Cruel Desire
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Ask anyone, and they'll tell you I'm the good girl. The quiet one. James Grey's innocent little sister.
But they don't know I have a damning secret.
Living in the shadow of my older brother isn't as bad as it sounds. James and I are really close, and I know he only wants the best for me. But when he forbids me from getting involved with any of his basketball teammates, my heart plummets to my feet.
The problem: I've had a crush on one of them, Noah, star player and James life long best friend, for years.
He's callous, detached, a womanizer, and the polar opposite of the kind of guy James would like to see me with.
A slip up after a night out drinking sends my life into a spiral. A simple text changed everything. My world was thrown off its axis, because now?
Noah saw me. Suddenly, he was aware of my existence.
And it turns out Noah loves playing games off the court, too.
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