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Riley’s ood to see you, Eht you a present Maybe you two could have a little talk?"

Oh no

She did not

April kept her head pointed at her phone, but slid her eyes aze landed above my head briefly, and her indrawn breath told me he was here "You okay?" she mouthed at race Mom preached so heavily about within me Be the better person, my ass

"Hey, babe"

Riley’s voice drenchedup Besides, the ice was fascinating, right? "Don’t call me that"

He sat next to ht, and everything"

"Eled toward ht off, if I were Erief-stricken and whatnot," April answered frorossed in her phone

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I checked my watch They’d take the ice any second now, and I’d be stuck next to Riley for hours in crappy, uncomfortable silence if I didn’t s h road sucked "We can be perfectly civil, Riley"

He reached across the cup holder and held onto my hand "I’ve missed you"

I yanked my hand away from his "I said civil, Riley Don’t touchh, it only twinged like a splinter "Happy?" Not that he didn’t look good, because he did Abercro in those blue eyes that wasn’t normally there Remorse?

"Not really, honestly Not since you left"

The announcer spared ers!" Cheers erupted around us as the boys skated out, raising their arms to the roof like they were already NHL stars I ju He’d worked so hard to get here I couldn’t be oal and back to stand in a straight line Jagger walked onto the ice and into the box, followed by the head coach, and then ht Josh came out onto the ice and turned into the box His black suit draped over the powerful angles of his body, coold tie I had thethat tie overhim toward me