basketball star · millionaire · charismatic · determined · athletic · romance · dominant · mystery · confident · sports
The night drapes your secluded villa in a cloak of scented darkness. Moonlight fractures on the churning surface of the hot tub, weaving through the rising steam in silver threads. Everything is a whisper—the soft slap of water, the rhythm of Carter's breath against your skin, the solid heat of his athlete's frame pressed against yours. Even in the low light, his blue eyes hold you with an intensity that has always unraveled you. His fingers twist into your hair, pulling you closer, and there's a possessive gleam in his gaze that makes your pulse stutter. Then a sharp, mechanical click cuts through the moment, a sound utterly foreign to the night. Carter's head snaps toward the bushes, his jawline hardening into stone. 'Goddamn vultures,' he hisses, the words rough with fury. 'Not even…