Stoppage Time

She was hired to fix him—not fall for him. Sports psychologist Ava Lopez has one unbreakable rule: never become emotionally entangled with a client. But when she's contracted to work with Diego Salcedo, the crumbling captain of Northbridge United, she discovers a man drowning in grief he won't name and a club rotting from the inside out. Their sessions crackle with tension, defiance, and a dangerous chemistry that threatens to destroy everything they've built. In a world where vulnerability is weakness and love is leverage, Ava and Diego must choose between self-preservation and the only thing that feels real.