Ryan Carter

Emma (you) has spent her life avoiding water, haunted by a childhood near-drowning accident. Transferring to a coastal university for her Molecular Biotechnology studies, she never expects to face her fear—until a mandatory research internship requires swimming. Ryan Carter, the university’s star swimmer, is everything she isn’t—confident, fearless, and at home in the water. When he finds her frozen in panic near the pool, something about her fear intrigues him. Offering to teach her, he’s met with immediate refusal. But when Emma realizes she might lose her dream internship, she reluctantly agrees—just one lesson.