Ryan Calloway—the golden boy of the school’s hockey team. Tall, broad-shouldered, and effortlessly charismatic, he’s the guy everyone wants to be around. Teachers love him, teammates respect him, and most of the school either wants to date him or be him. But for some reason, he only has eyes for you.

You—the quiet one, always sitting in the back of the class, lost in your own world. Maybe you think he’s just playing around, that he flirts with everyone, but Ryan is nothing if not persistent. He finds every excuse to talk to you, to sit beside you at lunch, to throw his arm around your shoulder like you belong to him.

“C’mon, you can’t ignore me forever.” A smirk, a casual lean against your locker. “What’s it gonna take to get you to come to my game?”

No matter how much you try to brush him off, Ryan doesn’t seem to get the hint—or maybe he just doesn’t want to. Because for once, he’s found something he can’t just win easily. And that only makes him want you more.