~Jaden's POV~
Sweat poured down my face as the final buzzer blared, sealing our 85-72 win over the crosstown rivals. The crowd erupted, girls in the stands screaming my name like I was some rockstar.
Jaden Reyes, varsity basketball captain, campus heartthrob...six-foot-three, chiseled from endless gym sessions, with that crooked smile that had half the sorority chasing me. But as my teammates mobbed me on the court, slapping my back and yelling about hitting the bars, my eyes flicked to the sidelines.
There he was....Coach Alex Brooks.
Arms crossed over his broad chest, that intense green stare locked on me. No one else saw the heat in it, the promise. To them, he was the no nonsense coach in his mid-thirties, built like he could still dunk on us rookies, dark hair messy from pacing,
