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\u201cI love Lavender. She\u2019s hilarious.\u201d \u201cYou have no idea.\u201d Flip\u2019s arm is draped over the back of my chair, and his smile tells an entire story. I narrow my eyes. \u201cWhat do you know that we don\u2019t?\u201d \u201cThere was a problem with Tristan\u2019s pants at the wedding,\u201d Flip replies. \u201cOh, I heard about this!\u201d Chase\u2019s eyes light up. Cammie frowns. \u201cWhy do you know about this and I don\u2019t?\u201d \u201cBecause Brody is Tristan\u2019s brother,\u201d Chase explains.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd he witnessed it.\u201d \u201cI need the inside scoop,\u201d Cammie insists. \u201cIt\u2019s cone,\u201d Chase and Flip say at the same time. Then they fist-bump each other. It makes me giddy. My pro hockey player and my friend\u2019s boyfriend are bonding over wedding shenanigans. Cammie and I make a lips-zipped, cross-our-hearts motion. Chase and Flip have a silent conversation, and then Flip nods. \u201cSo Tristan\u2019s pants were too small,\u201d he explains. Tristan is a mammoth of a man. He\u2019s almost six and a half feet tall, and his hands are stupid huge.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis business was businessing,\u201d Chase blurts. \u201cAnd Lavender was called in to fix it,\u201d Flip adds. \u201cOh my God.\u201d Cammie splays her hands on the table. I bet she\u2019s planning a scene for one of her fics. \u201cDid Kodiak lose his mind?\u201d I ask. Flip nods. \u201cI thought his head might explode when Lavender had to let out the crotch of Tristan\u2019s pants.\u201d Cammie and I burst out laughing. \u201cThe way he loves his wife is goals.\u201d \u201cHe\u2019s loved her his entire life,\u201d Flip says.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince they were kids. They\u2019re soulmates.\u201d \u201cTheir love seems so endless,\u201d I muse. My stomach twists uncomfortably. I can\u2019t imagine those two without each other. But what if something happened? How devastated would Kodiak be? How broken? Flip slides his arm along the back of my seat, thumb brushing back and forth along my shoulder blade, maybe sensing my sudden disquiet. I hate how my parents\u2019 divorce has made me question even the strongest of bonds.<\/p>\n

Flip asks Chase about the hockey season at Tilton, which sparks an animated conversation about where Chase is hoping to be after graduation. I love that Flip is connecting with my friends like this, that he\u2019s happy to give advice and gentle guidance. After brunch, we drop Chase and Cammie at her sister\u2019s place and head back to my apartment.<\/p>\n

Fee is at the art studio, working on a project. Flip grabs his bag out of the trunk. I\u2019m anxious and excited to have him all to myself as we take the elevator to my apartment. Two guys recognize him, and he signs their hats. It doesn\u2019t seem to faze him at all. \u201cDoes that ever get annoying?\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Terror Coach\u2019s oldest daughter \u2022 In final year of university \u2022 Tight with the Babe Brigade Nickname: Talls, Tally, Kitten Parents: Eline and Berend Siblings: Ties and Fenna Phillip \u201cFlip\u201d Madden: \u2022 Brother to Rix \u2022 Terror forward \u2022 Best friend to teammate Tristan and former neighbor to Dred Parents: Howard and Muffy Siblings: Beatrix (Rix) Stiles TERROR TEAMMATES Tristan Stiles \u2022 Terror Teammate \u2022 Husband to Rix \u2022 Best friend to Flip Quinn Romero \u2022 Terror Teammate \u2022 Previously attended the Hockey Academy together Kellan Ryker \u2022 Terror Teammate \u2022 New Goalie, tight with Quinn Ashish Palaniappa \u2022 Terror Teammate \u2022 Husband to Shilpa (team lawyer) \u2022 Best friend to Dallas Connor Grace \u2022 Former archnemesis to Flip \u2022 Terror enforcer \u2022 Previously attended the Hockey Academy with Dallas, Tristan and Flip Dallas Bright \u2022 Terror Forward \u2022 Best friend to Ash \u2022 Engaged to Hemi Hollis Hendrix \u2022 Best friend to Roman Hammerstein – Former Terror Goalie \u2022 Coaches at the Hockey Academy: Toronto Campus \u2022 Fianc\u00e9 to Peggy \u201cAurora\u201d Hammer Hammerstein Roman Hammerstein \u2022 Former Terror Goalie \u2022 Coach for the Hockey Academy: Toronto Campus \u2022 Dad to Aurora\/Peggy\/Hammer \u2022 Hollis\u2019s best friend \u2022 Husband to Lexi TALLY\u2019S TILTON UNIVERSITY CREW Cammie Lovelock Enid Posey Fee Forrest-Hammer Chase Lovett Mac Meyers Gage Steel Brody Stiles THE BADASS BABE BRIGADE: TALLY\u2019S GIRL SQUAD Wilhelmina Reddi-Grinst: \u2022 PR for Terror \u2022 Best friend to Shilpa \u2022 Engaged to Dallas Bright Nicknames: Hemi, Willy\/Wills Peggy Aurora \u201cHammer\u201d Hammerstein \u2022 Daughter to Roman Hammerstein \u2022 Girlfriend of Hollis Hendrix Nicknames:Peggy, Aurora, Hammer, Princess Beatrix Madden \u2022 Roommate to Hammer \u2022 Sister of Flip Madden \u2022 Married to Tristan Stiles Nicknames: Rix, Beat, Bea Essie Lovelock \u2022 Rix\u2019s best friend \u2022 Lives in Toronto \u2022 Dating Tristan\u2019s brother, Nate Stiles Sibling: Cammie (attends Tilton U-friend\u2019s with Tally and Fee) Alexandria Forrester \u2022 Terror assistant coach \u2022 Married to Roman \u2022 Guardian to her two younger sisters Ophelia (Fee) and Calliope (Callie) Nicknames: Lexi, angel Shilpa Palaniappa \u2022 Best friend to Hemi \u2022 Terror Lawyer \u2022 Married to Ashish Palaniappa Nickname: Shilps OceanofPDF.com Copyright \u00a9 2026 Helena Hunting All rights reserved Published by Helena Hunting Cover Design by Hang Le Cover Illustration by @rosiesfables Developmental Edit by Becca Mysoor Fairy Plotmother Editing by Jessica Royer Ocken And Erica Russikoff of Erica Edits Proofing by Julia Griffis Sarah at All Encompassing Books Amanda of Drafthouse Editorial Services If You Keep Me is a work of fiction.<\/p>\n

Names, characters, places, and incidents are all products of the author\u2019s twisted imagination and are used fictitiously.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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