By the time I reached the training facility, a small crowd of reporters had already gathered outside the players' entrance, cameras and microphones at the ready, shouting questions the moment my car pulled into view.
"Nora! Is it true the relationship predates the scandal?"
"Were you and Sawyer involved while you were still with Derek?"
I kept my eyes forward, hands steady on the wheel despite the chaos, security waving me through the gate quickly enough to avoid the worst of it. Still, my heart pounded by the time I parked, adrenaline making my hands shake slightly as I gathered my things.
Sawyer was waiting just inside, expression tight with barely contained frustration.
"They're saying we lied," I said, the words tumbling out before he co
