LOGINEthan Oliver Harrison's POV I jumped up quickly. My smile widened as I ran into his warm embrace.“Kane! Baby?!” I screamed like a child who'd just found sugar.Kane had a bright smile on his face. His arms eagerly wrapped around me, pulling me into a warm hug.I didn't struggle or try to move. I stood still, burying my head in his arms.“How have you been?” he whispered as he gently caressed my head.“Not good. Training has been hell, and I missed you,” I hummed in response.Kane looked at me with furrowed eyebrows before bursting into laughter. “You do remember that I play for the opposing party, right? Are you sure you're supposed to be complaining to me about how hard your team is?”I scoffed, playfully hitting him on his shoulder. “Since we're rivals, how about you quit hockey then? I don't want you crying to me when you eventually lose, so I'm politely asking you to quit while you still can,” I joked.Kane looked serious, and the smile on his face vanished. “Are you scared?” He
Kane Hau Alexander's POVFive days before the championship.It had been exactly one week since Carl disappeared. I kept acting like everything was fine, but the truth was I missed him like hell. Even when we fought, he was still my best friend. Not hearing his voice, not getting a single sarcastic text from him, it was starting to scare me more than I wanted to admit.Is he alright? Is he eating? Those two questions kept circling in my head like vultures.I had thought about flying to Japan more than once to confront his grandfather myself. But Shula shut that idea down fast. She even took my passport and hid it somewhere just to make her point. She knew me too well.Anyway, today it all ends. Carl is supposed to be back by noon. Some of my assistants left for Canada early this morning because none of us knew what to expect when he finally showed up.“What if Grandpa Akihiko is waiting at the airport with bombs?” Shula asked as we walked down the stairs from my office. “What if he pla
Ethan Oliver Harrison's POVThe week dragged on like a slow, painful death sentence.Every morning I woke up with the same heavy feeling in my chest. The championship was a few weeks away, and the pressure was suffocating. It was not just about winning anymore. It was about proving we belonged here. About proving that all the sacrifices, all the pain, all the doubt had been worth it. The entire team felt it. The air in the locker room was thick with tension. No one joked the way we used to. Even the usual banter had died down to awkward silence or forced small talk.Carl was still missing.His absence hung over us like a dark cloud. The coaching staff had brought in a replacement goalie, a young guy from the reserves named Marcus. He was talented, sure, but he was not Carl. He did not have that same fire, that same connection with the defense. Every time he stepped onto the ice, I could see the team adjusting, trying to make it work, but it was not the same. The rhythm was off. The tr
Daniel's POVFor the first time in years… I believed he meant it. A bitter smile tugged at the corner of my lips."If you really missed me," I said quietly, "you would've come over to my training ground and apologized to me."Dad's shoulders stiffened, but no one replied."I kept thinking one of you would show up at the apartment I live in, knock on my door, or even come over to the ice to beg." I laughed softly, but there wasn't a trace of humor in it. "Instead, all I got was the occasional voice notes and funny calls."Father lowered his head. "We wanted to give you space," he murmured."I didn't need space." My voice cracked despite my best efforts to keep it steady. "I needed my parents. I needed a family."The room fell deathly silent. Even Mia stopped fidgeting.Dad rubbed both hands over his face before letting out a long sigh. "I failed you," he admitted."No..." Father corrected quietly. "We failed you."Neither of them tried to defend themselves. Neither of them blamed work.
Daniel's POV“A week?”The words left my mouth before I even realized I had spoken. They echoed through the empty meeting room as I shot to my feet so quickly that the chair scraped loudly against the floor.“A whole week?” I repeated, staring at Ethan as though he had just told me Carl was never coming back. “You expect me to wait seven days without knowing whether he's even alive?”Ethan slipped his phone into his pocket and let out a slow breath. The conversation with Kane had clearly exhausted him too.“I just got off the phone with him,” he said calmly. “Carl is in Tokyo, Japan with his grandfather. Kane thinks bringing him back immediately would only make things worse. We have to give him time.”I laughed bitterly. “Time?”The word tasted disgusting.“Kane wants time because it's convenient for him.” I folded my arms across my chest, trying to ignore the ache that had settled behind my eyes after two sleepless nights. “He's never liked Carl dating me. This is exactly the kind of
Kane Hau Alexander's POVThe call ended, but I kept staring at my phone long after the screen went black.Carl had disappeared. No, he had vanished without leaving a single trace behind.That alone was enough to tell me something was terribly wrong.Carl was irresponsible when it came to replying to messages, but he never ignored important calls. He especially would not disappear after promising to meet me. He hated making people worry. If Daniel had spent days calling him without getting an answer, then Carl was not choosing to stay silent. He could not answer.I immediately dialed his number.The number you have dialed is not available.I frowned and called again. But it was the same response. Someone had removed his number from the network. That was not something ordinary people could do.I stood up from my office chair so abruptly that it rolled backward and crashed into the bookshelf.“What happened, boss?” one of my secretaries asked from outside.“Cancel every appointment I hav
Ethan Oliver Harrison's POVI barely had time to breathe before one of the United States's players hit me with his thick shoulder, causing me to stumble. We were halfway through the match, but my body already felt like I had run a marathon. I had been targeted by my opponents over five times, and br
Ethan Oliver Harrison’s POVIf reluctance were a person, it would be me. I checked the hallway three separate times before slipping out, praying none of my teammates noticed me leaving. Everyone else was warming up: stretching, laughing nervously, trying to shake off the pressure. Ten minutes until
“Get on your knees and suck my cock,” he whispered seductively in the dimly lit room, and I froze. The windows were open, letting in a cool breeze, and although I couldn't see his face clearly, I knew he was wearing that mischievous smirk of his.“Go to hell, Kane. What makes you think I’d suck you?
Daniel's POVHoneymoon has two meanings, and I think I completely guessed the wrong one this time.When Carl suggested we go on a honeymoon, my mind filled with beautiful images. Soaking together in a luxurious bathtub somewhere in Mali, watching the city lights sparkle from a balcony in Paris, or







