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Chapter 7

Author: Annie gold
last update publish date: 2026-10-23 23:33:55

Mia POV

The hallway outside Room Seven was freezing at 5:16 a.m in the morning, Fog was pressed against the tall windows that look down at the main pitch and the stadium lights were still on, buzzing yellow in the grey.

I followed him. His old USC practice shirt hung to my mid thigh, number seven faded on the back, sleeves past my elbows. It smelled like expensive laundry detergent and the wood of his trophy wall. Not like Room Three which smelled like Axe body spray and dirty socks and protein
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