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

“Wait. I swear. I really didn’t expect you to be so upset.”


“You really didn’t?” They kept going, through the pantry, into the kitchen, the dining room, into the formal living room where they’d started. “You really didn’t?” Milo grabbed his Father Christmas robe as he reached the front door. “That pisses me off even more! Because I guess you don’t know me, then, as well as I thought.”


“I’m not sure.” Milo reached for the knob. “But if we have any real shot, if we mean anything to each other, if any of this is what we’re saying it is, we’re close enough where I can say something, right?”


Chapter 84