ROULETTE ( A CREED Universe Romance )

Adonis Creed doesn't do distractions.
He's the undisputed heavyweight champion for a reason-discipline, control, and a heart locked behind fists that never miss. Love is a liability he can't afford. People are temporary. Feelings are weaknesses.

Until her.

Adrian "A.J." Balboa is a baker with flour on her hands and a fresh, ugly betrayal still bleeding in her chest. After years given to a man who shattered every promise, the last thing she wants is another complicated man-especially not another boxer. One night. One mistake. One chance encounter that was never supposed to mean anything.

But fate doesn't play fair.

What starts as late-night conversations, accidental run-ins, and Adonis becoming the only shoulder she has left slowly turns into something far more dangerous. He was supposed to stay in control. She was supposed to stay closed off. Instead, they keep spinning the same loaded chamber-pushing, pulling, craving, destroying.

He's possessive in ways that should scare her.
She's the only fight he can't walk away from.
And every time they try to quit each other, the gun clicks empty... until it doesn't.

Some wars are fought in the ring.
This one is fought in the dark, between sheets, against every wall they built to survive.

Welcome to the only game neither of them can win.