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Penulis: A.Silver
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-03-25 07:17:42

RICHARD’S POV

Briggs was already smiling when I walked in.

Not his usual expression. His usual expression was neutral with a side of waiting for something to go wrong. This was different. He had the footage pulled up and his coffee was still hot and he was leaning back in his chair with the specific energy of a man who had slept well for the first time in a while.

I sat down.

"Hell of a game," he said.

"It was one game."

"It was one game against a program that hasn't lost at home in three years
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  • Rough Play (An Erotic MLM Sports Romance)   26

    Richard's POVThe whistle came from somewhere far away.The crowd noise returned in pieces, like a radio finding its signal. My teammates were moving around me, some celebrating the performance, some already heading toward the touchline, and I was standing in the middle of the pitch with the result sitting in my chest and my legs still going and the game already over.The commentator's voice bled through the stadium speakers.Both programs heading to Wood Work. The rivalry between O'Reilly and Williams more heated than ever. One point separating them today.One point.I stood there and let it wash over me and did not move.Marcus got to me first."Hey." He grabbed my shoulder and turned me toward him. "Look at me. One point. You hear me? One point.""I hear you," I said."That's nothing. That's a rounding error. We played well today, Richard. The whole team played well.""I know.""Do you?" He looked at me hard. "Because you're standing here like someone died."I said nothing."We're

  • Rough Play (An Erotic MLM Sports Romance)   25

    Andre's POVTWO DAYS LATERRose was already in the corridor when I came out of the changing room.She was standing beside Lexie with her coat on and her earplugs in her hand, ready, like she had been here longer than either of us and was simply waiting for the rest of the situation to catch up.I stopped. "You need anything? Water, food, somewhere to sit before—""No," she said."Rose. The bleachers are going to be loud today. This is a qualifying match, the crowd is going to be—""I have earplugs," she said. She held them up, the same way she had held them up the first time, like the gesture explained everything and further conversation was unnecessary."Is Richard playing today?" she said.I looked at her. "Yes. He's on the Wolves roster.""Good." She nodded once. "I want to thank him.""Rose, this is a qualifying match. You're not going to be able to get near the pitch before or after—""I want to thank him," she said again. Same tone. Same finality.I looked at Lexie.Lexie looked

  • Rough Play (An Erotic MLM Sports Romance)   24

    Richard's POVWednesday practice was supposed to run until six.I was in the middle of a contact drill when my phone buzzed in my shorts pocket. I ignored it. It buzzed again. Marcus glanced at me from across the line and I shook my head and reset my stance and we went again.When Briggs blew the whistle for water I pulled the phone out.Sofia."Ooooh," Marcus said immediately from two feet away. He had eyes like a hawk when it came to other people's business. "Is that her?""Mind the drill," I said."It's a water break." He leaned over. "Call her back. She's been—"I stepped away from the group and picked up."Hey," she said. Her voice was warm the way it always was, like she had been looking forward to this call specifically. "Are you training?""Just a break," I said. "What's up?""I have a surprise for you.""I don't like surprises.""You'll like this one." A pause. "I'm sending you an address. Come tonight. I'll be there at eight."I looked back at the group. Marcus was watching

  • Rough Play (An Erotic MLM Sports Romance)   23

    Andre's POV One week to Wood work. That was the number I woke up with and the number I carried through breakfast and the drive to the facility and the tape job and the walk out to the pitch. Win today. Win the next. Then the Wolves in the qualifying round and Wood Work on the other side of it. Seven days and two results standing between me and a week in the national forest that I had been thinking about since the first whistle of the first game this season. I was focused. Sharp. Exactly where I needed to be. Tanner fell into step beside me during warm-up. “One week to Wood Work, huh,” he said. “I know.” “I cannot wait to get my dick wet.” I looked at him. “It’s Wood Work. There are no girls allowed.” “No girls allowed, huh?” He bumped my shoulder. “Like you haven’t smuggled Lexie in the previous two years.” “Tanner—” I grabbed his arm. He kept going. “Honestly at some point I thought your tent was going to go up in flames from all the loud pound—” “Tanner!” He raised his

  • Rough Play (An Erotic MLM Sports Romance)   22

    Andre's POVI pushed back from the table before I had fully decided to.I told myself it was the thank you. That I owed him that much and it had been sitting on me since the benefit and the clean thing to do was say it and be done with it. That was the reason I was crossing a restaurant toward a man I had pinned against a wall forty-eight hours ago.That was the reason.Richard was standing near the exit with his jacket half on, looking out through the glass toward the street. He didn't turn when I came up behind him. I stopped a few feet back."Richard," I said.He turned.His face was neutral in the way it was always neutral, that default flat expression he wore like a second skin, giving nothing back until he decided to. He looked at me and waited."I wanted to say thank you," I said. "For Rose. At the benefit." I kept my voice level. "You didn't have to stay with her and you did and I came in there and made it something it wasn't. So. Thank you."It cost something to say. I could

  • Rough Play (An Erotic MLM Sports Romance)   21

    Richard's POVDarren had been gone since noon.No note, no text, nothing. Just the truck missing from the driveway when I got back from training and the particular quality of quiet that came from a house when the person who made it feel like a trap was temporarily somewhere else. He was probably at whatever bar gave him the least resistance on a weekday afternoon. I did not care where he was. I cared that he wasn't here.I sat on the couch for a while. Then I moved to my room. Then back to the couch. I ate something from the fridge that didn't require cooking and watched the ceiling and let the day sit on me without trying to do anything with it.The article was still out there. Briggs's voice was still in my head. The image was still the image.I had my phone face down on the cushion beside me when Sofia called.I looked at the screen for two rings before I picked up."I'm taking you out," she said."Not tonight.""Richard.""I'm serious. I'm not in the mood for—""The article has be

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