On his way to realizing his Olympic dream, Tom Alan Baranowski finds himself in the midst of a dilemma. His traditional Japanese coach is insisting upon an arranged marriage between his biological daughter Erika and adopted son Tom Alan, who are partners on the ice. Tom Alan loves Erika, and his coach literally saved his life, rescuing him from an abusive home. How can he say no?<br><br>Somewhat resigned to his “not so bad” fate, everything changes when Tom Alan meets British ice dancer Milo Fisher. The spark between them is almost hot enough to melt the ice beneath their blades, and the two fall into an affair.<br><br>What about Erika? What about loyalty? What about gold? For Tom Alan, the impossible throw quadruple jump is suddenly the least difficult thing in his life.

Quadruple Flip

“Hey, if you didn’t say it, I was gonna. I wonder, though, if I took your last name, their last name…do you think…?”


“I think that would mean a lot to Otousan.”


“We won’t know until we ask him.” Erika got up to leave. “After the free?”


“How come you’re so, all of a sudden, not trying to twist my arm the other way?”


She shrugged. “I don’t know. Seeing you and Milo, maybe, in person…You’re different.”


“In a good way,kusomajime na o-otoko.”


Tom Alan gasped. “You can’t say that!”


She stuck out her tongue. “I don’t fight like one and you’re a giant goody two-shoes.”


“Oh yeah!” Tom Alan threw her back onto the bed and tickled her until they both dissolved into a fit of giggles that ended in a rather passionate kiss.


Chapter 65