This is the story of how one perfect couple becomes three.<br><br>Austin and Riley have been together since high school. They've always loved each other and know they'll spend the rest of their lives together. But when they start playing soccer in college, they meet a sexy blond named Luke who, as far as they know, is the stereotypical conservative rich kid with the perfect GPA, who might also be their answer to a question they never asked.<br><br>For Luke, college life means keeping his head down and working hard, denying his own needs until he graduates and can get out from under his father's thumb. It works, until he meets Austin and Riley, smart, gorgeous, and in desperate need of someone to look after them. Luke longs to be that someone, but is he willing to give up his future to have an amazing now?

Off Sides

“This is Mom’s jacket. She’s gonna kill me.”


“We can try to rinse it out…” Austin suggested, voice bleak.


Luke eyed the smear of blood on the denim jacket hugging Riley’s slim chest. “Blood’s hard to get out, but surely she’ll understand—”


Austin turned on him, eyes blazing. “You don’t know anything about it! Shut up and let me think.”


“She’s home early today, Austin.”


Austin’s shoulders slumped and he put his cheek against Riley’s. “Jesus. I’m sorry, honey. I wish you didn’t have to go home.”


Luke looked at them, totally confused, worried. “I don’t understand. I thought Riley lived with you.”


Anguish twisted Austin’s features. “Don’t you think I want to take care of him? Keep him safe? But his mom hates me and I only make things worse. But I can’t afford—” Intense frustration choked off his words. “God, Luke! Go away. Go back to your fancy dorm and girlfriends and Daddy’s money. You have no idea what our life is like.”


Chapter 5