Changed by You

I signed up to fall for America's sweetheart. I fell for her assistant instead.

The plan was simple: spend my offseason on a reality dating show, romance the gorgeous actress everyone expects me to choose, and generate buzz for my team. Easy publicity, potential love story, win-win.

Then I met Alice.

She's not supposed to be part of this. She's Farrah Reed's assistant—the woman who brings us coffee, fixes Farrah's hair between takes, and somehow manages to stay invisible to everyone but me. While Farrah performs for the cameras in designer bikinis, Alice hides behind oversized sweaters and apologizes for taking up space.

But I see her. The real her.

The way she laughs at my terrible jokes when no one's watching. How she lights up talking about books instead of box office numbers. The blush that creeps up her neck when I catch her staring. Alice is genuine in a world of scripted confessions and manufactured chemistry.

She's everything I didn't know I needed. And she's completely off-limits.

The producers have their ending planned. My team has expectations. Farrah has a career riding on this. And Alice? She thinks she's not good enough for a guy like me—that this could never be real.

But it is real. She is. And I'm done playing by their rules.

Choosing Alice means walking away from the script, disappointing my team, and facing the wrath of reality TV's biggest star. But losing her isn't an option.
Some love stories aren't made for TV. They're made for keeps.