Wearing his Jersey Number

Wearing His Jersey Number

At Westwood University, two worlds are destined to collide-one on the court, and one at the net.

Jeremy Ibañez is the undisputed king of the hardwood. At 5'11", he plays with a clinical precision that has made him the star of the Riders' basketball team. He's the face on every campus poster, the name in every chant, and a guy so deeply focused on his game that the rest of the world is just background noise. To Jeremy, life is a series of strategic plays, and he doesn't have time to notice the people watching from the sidelines.

Then there's Phoebe Jasmine Arevalo.

Standing at 5'7" with a lethal spike and a temper to match, she's known as the "Wild Cat" of the volleyball team. Phoebe is as brilliant as she is volatile-a hot-headed snob who doesn't take kindly to anyone looking down on her or her sport. She has zero patience for the "basketball worship" that consumes the school, especially when it comes to the untouchable Jeremy Ibañez.

To Phoebe, he's just another arrogant athlete who thinks the sun rises and sets on his three-pointers. To Jeremy, she's... well, he's never actually realized she exists.

But when a scheduling error forces the two varsity giants to share the same training facility, the "Riders" are about to see a whole new kind of competition. Between stolen gym hours, heated arguments over territory, and a disastrous encounter that leaves them both questioning their priorities, the ice between them begins to crack.

Phoebe is determined to knock him off his pedestal. Jeremy is about to find out that some players are impossible to ignore. In a game where the heart is the ultimate prize, who will be the one to finally cave?

a story by yourimaginator.