Good Boy

The first time I called Rhys Callahan “good boy,” I meant it as a weapon.
The second time, he was on his knees.

I created The Good Boy Games after a rage tweet went viral—a reality show where men compete to prove they can actually listen. Forty million viewers. A crystal crown. A throne. And me, Sloane Mitchell, eliminating every man who fails.

They always fail.
Then Rhys walked on set and refused to kneel.
Grumpy. Architect. Zero interest in cameras, charm, or my rules. He glared at my challenges like they’d personally insulted his structural integrity. He should’ve been eliminated episode two.

Except he remembered the cinnamon in my grandmother’s apple pie—a detail I mentioned once, to no one in particular. He spotted my panic attack before my best friend did. And he looked at me like I was the most complex blueprint he’d ever wanted to solve.

I built this show to expose men who don’t pay attention.
Rhys Callahan pays attention to everything.

So during a live elimination, I leaned in and whispered those two words. And the man who swore he’d never bend for anyone came completely, devastatingly apart—on camera, on his knees, for me.

Now we’re in dangerous territory. The corners where producers aren’t supposed to want contestants. The silence after the cameras stop. The way he says my name like it’s a load-bearing wall and he’s calculating exactly how much weight it can hold.

He didn’t come here to win the game.
He came to change the rules—starting with mine.
Fair warning: good boy will never sound innocent again.

ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS • HE FALLS FIRST (AND HARDEST) • GRUMPY × SUNSHINE • PRAISE KINK • REALITY TV ROMANCE • FORCED PROXIMITY

A steaming-hot contemporary romance with a ruthless queen, an obsessed architect who kneels but never begs, and emotional depth that will wreck you. No cheating. No cliffhanger. Guaranteed HEA