Low-ranking Omega Aveline has one heart set on Ethan, the distant hockey Alpha who is destined to be hers. But the moment she starts hearing his private thoughts—sharp, impatient, and seemingly full of contempt—she believes he’s disgusted by her and walks away. Ethan is horrified and spirals fast, until a hospital accident exposes the truth: all those biting complaints were meant for her male friend, not for Aveline. With family wounds he never healed, love was always the one thing he didn’t know how to say.