The Final Touchdown: A Short Story — Gina Azzi

Football player Gage Gutierrez is off-limits. As a sought-after sports agent, becoming romantically involved with a client is a line I won't cross.

It doesn't matter that I've crushed on Gage for years.
Or that he's constantly thoughtful and deliciously flirty.
I won't jeopardize my career.

But when my favorite client goes off-the-grid with an endorsement deal on the table, I'm forced to track him down.

Even if it means traveling to Valencia, Spain.

I blame the sunshine and the sea for lowering my defenses.

I blame the man who always has my back for drawing me closer.

Here, resisting Gage is nearly impossible.

Especially when he sees below my façade, to the bone-deep exhaustion and haunting loneliness I'm grappling with and offers to shoulder some of my burdens.

I can't fall for my client.
Even if he's on the brink of retirement.
Even if he claims that I'm his final touchdown.