I'm the rule?obsessed high school principal forced to help the coaches in the charity football game with my high?school rival -- Jake Lawson, a world?famous retired NFL quarterback, billionaire widower and single dad. How did that happen?
I step onto the fifty?yard line to fix a PR mess -- not to babysit pretty boy Jake Lawson.
He storms practice. I meet him glare for glare. Forced proximity with my rival -- perfect.
One dropped clipboard. One brush of his hand. Heat snaps through me like a kickoff.
He shows up early, fixes what's broken and carves out quiet spaces for every student to feel special.
A downpour traps us under the same awning and the laugh I've hidden for years finally escapes.
At the cemetery I leave flowers for beautiful Isabella -- my childhood friend who was his late wife -- and reverence takes the place of judgment.
In film study his voice goes rough when he asks what I think, he listens -- and I melt.
I fall, quietly and all at once. My heart goes all in.
Then an NFL TV show dangles a hometown role and his fans go crazy.
A custody notice for his son Tyler hits my desk like a siren.
If the courts take Tyler away -- or the TV fame takes him -- I don't just lose my old childhood rival. I lose the man who finally chose me... unless I choose us first.

• We started tracking this book on October 12, 2025.
• The current price of this book is FREE last checked 38 minutes ago.
• This book is currently at its lowest price since we started tracking it.

• RomanceSports

• Publication Date: September 17, 2025
• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 294 Pages
• File Size: 10 KB