I spent seven months proving Nolan Brennan was responsible for the hit that nearly ended another player’s career.

Five years later, he walks back into my life, and somehow, I’m the lawyer negotiating his future.

He hates me. I should hate him.

Instead, every argument pulls us closer, every late night makes it harder to remember why we’re supposed to stay apart, and the man I once tried to destroy becomes the man I can’t stop falling for.

But loving Nolan means risking everything I’ve built.

And this time, I don’t know if my heart can survive the truth.