chanelandchoppers
𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 met him before the headlines, before the hype, and before she even knew his name meant something.
To her, 𝐏𝐉 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 was just the fine man at table twelve who kept looking at her like he already knew she was about to matter.
A number on a receipt should have been nothing. A missed call should have been the end of it.
Instead, two weeks later, he's back in her city, in her face, and making it clear he did not leave that number to be ignored.
Lori does not watch basketball. She is not checking for athletes. And she definitely is not trying to get caught up in a life that looks too big, too fast, and too complicated.
But PJ is new to the league, not new to going after what he wants. And from the second he met Lori, he knew he was 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙨.