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26 year old, Connor Deluca, is a professional Hockey player in the NHL; who just moved into the expensive Citrus Grove Community.
23 year old, Serena Jade, is the recluse famous author known to the public only under her pen name Skylyn Voss, and...
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Serena felt physically sick the next couple of days, but as Wednesday rolled around and her cold symptoms wore off. The wave of perpetual nausea she felt from discovering her unintentional role in Connor's life never faded. Her role as Skylyn.
She was faced with the reality of her alternate persona. Faced with the fact her words, her book, changed people. That she somehow altered someone's life so drastically that it kept them alive. To make matters worse that someone was the man she was in love with, and he had no idea it was really her.
The weight of that pressed down on her so violently, and to add to it she had been lying about it too. Actively lying. Still the idea of telling him, especially now, seemed off the table.
She could nearly see his crushed face finding out that his hero, his savior, was just her.
How would a confession like that change things between them too?
As Serena saw it, she had two pivotal options. Tell him, and risk blowing everything up. Her love, her secrecy, her integrity. Or keep quiet, and keep things how they were now the same. And right now things were good, so good.
Monday was a dream, regardless of the drama around it she was happy to know more about Connor. She liked holding a golden kernel of his pain, she liked that he allowed her to know and guard a vulnerable part of him.
She pushed her unsavory thoughts away and focused on the good of the situation, and she chose to keep quiet about it.
Telling him would do nothing but harm.
Connor was busy Tuesday with a game, that they won, Serena was bedridden so she opted to watch the game from the comfort of her sofa. She had to admit she liked them in person much better. Nothing beats seeing Connor right there in front of you, sweaty, in his uniform, and with that stupid smirk in high definition.
Serena moved about her house cleaned up the mess she made from being sick and finished some writing she was behind on. She finished all her tasks fairly early when she finally sat down on her couch. Mayo purred as he jumped up onto her lap and Serena smiled petting him gently.
Glancing at the time, She realized that Connor would be getting out of his practice soon and that's when an impulsive idea popped into her head.
"Should I surprise Connor at practice, Mayo?" Serena scratched under the cat's chin as she asked him the question.
In response Mayo just meowed, which didn't actually mean anything other than a meow, but Serena took it as a yes.
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When Serena arrived at the stadium she was wearing a pair of black leggings and a large chunky knit sweater, today was proving to be a cooler day. The clouds covered every inch of blue in the sky and had a dark tint to them, she figured it would rain in an hour or two so she also brought her umbrella with her.
