The Center's Secret
A Forbidden Desire, Runaway Bride Sports RomanceBy Harper Nash
Length7h 33m
About this audiobook
Forty minutes early, third row, back to the wall, sightline clear to the side entrance. That is how long she has been getting ready for a conversation that is going to cost one of them a career.
A single microphone stands on the podium, black foam head angled toward the empty chairs like a bird waiting for something to die. Lena Vasquez settles in with her press badge clipped to her lapel and the recorder already running in her jacket pocket. The media room smells of stale coffee and the particular desperation of forty-eight journalists in a space built for thirty.
Her fingers drum the armrest. She forces them still. Her phone buzzes. She ignores it.
The door swings open and Derek Kowalski walks in with the careful gait of a man who has learned to make every step look effortless, and almost pulls it off. Navy suit, crest on the breast pocket, dark hair swept back off the streak of grey at his temple that the blogs call distinguished and his teammates call the stress stripe.
He moves like he owns the room before he is in it. The cameras love him for it.
She knows what is wrong with his leg. She has known for eleven days.
What follows: a promise that breaks before it is finished, a face in the crowd that has no business being there, a charity appearance that costs more than it raises, a secret he did not know he was keeping, a phone call she should have made first, and a hand she should not have taken in public.
*He lied about his injury. He put the team at risk. He played hurt and jeopardised the season.*
Flat voice. No argument available.
He wonders, afterward, whether she was writing the piece in her head while he kissed her. Whether she felt guilty. Whether she felt anything at all.
A recorder in a pocket. A streak of grey at a temple. Eleven days of knowing. One byline.
A sports romance about the exact point at which telling the truth about somebody stops being journalism and starts being a choice about a person.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance
Length7 hrs 33 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dedication
2Chapter 1 - The Lie I Built My Life On
3Chapter 2 - The Door I Swore I’d Never Open
4Chapter 3 - The Promise That Broke Before It Was Made
5Chapter 4 - The Face I Didn’t Expect to See in the Glass
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6Chapter 5 - The Charity That Cost Me Everything
7Chapter 6 - The Secret I Didn’t Know I Was Keeping
8Chapter 7 - The Phone Call I Should Have Hung Up On
9Chapter 8 - The Hand I Shouldn’t Have Held
10Chapter 9 - The Lie I Told to Save a Hero
11Chapter 10 - The Game I Played with a Broken Vow
12Chapter 11 - The Truth That Didn’t Set Me Free
13Chapter 12 - The Hardest Question I Ever Answered
14Chapter 13 - The Middle of the Ice, the Middle of the Mayhem
15Chapter 14 - The Offer I Couldn’t Refuse
16Chapter 15 - The Line I Crossed Without Looking Back
17Chapter 16 - The Article That Read Like an Obituary
18Chapter 17 - The Hospital Room of Two Heartbreaks
19Chapter 18 - The Price of a Broken Promise
20Chapter 19 - The Enemy Who Opened the Door
21Chapter 20 - The Grand Gesture That Cost Me My Dream
22Chapter 21 - The Game I Had to Lose to Win
23Chapter 22 - The Face I Didn’t Expect to See in the Crowd
24Chapter 23 - The Last Shift, the First Day
25About the Author
26The End
27About the Author
28Also by Harper Nash
29Acknowledgements
30A Note from the Author
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