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Cold Surrender

17 chapters

Cold Surrender

Marcus Killian has the world at his feet and a shoulder in pieces. Evie Reeves has a struggling clinic and zero patience for entitled athletes. As her hands become his salvation and her honesty becomes his addiction, the captain must learn that the only way to win is to surrender.

Tropes

Enemies To Lovers Grumpy Sunshine Power Imbalance Forced Proximity

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Contemporary Romance Sports Romance

AnxietyTrauma

Cold Surrender

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Cold Surrender

17 chapters

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Steamy

✓Hea Guaranteed

✓No Cheating

✓Standalone

✓Dual Pov

Chapters

4 of 17 free

Chapter 1🌶sweet

Chapter 1: The Meeting

Marcus Killian arrives at Evie's modest clinic expecting five-star treatment, but finds a therapist who isn't impressed by his fame.

Chapter 2🌶sweet

Chapter 2: First Wrong Impressions

Marcus assumes Evie will bend to his wealth, while Evie assumes he is just another soft, entitled celebrity athlete.

Vibes

Emotionally Intense High Tension Tender Bittersweet

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Marcus Killian has the world at his feet and a shoulder in pieces. Evie Reeves has a struggling clinic and zero patience for entitled athletes. As her hands become his salvation and her honesty becomes his addiction, the captain must learn that the only way to win is to surrender.

Tropes

Enemies To Lovers Grumpy Sunshine Power Imbalance Forced Proximity

Sub genre

Contemporary Romance Sports Romance

AnxietyTrauma

Chapter 3🌶sweet

Chapter 3: Forced Proximity

Evie's struggling clinic is forced to take on Marcus as a client to pay the rent, trapping them in tight quarters.

Chapter 4🌶sweet

Chapter 4: Dangerous Attraction

As they work in close quarters, Marcus is drawn to Evie's directness, but both fear their attraction will cross lines.

Chapter 5🌶🌶warm

Chapter 5: First Shift

During an intense after-hours session, the professional line shatters. An impulsive first kiss changes everything.

Chapter 6🌶sweet

Chapter 6: Cannot Be Unknown

At 4am in his penthouse, Marcus confronts what the kiss has undone. Neither of them can go back to clinical distance.

Chapter 7🌶🌶🌶spicy

Chapter 7: Thermal Tension and Vulnerability

Week 6: In a single charged session, the thermal tension of manual therapy gives way to raw vulnerability. Marcus confesses the truth behind his injury, and they share scars—physical and emotional—neither of them pulling back.

Chapter 8🌶sweet

Chapter 9: Private Ritual

A quiet, intimate post-therapy routine begins, bringing them closer than either is ready to admit.

Chapter 9🌶🌶🌶🌶steamy

Chapter 10: The Deliberate Threshold

Week 14: A charged late-night debate in the empty clinic about privilege and walls erupts into a second, deliberate kiss — a choice, not an impulse.

Chapter 10🌶sweet

Chapter 11: Betrayal

External pressures from Coach Voss force Marcus to appear publicly with his ex at the Copley Oncology Gala. Evie sees the photo.

Chapter 11🌶sweet

Chapter 12: Why It Hurts

Marcus arrives at the clinic with Carmen Reeves's surgery receipt and the building deed. Evie rejects the gesture as a transaction. Both tell each other the truth they've been avoiding.

Chapter 12🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶inferno

Chapter 13: First Lovemaking

Week 18: In his penthouse, Evie takes control in their first slow, tender, deeply emotional lovemaking. The physical vulnerability of their bodies becomes the bridge between confession and surrender.

Chapter 13🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶inferno

Chapter 14: Reclamation

Week 26: A second public betrayal at the Boston Athletic Foundation Gala. After-hours in the empty clinic, they collide — raw, urgent, desperate — and reclaim each other.

Chapter 14🌶sweet

Chapter 15: Forgiveness

Marcus rejects the Harbor Street contract, refuses to sign at the press conference, and publicly claims Evie — facing Voss's wrath head-on.

Chapter 15🌶🌶warm

Chapter 16: Chosen Love

The championship. Marcus scores the winning goal, ignores the team celebration, and points his stick directly at Evie. The press conference engagement announcement changes everything.

Chapter 16🌶🌶🌶🌶steamy

Chapter 17: The HEA Scene

Post-season, Week 38. In the penthouse they now share, a final unhurried lovemaking scene grounded in safety, trust, and choosing each other's scars.

Chapter 17🌶🌶🌶🌶steamy

Chapter 17: The HEA Scene (Post-Season, Week 38)

A final, secure lovemaking session grounded in safety, trust, and loving each other's scars.

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