Who Could Stay - Luke Hughes

"I've been the archer. I've been the prey. Who could ever leave me, darling? But who could stay?"

You said goodbye to Luke Hughes once before-when love felt like a battlefield and staying meant being seen too deeply. You walked away from him, from Michigan, from the only place that ever felt like home.

But now you're back.

Older. Guarded. Still haunted by the memories of what you had-and what you destroyed.

As the new Assistant PR Coordinator for the New Jersey Devils, you expected awkward silences, polite small talk, and distance. What you didn't expect was Luke still looking at you like you hung the stars above the rink. Or how your heart would still leap at the sound of his laugh.

He's everything you remember and more-an NHL star with the same soft eyes and unwavering kindness. And you? You're the girl who never learned how to stay. The girl who keeps a box of letters she never gave him. The girl who ruins good things before they have the chance to break her.

But Luke? Luke has always stayed.

And maybe, just maybe, this time... you'll learn how to stay too.