"Cleo..." Seth whispers, our breaths mingling as his thumb slowly traces my lips, maintaining eye contact. I watch him swallow, his Adam's apple bobbing in his throat. His eyes dare me, and the pulse in my pants surges. Suddenly, our lips crash together, devouring me as if he couldn't survive without the taste of my breath. He pulls away with a groan, as if it pains him, raising his hands in defense. "I will stop," he says, more to convince himself than to tell me. I step closer, running my fingers through his hair. "Don't stop," I beg, my voice needy. His brows raise. "I will stop." I inhale, this time my voice even needier. "Don't stop." And then he kisses me again, more passionately than before, as if he's finally ready to give in-one hand gripping my throat and the other possessively at my waist. ~ Cleo Sterling, the rebellious daughter of the mayor, has never followed the rules. With a party-girl reputation and a life lived on her terms,her carefree world is shattered when a tragic event forces her father to hire Seth Castillo a stoic ex- special forces military officer with a dark past. As tension rises between them, Cleo starts to uncover that the danger she faces runs deeper than she ever imagined. Seth knows more than he's letting on, and as the threat escalates, so does their undeniable, forbidden attraction-bringing them closer to a line neither of them can afford to cross. (UPDATES 1-2 TIMES A WEEK)

COVER MADE BY @frecklsuv ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ He whispered something to her before the minister began speaking. Although, I don't think they were listening until he told them that could read their vows now. Rosa handed me the piece of paper before I passed it over to Livi, smiling at her as she took it. I looked back over at Dalton, a huge smile on my face as he winked at me. He looked like he was thinking something over before he got nudged in the side by Hunter. He took a deep breath before mouthing something at me and it only took a few seconds to register. "I love you" ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Aspen Michaels is the daughter of the NFL coach for the LA Chargers. She practically grew up around football. She knows every play, terminology, and move in the book. So what happens when watching (and criticizing) one football practice, she catches a ball to the face? Dalton Rivers is the captain of the football team at his college. His teammates rely on him for almost every play and move they make. His main goal/life goal is to be drafted into the LA Chargers, close to his home. So, what happens when he crosses paths with the coach's daughter? One football to the face, a few casual hookups, and some crazy bitches along the way. What happens when something that was supposed to be just sex turns into something more? How are Aspen and Dalton supposed to handle that? Read to find out. Rankings ♡: #1 on pocauthor (2/26/22) #1 on nfl (10/5/22) #1 on stronglanguage (8/27/22) #10 on romance (3/29/23) #14 on sportsromance (7/8/22) #9 on friendgroup (6/9/22) #1 on whiteboy (7/29/22) #1 on bestfriends (12/29/22) ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ Started: July 11, 2021 Finished: June 9, 2022 ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━