Across the Line (Locker Room Rules: A College Sports Romance #5)

He’s Riverview’s star striker—brilliant, volatile, and one bad moment away from becoming a permanent headline.

She’s the grad-intern therapist—calm, careful, and one rumor away from losing everything she’s worked for.

Max Delgado doesn’t do “quiet.” He does goals, pressure, and anger that hits like lightning.The program puts him under a media blackout and hands him an emotional regulation plan with one condition: he has to meet with Sabrina Yu—the one person who’s never been impressed by his talent or afraid of his temper.

Sabrina didn’t come to Riverview to babysit a problem athlete. She came to earn her credentials, do real work, and stay invisible.

Then the sponsor starts sniffing around for “brand safety.” The gossip feed starts writing its own story. And forced road trips, late-night film sessions, and tunnel walks under stadium lights turn their old rivalry into something sharper—something that feels like trust.

They’re off-limits. They’re being watched. And the line between “professional” and “personal” keeps showing up under their feet—literally painted in white on the sideline.

Because when Max is calm, he’s unstoppable.

And when Sabrina is near him, he finally remembers how to breathe.

But if they cross the line for real, the fallout won’t just hit them. It could cost her internship. It could cost his season. It could cost the whole program its funding.

One rule still hangs on the wall:

NO DISTRACTIONS.

Too bad the only thing that’s ever made Max better…is her.