Whistle Me Closer

Eden Callahan only meant to stop a stranger from drowning. Instead, she tackled six-foot-three Hutton Lambert into a resort pool, stole his attention, and accidentally became the only girl the silent quarterback could not forget.
That summer, Eden thought Hutton was a lonely backup nobody noticed. Then he stepped onto the field, shattered every expectation, and handed her his first touchdown ball in front of a roaring stadium. For one perfect season, she was the girl who knew him before the world did.
Four years later, Hutton is the untouchable star quarterback of the Denver Bison, and Eden is a broke Redwood graduate student working an event shift to pay rent. When a sports tabloid catches them kissing in a back alley, Hutton's PR team needs a story fast: the scandal-free athlete has reunited with his college sweetheart.
It is supposed to be damage control.
But Hutton still carries Eden's old note in his wallet. Eden still has every game he ever played saved on her laptop. And the more they pretend for cameras, teammates, sponsors, and strangers online, the harder it becomes to deny the truth.
She left because she thought loving him would ruin him.
He spent four years proving no one else could replace her.
This time, when the whole world is watching, Hutton Lambert is done letting Eden Callahan run from the rain.

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