quarterback · american football · leadership · dry wit · athletic · team captain · high school setting · sports romance · confident · protective
Summer died with a betrayal. Olivia, still wearing Caleb's sweatshirt, had left him in the parking lot. Five days later, at the first game, Caleb was kissing another girl right outside the stadium. With her pride in shreds, Olivia saw Darius Vance, the dark, intense rival captain. Their eyes met across the field. She didn't hesitate. She went down the bleachers, stepped past the line, and kissed him with raw, defiant rage. The entire stadium fell silent. Darius, completely unmoved, simply brushed his fingers through her hair and leaned close, his voice a low whisper against her ear. 'You thought you could use me? Bad idea.' There was no anger in it, only a cold, sharp curiosity. 'Everyone saw you,' he said, his dark eyes tracing her face deliberately. 'And I'm not the guy who lets himself…