Asher Donovan, a star striker with a record-breaking transfer, fails in the last seconds of the Premier League final, costing his new team the championship. The crowd calls him a traitor, and his rivalry with captain Vincent makes tensions worse. With the coach furious and the team divided, Asher must face his past mistakes—and the storm that’s coming next.
I kneeled there in the restroom, vomiting until I was empty and out of tears to cry. I heard people come and go, but the memory of Asher’s confession was my only consistent company. I was racing. I knew three words would have the power to change our relationship. I just hadn’t expected it to…
The warmth leached from my body. No. This was a joke. It must be an article from one of those satirical news websites because it couldn’t be real. I refused to believe it. My friends must’ve picked up on my mood shift because their conversation abruptly petered out. “Scarlett? What’s wrong?” Carina asked. Her voice…
My knees buckled with relief. Alive. He’s alive. The word rang in my ears. A small, morbid part of me had been so convinced I’d arrive and find Asher gone that Vincent’s reassurance refused to sink in. It floated around the edges of my consciousness, suspended by an irrational fear that my brother had somehow…
It’d been two weeks since news broke of our relationship and one week since we checked out of the Ashworth. Thankfully, the security team Asher hired did a good job of keeping the paps at bay around my building, but I drew the line at having a bodyguard shadow my every move. I already lacked…
Judas scratched into the hunter green paint was proof of that. They were the only ones with the means and motive. If the incident happened in Holchester, I would’ve been more circumspect, but in London? It couldn’t have been anyone else. They called me Judas consistently, and they’d played Chelsea over the weekend, so they…
You’ll never amount to anything. Football is a ridiculous dream. Dammit, Asher, you’re not trying hard enough! Do you want to be second best forever? Promise me you’ll play for both of us. You have what it takes to be the greatest footballer in the world. Don’t let this opportunity go to waste. You’ve lost…
It was one of the many reasons I’d been hesitant to get involved with him, but he’d proved time and again that none of those reasons mattered. My life hadn’t truly been my own since I met him, and if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn’t change a thing. However, that…
“It better not.” The vein in Coach’s temple pulsed again. “I’ll let it slide for now, but if I catch one bloody whiff of dissent between you two today or any other day, I won’t be so lenient. Now get the hell out of here and join your teammates in training. You’ve missed enough work…
The hospital kept me overnight and discharged me the next evening. That same night, an hour before I was discharged, news of my relationship with Asher broke. Football superstar ditches match for his hospitalized girlfriend! The thin line between love and hate: Asher Donovan revealed to be dating his biggest rival’s sister! Who is Scarlett…
Several beats passed before he finally responded. “She is a shit cook,” he muttered. “That’s why we always order takeaway when we eat together.” I allowed myself a tiny scoff as we lapsed into another brooding silence. My pulse pounded from the force of my rant, but now that I’d gotten it off my chest,…