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

“I am fucking mad! I’m fucking off my trolley. Foryou, not at you. I’ve never been mad at you. That would come, yeah, but we’ll…we would have gotten over it. Right now. I am bloody mad for you.” There was a sound, as if he actually smacked his phone. “Why am I wasting my breath? Whatever is wrong in your head, mate, that you don’t think you deserve what you’re telling me I do…whatever you bloody need to get fixed,” he stuttered, “I…I can’t fix it. You gotta do it. Somehow. Youhave to, and you don’t want to. It’s not that you can’t. You start, then you bloody quit. This is not the time to make big decisions for any of you, with your coach’s—”


“My father’s death. Not my coach’s.”


Chapter 104