Red Thorns

What began as a wager ended badly for the narrator. Sebastian Weaver leads his college football team at quarterback and draws more attention than anyone on campus, and nearly every girl there hopes he will notice her. The narrator is sure she is not one of them and believes she can resist his charm. He is wealthy, striking, and, by her account, a jerk.

She was certain she could withstand being the object of his pursuit, but that certainty did not last once he turned his attention to her. Her assumptions about herself are about to be tested, and the desires that follow surprise her more than she expected.