Page 7 of The Fake Out Flex

No.

I'm on edge because this is all happening so fast. Levi drops this bomb on me, and boom, thirty seconds later, Fraser rocks up.

Give a girl a little time to process.

Also, I may have possibly overdone it on the cheese.

As I hold my breath, waiting for Levi to open the door, a question suddenly springs to mind.

Despite being one of the most successful and famous players in the NHL, Fraser hates the limelight.

He's notoriously private and guarded and does everything he can to lie low and not draw any media attention.

He's even pulled back from the team's hospital visits these past two seasons, which makes no sense because he's always had a soft spot for kids.

So why on earth has he agreed to this?

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Fraser

I stand outside Levi's apartment, wondering how long it will take him to open the door. If I had a dollar for every time he's kept me waiting while he gets ready, I'd be rich.

Well, richer.

But Evie's in there with him. I spotted her car—a lemon-yellow Mini Cooper is pretty hard to miss—in the visitor parking lot. So I have no idea what's keeping him.

I glance down at my hands and can't help but grimace.

The flowers were a mistake.

But it's too late to ditch them now.

So yeah, I'm going to be the guy who gets his best friend's sister a bunch of yellow roses because when I saw them, I remembered they're her favorite.

I'm an idiot.

I shuffle on my feet, regretting having said yes to Levi yesterday.

Not because I don't want to help Evie out. I witnessed what that jerkface did to her eight months ago. Heck, the whole world saw it. So if Evie needs me by her side at his wedding, that's where I'll be.

Glaring.

Scowling.

And doing my best to suppress the instinct to punch him in his smarmy face for what he did to her, even though I've never done a violent thing in my life.

So my regret at having agreed to be her date has nothing to do with not wanting to help Evie.

It's more complicated than that.

For the last seven years, I've had to keep two big secrets.

One about my family, the other about Evie.

The family secret will stay safe. There's no way I'd ever let that slip.

But my Evie secret?

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