My Ex's Football Rival Wants Me
Russell James called me plain. He said I didn't have what it took to drive a man crazy, then crawled back into bed with the supermodel he'd been hiding from me. I found out the hard way, with my own eyes and what little dignity I had left. By then, he'd already signed his professional football contract, become a rising star, and decided I was no longer in his league.
A year later, my life is falling apart. My mother's surgery is unaffordable. My younger brother's hockey dreams are slipping away. My final semester fees are overdue.
Then my half-sister offers me a deal.
Seduce a powerful fashion executive at an elite Madrid nightclub and help secure her place in Europe's most prestigious fashion show. In return, my family's problems disappear.
I say yes.
I spend the night with the man she described.
By morning, I discover I've slept with the wrong man.
"Connor?" he repeats, amused. "My name's Andre."
Andre Fernandez.
Real Numancia de Madrid's golden boy. Europe's most sought-after footballer. Forty-eight million followers. A €150 million market value.
And the biggest rival of the ex-boyfriend who shattered my heart.
Before I can process what happened, Andre finds me. He clears my family's debts and makes one impossible demand:
"Be my girlfriend."
I say no.
Andre Fernandez clearly isn't used to hearing that word.
When paparazzi catch us kissing at a high-profile party, the internet explodes. To save Andre's reputation, his PR team pushes us into a fake relationship complete with staged appearances, rehearsed interviews, and public displays of affection.
None of it is supposed to be real.
Except the longer we pretend, the harder it becomes to remember where the performance ends.
Russell sees the photographs and is annoyed at his rival's proximity to me.
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Chapter: 8: Who Did I Sleep With?Carmen's POVThe first result was a W i k i p e d i a page. The photograph at the top showed a man in a white football jersey, arms spread wide after a goal, stadium lights shining behind him, thousands of people on their feet. The face was the same face that had been watching me from the pillow twenty minutes ago.Andre Fernandez is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for La Liga club Real Numancia and the Spain national team. Known for his exceptional dribbling, pace and agility, he is considered one of the best left-footed right wingers in the world. A footballer?! No, it cannot be happening. I scrolled down.His current market value is 150 million euros. Fernandez joined Numancia’s first team at the age of 19 and over three seasons with the club, he has made 111 appearances and was instrumental in securing the club 2 champions league wins, la liga, the UEFA supercup and the FIFA club world cup. Fernandez has won both the Golden Boy and the Kopa Trophy awards i
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Chapter: 7: Connor? I'm AndreCarmen's POVI had the best dream of my life, and I was half awake wishing it had happened in real life. Wait a minute! I kept my eyes closed for a moment and let the night come back to me in pieces. The bar. The car. The penthouse. His hands. His mouth. The sounds he made. My body was sore in places I hadn't known could be sore, a deep, slow ache between my legs that felt like proof of something I was not ready to think about in the daylight. What the actual fuck?!I opened my eyes.The room was large, unfamiliar, flooded with morning light. The sheets were cream colored, expensive and tangled around my legs. The city was out there through the windows, bright and awake, completely indifferent to whatever had happened in this room a few hours ago.I could feel the weight of someone watching me without wanting to interrupt. I turned my head slowly and he was there, lying on his side facing me, already awake, already watching. His hair was messy from the night. His eyes were soft, warm.
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Chapter: 6: An Unforgettable NightCarmen's POVHe came down on top of me, his weight pressing me into the mattress, his mouth on mine, his hands in my hair. Every thought I had about Mirabel, about plans, about the reason I was in this building tonight, went completely dark.His body against mine was everything I had imagined at the bar. The hard muscle under his warm skin, the broad shoulders pinning me down. The athlete's build bare and flush against me with nothing between us except my underwear. He was strong, I could feel it with the way he effortlessly moved me, one hand lifting my hips to pull me closer while the other held my wrists loosely above my head.But I didn't want to be underneath him. Not yet. I wanted to touch him first.I pushed against his chest and he pulled back immediately, reading my face, giving me space. I sat up on the bed and looked at him standing in front of me in the low city light, bare chest, abs, gosh! His skin, golden brown, and something inside me shifted. I wanted to put my mouth
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Chapter: 5: Kisses in the back of the CarCarmen's POVI kissed him back with fervour while having my hand on the back of his neck to pull him into me. My mouth was on his like it was the only thing I had been thinking about for the last hour. There was no pause and no performance and the kiss was deep and hungry and nothing like the ones at the bar. Those had been for the room. This one was just for us.His hand slid around my waist and the sound he made against my mouth was low and rough and I felt it in my chest. The partition was already up, dark glass sealing us off from everything, and the rest of Madrid could have disappeared and I would not have noticed.I climbed into his lap. My dress rode up my thighs and his hands were on my hips instantly, fingers pressing hard enough to send heat rushing through my stomach. I could feel him getting harder underneath me with every movement and I rolled my hips against him deliberately and he groaned into my mouth while his grip tightened on me like a reflex."Careful," he murmure
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Chapter: 4: He is Hot??Carmen's POVFrom across the section I had confirmed the brown hair, the dark jacket, the confident posture, all of it matching Mirabel's description close enough that I was sure. But that was at a distance. Up close, as he leaned forward to say something to one of his companions and the light caught his face properly, the details filled in and they were better than the photograph. His jaw was sharper, his shoulders were broader, and his eyes were dark and warm. When they settled on me they lingered.I turned back to my drink and took a sip and let myself feel it.I set my glass down and looked at him again, slowly, deliberately. Then I let one corner of my mouth lift into something that was not quite a smile. It was smaller than that, more deliberate. I was sending an invitation.He held my gaze for a long moment. Then he raised his glass to me from across the section, just slightly, and said something to the man beside him without looking away from me.A few minutes later the barten
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Chapter: 3: I will Seduce HimCarmen’s POVI called Mirabel at seven in the morning, three days after she left my apartment. Elena's surgeon had already called twice about the outstanding balance on her post-op care, politely the first time, less so the second. Mateo's academy fees were due at the end of the month and I had already moved money around twice to cover the last one. There were no more corners to cut. There was no freelance job I could pick up in time, no loan I could qualify for without a cosigner, no version of the next six weeks where I looked at all three of those things at once and found a way through without help.I sat on the edge of my bed with my phone in my hand for ten minutes before I dialled. I thought about every single thing I hated about Mirabel's proposal and what it would mean to say yes to it, and then I thought about Mateo being told his placement had been pulled, and I pressed the call button.Mirabel picked the call on the second ring."I'll do it," I said. A beat of silence. The
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