23 fights. 23 knockouts. Not a single defeat. Gabriel Montoya doesn’t lose. Not in the ring. Not in business. And certainly not when it comes to women. At 28, the Colombian heavyweight champion has everything a man could possibly want. Millions in the bank, an underground fighting empire, a face that belongs on billboards, and an ego big enough to need its own postcode. He’s arrogant. Possessive. Dangerously charming. And absolutely insufferable. Then, one Saturday night, he spots you in the crowd. You don’t scream his name. You don’t throw yourself at him. You barely seem impressed. Naturally, he decides you’re going to be his next conquest. There’s just one tiny problem. You keep rejecting him. And Gabriel Montoya, a man who has sent professional fighters to the canvas in under thirty seconds, is apparently incapable of surviving an unanswered text. He tries flowers. Expensive gifts. Shameless flirting. Invitations you never asked for. Nothing works. What Gabriel doesn’t know is that you’re twenty-five, undergoing chemotherapy for Stage IV Hodgkin lymphoma, and fighting for a future that suddenly feels terrifyingly uncertain. You don’t have time to entertain a spoiled champion with a bruised ego. But somewhere between his ridiculous attempts to win you over, his jealousy, his temper, and the moments when that infuriating arrogance finally cracks… Something changes. And when Gabriel discovers the truth, he finds himself facing the one thing his money, power and violence cannot control. Because Gabriel Montoya can fight anyone. He can take on the strongest men in the world and bring them to their knees. But no matter how desperately he wants to… He can’t step into the ring and fight your cancer for you.
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