Story By Akinrogunde Maureen
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Akinrogunde Maureen

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My best friend's rival
Updated at Jul 26, 2026, 05:49
Claire Hart has spent years keeping her head down. As a scholarship student with a widowed mother depending on her, she has no time for distractions, especially not the school's most popular hockey star. Ethan Hansgrove has everything she doesn't. Fame, talent, and a future every athlete dreams of. But when a shocking suspension threatens his hockey career, he secretly turns to the one person no one would ever expect for help... Claire. Their late-night tutoring sessions are supposed to stay a secret. Then the rumors begin. To stop the gossip from destroying Claire's reputation, Ethan blurts out the first lie that comes to mind. "She's my girlfriend." Now they're trapped in a fake relationship neither of them planned, while jealous classmates, dangerous rumors, and hidden secrets threaten to tear them apart. As Claire's anonymous poetry begins capturing hearts across campus and someone steals credit for the words she poured her soul into, she'll have to decide whether staying invisible is worth losing her voice. In a game where hearts, dreams, and futures are all on the line, can two complete opposites rewrite the rules... or will their perfect game plan fall apart before the final whistle?
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