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Isabella Carbo thought she'd left the world of elite rugby behind for good. The noise, the chaos, the oversized egos held together by tape and adrenaline. But life has a way of circling back, and suddenly she's standing on the sidelines again-this time as the newly appointed physiotherapist for Los Leones, the Spanish national team.
Calm, capable, and quietly unshakeable, Isabella keeps her head down and her focus sharp. She's there to do her job, nothing more. Until one player makes it impossible to stay unnoticed.
Josep Marino is everything she doesn't have time for. Towering, confident, and unapologetically charming, he carries himself like a man who's never doubted his place on the field or anywhere else. He's loud, magnetic, and far too aware of the effect he has on people.
Their first meeting is less than smooth. He calls her Shortcake. She calls him Asshole. Neither of them means to make it personal.
But somewhere between the treatment table and the training pitch, between shared glances and sharpened words, something begins to shift.
What starts as friction slowly turns into something harder to ignore and far more dangerous than either of them expected.