The Hockey Star Next Door: A Best Friend’s Brother Fake Boyfriend Romance
Aly Wilder
The worst part isn’t that she knows. It’s that I never stopped loving him.
I left believing control was safer than feelings. As an estate planning attorney, I build plans around loss. I know exactly how fragile everything is.
Connor Wells was the one risk I couldn’t calculate. One reckless Christmas night turned into something that felt too big, too permanent—so I ran before he could be the one to leave me.
Now he’s my next door neighbor. Older. Steadier. An NHL star who looks at me like I’m still his.
Fake dating was supposed to make things easier. Temporary. Contained.
Except Connor doesn’t do anything halfway. He shows up. He stays. He loves like he’s done waiting.
And the closer we get, the more terrifying it becomes to admit that the only thing standing between us isn’t history.
It’s me.
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