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Going deep. In football, it means running down the field for a long pass. You’re serious. Committed. Unstoppable. As a wide receiver, it’s a term I’m all too familiar with. It’s who I am, at least when it comes to my career.

I grew up having no clue about the true meaning of love. Money. Cars. Houses. Status. Fame. That’s what love means to the people around me. It wasn’t until the woman I picked up in a bar came back into my life and showed me love can be so much more.

People see what they want to see. They only view what’s on the surface, and they’re easy to fool. I let them see on the outside that I’m a successful businesswoman. My clothes are designer, my makeup flawless, and I live in a high-rise condo in Lennox Hills. They see perfection, not what lies beneath the surface.

You don’t find love... it finds you. Alec is the steady in my crazy, the light to my dark. My best friend. He might be the one for me, but I’m not the one for him. He deserves to have a wife, kids, a home—the complete package. How can I build those things with him when I feel so incomplete, afraid I’ll never be enough? I lose myself in surfing and my art, desperate to find the meaning of my life.

Once upon a time, a boy and a girl met and fell in love…. That’s the way my love story began, but unlike the fairy tale, it ended with me standing in the cemetery, watching my prince get lowered into the ground, along with all our dreams.

But then one day, I was invited out by Willow—the younger tattoo artist who works for me—and the chemistry between us was undeniable. That night, after we parted ways, I found her sleeping on the streets, so I insisted she come home with me. The more time I spend with her, getting to know her, the more I fall for her The only problem is that Willow has been through hell and back, losing everyone close to her, and the only chance I have at making her mine is to prove that I’m in this forever.

Since the moment Kolton walked into The Orange Sunrise I’ve felt the connection between us. Like fireworks waiting to be set off on the Fourth of July, they’ll all shoot off with one spark, beautiful and dazzling, and explode in the sky. But what happens once they burn out? When the colors fade into ash, and we’re left with only the aftermath? Every word that leaves his mouth is more tempting than the last. He won’t take no for an answer, but I can’t say yes when there’s a chance he’ll break my heart.

Love finds you when you least expect it. I was only looking for a place to crash after having my heart ripped out. Instead I found someone who turned my world upside down. A girl like Georgia was looking for happily ever after, and so far, my life had been anything but a fairy tale. I can walk into a burning building without thinking twice, but the spark I feel with her scares the hell out of me. I can’t keep watching her look for someone else—not when I’m falling for her. When the smoke clears, it’s Georgia by my side. Life might not be perfect—but our love could be.