The pro football player I’m faking a relationship with has the perfect solution to my career woes. He’s encouraging me to lean into the pseudo-celebrity life I was born into instead of trying to outrun it, and for the first time in my life, someone sees me for me.

I feel like he’s falling for me, too.

And then my ex shows up.

We broke up because we saw different futures, but now he’s back offering me all the things I want...all the things the man I’m currently falling for isn’t willing to give me.

Now I have to decide whether to give up the future I always dreamed of just so I can stay in Ben’s tight hold a little longer.