All Chapters of The Billionaire Jock's Game of Love: Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

Taylor POVDylan's name slips from my lips before I can stop it.The sound is barely more than a breath, but the silence that follows makes it echo. Heads turn, one after another, like a row of dominoes tipping over.The players nearest me blink the hardness as sweat dripping from their temples, jerseys clinging damp to their backs. Their confusion hardens into something sharper, more of like curiosity or suspicion—as if they've just stumbled onto a secret I never meant to spill.The silence between us is growing so heavy and stretched like a rope about to snap.The smell of liniment and damp turf fills my nose, thick and suffocating. My throat works once, dry and scratchy. Heat floods my cheeks, crawling up my neck until even my ears burn."It's Dylan…" I hear my own voice falter before I force the words out. "He's my ex."The confession scrapes my tongue raw. It's like I've bitten down too hard on the inside of my cheek, giving me a bitter, metallic taste.A murmur ripples through t

Taylor POVThe words fall from his lips like they're carved in stone, smooth and deliberate."What?" I can't believe what I heard."I need a commoner girlfriend," Aiden says, as if he is reading a line from a business plan. "Someone grounded, someone the media won't tear apart.""Someone who will stand by me while I clean up my reputation." His eyes flicker cool and unreadable.Sunlight streams through the tall windows, spilling across his desk and catching on the polished wood.He sits there with effortless command, one arm resting casually on the chair's armrest and the other draped across the desk as if it belongs to him. And maybe it does.The way the light skims over his jaw, over the faint stubble shadowing his skin, makes him look maddeningly composed, kinda attractive.My gaze lingers a bit longer than it should. Heat stirs low in my stomach before I shake my head sharply."In exchange, Taylor," he says, voice smooth and deliberate, "I can give you anything you want—money, fam