For Keeps

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I learned the hard way to live by my own rules. Until he tried to win my heart . . .</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The last time I let a man into my life he played games with me and I ended up losing big time. Ever since then my independence is more important to me than any guy.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Until Tyler Townsend walks into the room. It's obvious the Williamsport Cougars player knows he's one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL-and the sexiest. He's exactly the sort of playboy I should stay away from especially given my track record with athletes.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Except the star player has me in his sights and I'm learning that his determination to win extends off the field to me as well. When I start to see that Tyler is different to how the media portrays him I know I'm in dangerous territory.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But Tyler's not the only who has noticed me. Someone with links to my past is out to hurt me and Tyler goes into protection mode. He's not afraid to show the world that when it comes to me he's playing for keeps.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And I don't think the walls I've built around my heart stand a chance . . .</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I learned the hard way to live by my own rules. Until he tried to win my heart . . .</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The last time I let a man into my life he played games with me and I ended up losing big time. Ever since then my independence is more important to me than any guy.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Until Tyler Townsend walks into the room. It's obvious the Williamsport Cougars player knows he's one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL-and the sexiest. He's exactly the sort of playboy I should stay away from especially given my track record with athletes.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Except the star player has me in his sights and I'm learning that his determination to win extends off the field to me as well. When I start to see that Tyler is different to how the media portrays him I know I'm in dangerous territory.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But Tyler's not the only who has noticed me. Someone with links to my past is out to hurt me and Tyler goes into protection mode. He's not afraid to show the world that when it comes to me he's playing for keeps.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And I don't think the walls I've built around my heart stand a chance . . .</span></p>