He has been her brother's best friend for six years.
He is about to be the worst kept secret of her life.
Maeve Sullivan came to Ashford in November with a transfer file, a no-contact arrangement, and a plan to be no one for one semester. Jake Donnelly, captain of the Ashford Wolves, projected first-round NHL pick, and her brother's roommate since freshman year, has, by every measurable surface, other plans.
What starts in a kitchen at one in the morning with a plate of toast cut into triangles becomes the season that will cost both of them everything they had decided they were going to be.
And the thing about a secret in a house with four hockey players and one yellow lamp is that secrets, eventually, are seen.
He sees her. He's been seeing her since November.
She just hasn't found out yet.