The Perfect Interception

Marcus Bell has three months to earn his next contract and one rigged game he can't refuse. The men who have his brother's medical records in a folder know exactly how to use a quarterback, and they don't need threats when a photograph will do. The team's answer is optics: a fake engagement to the publicist who has spent three years pretending her brother didn't die owing money to the same people. Dani Okafor takes the assignment because she needs the bonus and because something about the quarterback's smile doesn't reach his eyes. She starts listening. She starts recording. She starts meaning it. Now the conference final is on Sunday and the whole plan hinges on which of them has the nerve to break the rules the men with the folder set for them.