Story By Islamiat Afolasade
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Islamiat Afolasade

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THE CROSSOVER RULE
Updated at Jul 24, 2026, 10:37
Two years ago, Wren Delaney and Beckett Marsh were rivals who came dangerously close to becoming something more—until the truth about their fathers’ shared past destroyed everything they thought they knew. Before either of them had the chance to find out what could have been, Wren’s family left Marsh Bend without a goodbye. Now nineteen, Wren is determined to leave the past behind. A Division I basketball scholarship gives her the fresh start she’s been fighting for—until she walks into her first team practice and comes face-to-face with Beckett Marsh, her former rival, almost first love, and the one person who still remembers the girl she used to be. As old feelings reignite and long-buried secrets resurface, Wren and Beckett are forced to confront the past that neither time nor distance could erase. But with family legacies hanging over them and a truth that once tore their lives apart threatening to do so again, they’ll have to decide whether some wounds are meant to stay buried… or whether love is worth risking everything for.
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