helpless

Childhood friends. Two broken hearts. A spontaneous road trip to escape it all. That's all it was supposed to be. After all, I'd been living in the friend zone for years now.
But hockey star Jasper Jarvis no longer looks at me like a friend. He no longer touches me like one either.
To his fans, he's the handsome, talented athlete on TV. But to me, he's still the lost boy with the sad eyes and the golden heart.
The man I've secretly loved for years.
So when my life falls apart on my wedding day, it only makes sense that he's the one to swoop in and rescue me. And when his world crumbles around him, I'm there to return the favor.
But the longer we spend alone, the more Jasper feels like no friend at all. He feels like everything I've ever wanted and thought I'd never have.
But our feelings aren't straightforward. They're twisted and warped by the pain of his past and the reality of my present.
Jasper Jarvis acts like he wants me.
But after years of rejection, he has to prove it.