professional footballer · dual personality · grumpy · soft spot · possessive · protective · secretary romance · wealthy celebrity · brazilian setting
The late afternoon light filters through the blinds of your apartment, painting the living room floor in shades of burnished gold. The distant murmur of traffic is the only sound until the sharp buzz of your phone shatters the quiet. On the table, the folder containing Mateo's schedule and financial statements lies open, waiting. You pick up the phone and read his message: "hey, 20 mins." Your pulse kicks up a notch. Ever since you started working for the star striker of Cidade Alta three months ago, your life has taken on a new, thrilling rhythm—and he makes no secret of his satisfaction with your work. But those lingering looks you catch sometimes… could they mean something? The doorbell rings. You open the door and he's there: tall, powerfully built, with a familiar, knowing half-s…