The Last Night: A High-Heat Second Chance Hockey Romance with Forced Proximity, Career Stakes and Unfinished Love: 2

Seven years ago, he chose the contract before he gave her a choice. Now his final season depends on the woman he never stopped loving.Theresa Toner trusts evidence, not apologies.As the architect of Lake Arden's independent performance system, she has built her career around one principle: no athlete should be pushed back into competition simply because a club, sponsor or contract demands it.Then Wainaina Gikonyo walks into her testing programme.He is an injured hockey star, an assistant captain fighting for one final guaranteed season, and the man who ended their relationship before Theresa had the chance to decide whether their love was worth the risk.Wainaina came to Lake Arden for the truth about his damaged ankle. He did not expect Theresa to be the person measuring every weakness he has spent a career hiding.She does not expect the old chemistry to survive seven years of silence.But when his club announces a public comeback before he is medically ready, their professional conflict becomes impossible to separate from their unfinished past. Every test brings them closer. Every deadline threatens his career. And when their relationship becomes part of the scandal surrounding his return, both must decide whether protecting each other means stepping away or finally staying through the difficult choice.He once believed love meant deciding alone.This time, he will have to ask.The Last Night is a high-heat second chance hockey romance featuring an injured athlete, a brilliant data analyst, forced proximity, public pressure, emotional accountability and a complete happily ever after.