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Chapter 12- A call from Coach Austin.

last update publish date: 2025-09-22 06:01:41
Brad’s POV

I was lost, letting my emotions have the better side of me.

It wasn’t supposed to go this way. I had told myself a hundred times that I’d keep things light, casual, and even careful. But the longer I sat beside her, watching the faint rise and fall of her chest, the more my resolve slipped.

Something that started as just me thinking—the most I could do now was to talk to her about the past without necessarily letting her know she was the one in the picture. At least not directly. Mayb
Charity writes

If you have gotten to this point, then you are the real MVP. Do well to drop your comments and your gems, it makes me feel that we are in this together. So, do you think that the rivalry squabble between Rowan and Brad just began?

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