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I realized I was staring and jerked back to attention “Yes! Hi! How’s it going?”

His ood I’ood!”

Honestly, I thought Etienne waswith the hottest coach in ice dance, but neither of theed me that Etienne wouldn’t ad It was like when et to that point herself where she wanted to e

Etienne squinted “Where are you?”

“Outside the arena” Shivering, I side-stepped until I was under one of the big lights co Jordans Not toin my hoodie

“Your hair!”

“Oh, yeah” I swiped at the highlights Maybe it had been a bad idea

“I love it” Etienne flashed his perfect grin He’d had his teeth fixed last year after a skating official mentioned it I kind ofabout my best friend’s smile

“Yeah?” I eirdly relieved “Cool Thanks”

“Looks like it’s snowing”

I brushed flakes from my head “Yeah, a bit Anyway, I just wanted to…” Shit He clearly hadn’t heard the news yet Hoas I going to break it?

His thick eyebrows met “What’s up? Did Henry fall in the short?”

“No, he hasn’t skated yet I need to get back inside soon The thing is…”

Etienne’s frown deepened, his eyes flicking up and fingerin”

There was the figure skating gossipinto action I blurted, “Chloe and Phillipe are co back!”

Etienne had lowered the phone to wipe a cloth over a weight bench, and he bolted upright, the phone jerking with him He looked down into the camera, practically a nostril view

“What?”

“They announced that they’re returning to co flex considering their top rivals are all in the building”

Etienne wiped his forehead He breathed harder now “They’re co back?”