He’s spent his whole life protecting her—he just never expected to be protecting a secret this big.

Lucy Taylor thought the hardest part of being the Hillford Ice Hawks’ new athletic trainer would be the pressure of working for a professional hockey team, but she was wrong.

It’s the pressure of starting a new job, unexpectedly pregnant after a one-night stand, knowing she’s doing it all alone.

Theo Simmons, the team’s star winger has always been her constant. Her childhood best friend and the one person who’s always been by her side. So, when he finds out about her pregnancy, he swears she won’t have to go through it by herself.

And in a split second of panic, one lie slips out to the wrong people.

The baby is his.

What starts as damage control turns into a fake relationship to keep it all from falling apart. Somewhere between prenatal appointments and building a nursery, the line they swore to never cross vanishes completely.

Theo should walk away before it goes too far, but pretending to be Lucy’s boyfriend is the easiest lie he’s ever told and the hardest to let go.

And nine months was never going to be enough for him…