailey pushes herself closer to the breaking point and Ezra struggles under the weight of a future he's trying to make his, they're both forced to confront something far more complicated than either of them planned for.
Because sometimes the biggest risks aren't taken on the ice or under pressure, they're the ones you take with your heart.
Hailey and Ezra both begin to realize, you can chase something your whole life and still not be ready for what it costs.