On Thursday afternoon, Olivia comes home to find Carter out at a meeting with his coach. He has left her a rose, chocolate-covered Oreos, and a love note saying he is grateful not to spend another night away from her. Olivia takes Dublin for a hike and falls asleep on the couch. She wakes to find Carter home, sucking on a red Ring Pop. He places a matching candy ring on her finger, saying it is a temporary placeholder until he replaces it with one she cannot eat.

The next day, Friday, is game day. Olivia has taken the day off work. Carter returns from his morning skate, and after breakfast, they have what he calls good luck sex. At the game that evening, Carter scores the first goal. Late in the third period, he is illegally checked from behind but recovers. The other team ties the game with 30 seconds left, forcing overtime. In the tunnel before overtime, Carter delivers a passionate, profanity-laden speech that hypes up his team.

Before returning to the ice, Carter asks Olivia for a good luck kiss and tells her he will score a goal for her. Carter scores in overtime, winning the Stanley Cup for the Vipers. During the ceremony, Carter presents the MVP trophy to Adam. Before hoisting the Stanley Cup, Carter calls Olivia onto the ice, thanks her, tells her she makes his world complete, and says he loves her. He then lifts the Stanley Cup above his head in triumph.

On Saturday morning, Carter wakes up hungover to find Olivia hungover and throwing up in the bathroom. Later, Jeremy arrives with his family for a team party and gets emotional when he sees the Stanley Cup on the kitchen table. Carter places Jem inside the cup for photos. Jem babbles something that sounds like Carter’s name, prompting Carter to gloat to Jeremy.

That evening at an upscale celebratory dinner, Olivia is drunk and tired. Her lawyer picked up her keys that morning, finalizing the sale of her house and cementing their shared home status. Olivia flirts by winding Carter’s tie around her hand, and Carter responds with explicit teasing and threatens to use the tie to restrain her hands.

Carter goes to the bathroom, and a blonde woman rushes in claiming an emergency with a tampon. He accidentally leaves his phone on the counter when he leaves. After leaving the restroom, Carter is approached in the lobby by the same blonde woman, who propositions him and reaches for his tie. Carter stops her. Olivia returns from the restroom and confronts the woman, kissing Carter possessively to make her point.

Outside, Olivia kisses Carter again before getting in a limo with Cara and the other women. Carter returns inside to find the blonde still waiting. Courtney, Adam’s ex-girlfriend, appears and smirks at Carter, revealing she has his phone, which he had misplaced at the restaurant.

At four o’clock in the morning, Olivia wakes with an uneasy feeling and is unable to reach Carter. Cara calls, revealing that Emmett saw Carter leave the restaurant abruptly after the women left, and no one has been able to contact him since. At five o’clock in the morning, Olivia is tagged in paparazzi photos on a gossip account showing Carter entering a hotel with two women: the blonde from the restaurant and Courtney. The captions accuse Carter of cheating on Olivia, with speculation that he has been having an affair with Courtney.

Carter arrives home at 7:16 am, looking heartbroken. Olivia hugs him, and he clings to her, whispering that he loves her. He refuses to look at her or explain what happened. When Olivia asks if he got a hotel room with them, he eventually whispers yes. He cannot explain further, only saying he is sorry and that things are broken.

Heartbroken, Olivia packs a bag to leave. Carter follows her, pleading with her not to go. She yells at him for his silence, begging him to talk to her. Defeated, Carter says he does not know how to explain. Olivia recalls thinking they were “slow dancing in a burning room” and that their relationship was always destined to go up in flames (411). She gets in her car and tells him she will never stop loving him, even though he has broken her heart. She drives away, leaving Carter falling apart in the garage. Having nowhere else to go, Olivia goes to visit Hank for comfort.

Carter reflects on losing his forever and feels the Stanley Cup is meaningless without Olivia. He admits he could not give Olivia the truth she begged for: that he would never hurt her. After Emmett texts that Olivia is safe with him and Cara, Carter throws his phone, shattering the screen. He goes to Hank’s place, where Hank advises him to explain what really happened so they can fix it.

Carter returns home to find Emmett, Garrett, and Adam waiting. He discovers Cara packing Olivia’s clothes and stops her, insisting that Olivia is coming back. Cara tearfully urges him to fix the situation. Carter confesses to his friends that he took intimate photos of Olivia and kept them on his phone. Courtney found the phone, accessed the photos, using Olivia’s birthday as the password, and used them to extort him. She threatened to leak the photos if he did not comply. She did not want money; she wanted revenge, blaming Carter and Olivia for her breakup with Adam.

On Monday, Carter goes to Cara and Emmett’s house, where Olivia is now staying. He finds her crying on the bathroom floor; she initially recoils from him in fear. He apologizes for his silence, which he knows reinforced her insecurities about not being enough. He promises to tell her the truth but says he needs time to find the answers to fix the situation. They both admit they still love each other.

Olivia agrees to wait, telling him she will be there when he comes back with answers. Carter spends the night thinking and visits his father’s grave. He then goes to a police station to file a report, turning over his shattered phone as evidence.

On Wednesday morning, Olivia is exhausted and miserable from six hours of sleep over three nights. She tells Cara she is heartbroken that Carter has not returned with answers yet. She realizes that if their roles were reversed, Carter would insist they face the problem together. Olivia decides to go to Carter to show him that they are stronger together.

After work, she drives to Carter’s house, but he does not answer the door and has changed the keypad code. She breaks down sobbing on his front porch. Carter finds her there and explains that he changed the code to keep others out, not her. He tells her the situation is still broken, and he cannot come back until it is fixed. Olivia insists they must work through it together, as he taught her. She kisses him and asks for the truth.

Carter explains what happened: Courtney found his phone in the restaurant bathroom, accessed intimate photos he had stored, and threatened to leak them unless he broke up with Olivia. His silence was a panicked attempt to buy time while he tried to protect Olivia.

A police cruiser arrives with two officers who return Carter’s phone and inform him that both Courtney and her accomplice are in custody. The blonde woman from the restaurant confessed out of guilt, providing evidence of Courtney’s intent to distribute the photos regardless. That night, Olivia calls Carter from Cara’s house, saying she does not want to sleep without him. Carter immediately drives over, gets into bed with her, and they fully reconcile.

On Saturday, Carter visits his father’s grave, a daily ritual this past week. His house has felt empty without Olivia, who has been with Cara at a resort for two days, preparing for the wedding. He returns home to find Adam and Garrett on his porch. Adam tells Carter he is proud of how he handled the extortion situation. Carter, Adam, and Garrett pick up Hank and drive to Whistler for Cara and Emmett’s wedding weekend.

At the Four Seasons hotel, they find a stressed Cara yelling about reception details. Olivia calmly talks her down. At the rehearsal dinner, Olivia mesmerizes Carter. He shows her a new phone and a cute drawing Dublin supposedly made for her. Olivia gives a moving maid of honor speech about Cara and Emmett’s inspiring love.

After dinner, Carter tells Olivia she looks like she needs a bath and takes her to her hotel room. He runs a bath for her with her favorite bath bomb, which he secretly had the hotel provide. He undresses her and leads her to the tub. He tells her he never wants to experience life without her again. Olivia tells him she wants to come home, and they kiss. Carter leaves to fulfill his best man duties, telling her he will see her at the altar.

On the wedding day, Olivia tells Cara that Carter appeared in her room in the middle of the night, and they snuggled while she slept but did not have sex. Before the ceremony, a nervous Cara shoves Olivia outside to get Emmett, causing her to bump into Carter. Olivia becomes flustered and tongue-tied talking to Carter, who looks handsome in his suit. During the ceremony, Carter’s eyes are locked on Olivia.

At the reception, Olivia sees Carter and Jeremy talking, shaking hands, and hugging. Jeremy admits to Olivia that he was wrong about Carter. Carter requests the song “Something Like Olivia,” and they dance. Carter gives his best man speech, which is both funny and deeply heartfelt. He says he never understood Emmett’s devotion to Cara until he met Olivia, looking directly at her while saying this.

During the bouquet toss, Cara walks over and hands the bouquet directly to Olivia instead of throwing it. Cara spins Olivia around, where Carter is waiting. Carter begins a romantic speech to Olivia in front of all the guests, acknowledging that Cara gave him her full support to do this at her wedding. He tells Olivia why he loves her and describes how much he needs her. He gets down on one knee and opens a ring box.

Carter asks Olivia if she is embarrassed by the public proposal. She admits she is but tells him not to stop. He gives a heartfelt speech about needing her, loving her, and being proud to have earned her love. He tells her to marry him, framing it as a demand because he refuses to live without her. Olivia kneels to face him and says yes. Carter joyfully announces to the crowd that she is going to be his wife. He puts the diamond ring on her finger and kisses her.

After the reception, Carter takes Olivia home. The new security code for the house is 1215, the date they met. Inside, Carter has decorated the hall with framed photos of their family and friends. He shows her a home office he created for her work. In their bedroom, he has added a new dresser for her clothes, a reading corner by the fireplace, and flowers. They make love, and Carter expresses his terror at the thought of having lost her.

The next morning, Carter surprises Olivia with a large breakfast spread on the balcony, where he says he first fell in love with her. He asks if she is open to a fall wedding, revealing he has already booked venue appointments for that day. He also reveals that Cara has been secretly planning their wedding for months since May and has already booked Olivia’s dress appointments. Before leaving for the appointments, they make love again. Carter says Olivia gives his stomach “flippy-floppies.”

In November, on Carter and Olivia’s wedding day, Carter is nervous while waiting at the altar with his groomsmen and Dublin, who is wearing a tuxedo. When Olivia appears, Carter’s anxiety vanishes. Overcome with emotion, he runs down the aisle to meet her, scoops her into his arms, and kisses her before they even reach the altar. Cara yells at them to get to the altar and get married.

At the reception, during their first dance, Carter tells his new wife she is spectacular. Hank gives a moving speech that brings Olivia to tears. Carter and Olivia sneak away to a bathroom for a quick sexual encounter. Back in the ballroom, they prepare to give a champagne toast. When a server offers Olivia champagne, Carter stops them, placing a hand on Olivia’s stomach and announcing to all 250 guests that she cannot drink alcohol because she is pregnant.

Olivia is furious, as Carter’s one rule for the night was not to tell anyone about the baby. Carter sees his teammates exchanging money from bets they made on whether he could keep the secret. He gives Olivia his most charming, dimpled grin, shrugs innocently, and says, “Oops.”