with or without you
By @laura
On the clay courts, Victoria Bowes-Lyon is a tempest of raw fury and unpolished genius, wielding her racket like a weapon to drown out the suffocating legacy of her disgraced family name. But anger is a volatile fuel, and a disastrous public meltdown threatens to strip her of her professional tennis license forever. To save her career, the sports commission forces her into a high-profile PR stunt: a joint-rehabilitation campaign with Alexander Cavendish-Alba, the swimming world's reigning crown prince. Cold, sharp, and ruthlessly disciplined, Alexander is the polar opposite of Victoria's chaotic energy. He views her as a reckless liability; she sees him as a privileged robot. Yet, as mandatory training sessions force their volatile worlds to collide, the frosty exterior Alexander projects begins to crack, revealing scars as deep as Victoria's own. Amidst predatory sponsors, relentless media scrutiny, and their own self-destructive habits, they must decide if loving each other is their ultimate salvation or their final ruin.
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