She spent years building a career where emotions had no place. As the newest physiotherapist at one of Europe's biggest football clubs, all she wants is to prove that she belongs. Then she's assigned to a player who barely speaks. Michael Olise, private, disciplined, and determined to recover without letting anyone in. But long hours in the treatment room have a way of breaking down walls neither of them expected to lower. Somewhere in between, the line of patient and physiotherapist begins to disappear. Some injuries take weeks to heal. Others change everything.

michael olise meets ayeesa douglas. how far will he let her in?

𝐀 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫. 𝐀 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐲𝐞𝐫. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝.