Wyncote Wolves, #5

The Goalie who Stole Christmas

Asher

Ever since my mom’s cancer diagnosis, she’s had one wish: to see all her kids settled down and happy.

My siblings have delivered, but I’m the last holdout—single, focused on hockey, and nowhere near ready to settle down.
But with my brother’s wedding coming up and family pressure building, I can’t show up alone.

So I do what any desperate guy would do—I ask my best friend to be my fake girlfriend for the week.

Sydney Phillips has always had my back. She knows me better than anyone.
And she’s the only one I trust to pull this off.

It’s just one week. One wedding. One Christmas.
What could possibly go wrong?

Sydney

Spending Christmas alone wasn’t exactly how I pictured my senior year.
So when Asher Golding—star goalie, certified golden retriever, and my best friend—asks me to come home with him for the holidays, I say yes.

He needs a fake date for a wedding. I need a distraction.
It’s the perfect arrangement. We even pinky swear to keep it strictly platonic.

But pretending to be Asher’s girlfriend turns out to be a lot harder than I thought, especially when his family welcomes me in as if it’s where I’m supposed to be.
And Asher? He’s suddenly looking at me like I’m not just his best friend anymore.

We said this wasn’t real.
We said we wouldn’t cross that line.
But that might be the one promise we can’t keep.