Playing for keeps
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MatureOngoing2h 27m
Last published Tue, Jul 14, 2026
Abby Fitzgerald has never been the kind of girl who gets noticed.
She's the girl in the library. The one with a stack of books, a mind full of impossible theories, and a future carefully planned out. Romance has never been part of the equation-especially not with someone like Axel Adams.
Axel is everything Abby isn't.
He's the university hockey team's golden boy. Confident. Charming. Loved by everyone. But when a stupid bet with his teammates challenges him to make the quiet, brilliant girl fall for him, Axel thinks it'll be easy.
Get close to Abby.
Make her trust him.
Win the bet.
Except Abby isn't what he expected.
She doesn't care about his reputation. She challenges him, sees through his carefully crafted image, and makes him want to be more than just the guy everyone cheers for.
What starts as a game slowly becomes something neither of them planned.
The problem?
Abby doesn't know the truth.
And when she discovers that their relationship began as a bet, Axel risks losing the only person who ever made him feel like he was more than a hockey player.
Because winning the championship was easy.
Falling for Abby Fitzgerald was inevitable.
But earning her forgiveness might be the hardest thing he's ever had to fight for.
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