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Chapter 147: Heavy Humidity
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2026-05-26 17:51:55
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RIVAL'S TO LOVER'S: My Step Brother Is Now My Roommate Chapter 148: State Legends
HAYDEN’S POV:The air in the high performance center didn't smell like the golden, lazy summer of two weeks ago. It smelled like industrial grade floor cleaner, ozone from the high end treadmills, and the metallic, bitter tang of anxiety.Twenty-eight guys stood in a loose semi-circle on the pristine turf of the indoor facility. Twenty eight "prodigies," "All Americans," and "state legends" all vying for twenty slots. The math was simple, brutal, and constant. It hummed in the back of my brain like a faulty fluorescent light. Eight of us were going home in five weeks and only five would walk out of the tunnel for the season opener."Look at them," Stephen muttered, his voice barely audible over the chatter of the arriving girls’ pro-prospect team and the cheer squad on the far side of the atrium. "They look like they were grown in a lab.""Stop scouting the competition and start being it," I said, though I knew exactly what he meant.There was a guy three spots to our left, unit of
RIVAL'S TO LOVER'S: My Step Brother Is Now My Roommate Chapter 147: Heavy Humidity
HAYDEN’S POV:The heat in the city was different this time of year. It wasn’t the oppressive, heavy humidity of late August double sessions on the pitch; it was the lighter, golden heat of a summer that felt like a bridge. Behind us was the finality of graduation the caps thrown, the diplomas tucked into drawers, the tearful goodbyes to people we’d likely never see again. Ahead of us was the "Big League," a phrase that still felt like it belonged to someone else’s life.But right now, in the middle of July, we were in the ‘in between.’ And honestly? I liked it here.I leaned against the railing of the small balcony of the apartment our mum had helped him snag for the summer. It was three floors up, overlooking a street that smelled like asphalt and overpriced coffee. Inside, I could hear the rhythmic ‘thump-thump’ of a soccer ball hitting the floor.I didn’t even have to turn around to know what he was doing."You’re going to lose the security deposit before we even leave for camp,
RIVAL'S TO LOVER'S: My Step Brother Is Now My Roommate Chapter 146: A Win For All.
STEPHEN’S POV:Winning didn’t feel real at first.Not when the final whistle blew. Not when the crowd erupted so loud it felt like the sound had weight. Not even when my teammates crashed into me, shouting, laughing, grabbing at my shoulders like they needed to make sure I was actually there.It didn’t hit me then. It hit me when I looked at Hayden.He was a few steps away, breathing hard, hands on his hips, sweat dripping down his face and smiling. Not just any smile. That quiet, steady kind that meant everything had finally fallen into place.We did that.No he did that.I walked toward him before I even realized I was moving.“Told you,” he said, like he’d been waiting for me.I let out a short laugh, still catching my breath. “Yeah,” I admitted. “You did.”But that wasn’t enough. It wasn’t even close to enough.Because the truth was, I’d been off in that first half. Not just struggling forcing everything, trying to carry the game on my own like if I didn’t, we’d lose.And he saw i
RIVAL'S TO LOVER'S: My Step Brother Is Now My Roommate Chapter 145: The Rest Of The Game Was Ours.
HAYDEN’S POV:The locker room was too quiet and it was not the good kind of quiet either. No. This was heavy and filled with frustration. The kind that sat on your chest and made everything feel harder than it should.I shut the door behind us, the click louder than it had any right to be.For a second, no one spoke.Some of the guys dropped onto the benches, heads down. Others paced. A few just stared at the floor like it had personally offended them.I let it sit for exactly three seconds.Then I said “Look at me.”My voice cut through the room sharper than I expected. It worked as heads lifted and eyes found mine.“Is that how we play?” I asked.No answer.“Is that us?”A few shook their heads but it was not enough.“Because from what I just watched out there?” I continued, stepping forward. “That’s not our team.”Now I had them.“They’re good,” I admitted, gesturing vaguely toward the field. “Yeah. Fast and organized. Whatever. But we’re playing like we’ve already decided we lost.
RIVAL'S TO LOVER'S: My Step Brother Is Now My Roommate Chapter 144: The Stadium Wasn't Massive
HAYDEN’S POV:Match day didn’t feel real until we stepped onto the field.Everything before that the early wake up, the quiet bus ride, the way no one joked the way we usually did felt like buildup.But the second my boots hit the grass, it all snapped into place.This was it.The stadium wasn’t massive, but it was loud, louder than I expected. The stands were packed, voices overlapping, rising and falling in waves that made it hard to focus if you let yourself get caught in it.So I didn’t.“Circle up,” I called, my voice cutting through the noise.The team gathered quickly, forming a tight huddle around me. For a second, I just looked at them. Every single one of us had fought to be here.“Hey,” I said, keeping my voice steady. “We’ve done the work. This is just another game.”A few of them nodded, but I could see it, the nerves and pressure.I felt it too.“But we don’t play like it’s ‘just another game,’” I added. “We play like it matters. Because it does.”My eyes flicked to Step
RIVAL'S TO LOVER'S: My Step Brother Is Now My Roommate Chapter 143: I lost Control.
STEPHEN’S POV:Sleep didn’t come easy. It should have. After practice like that, after the kind of exhaustion that settles deep into your bones, sleep is supposed to hit fast and heavy.But my mind wouldn’t shut up.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the field and it was not the calm version from practice, or the controlled drills where everything made sense—but the match.I turned onto my side, staring at the faint light leaking through the curtains. My room felt too quiet, like it was waiting for something.Tomorrow.The word echoed in my head like a warning.I squeezed my eyes shut again, forcing myself to breathe slower in and out.The whistle blew.Suddenly I wasn’t in my room anymore. I was on the field.The stadium was louder than anything I’d ever heard, the kind of noise that vibrates through your chest and makes it hard to think. My heart pounded in sync with it, too fast, too loud.“Stephen!” someone shouted.I turned just in time to see the ball coming toward me.It was th
RIVAL'S TO LOVER'S: My Step Brother Is Now My Roommate Chapter 32: Sudden shock
STEPHEN’S POV: The door had barely stopped swinging when the air shifted. Hayden was gone and suddenly it wasn’t about him anymore.Marcus’s hand was still on my waist, his breath warm against my ear, his body pressed close enough that I could feel the steady thud of his heartbeat or maybe that wa
آخر تحديث : 2026-03-24RIVAL'S TO LOVER'S: My Step Brother Is Now My Roommate Chapter 23: Bad timing
STEPHEN’S POVI knew they would be going back together. I just didn’t expect it to hit me the way it did.The party had ended in chaos—shouting, spilled drinks, Ella storming out with tears in her eyes, and one of the cheer girls, Jesse, standing there like she didn’t care who she hurt. I told her
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STEPHEN’S POVI didn’t go back to my hostel right away. I sat on the steps outside the arts building instead, elbows on my knees as I stared at space. My phone buzzed twice in my pocket. It was probably Hayden, or not, but I ignored it. My chest still felt badly injured from Ella’s words and the w
آخر تحديث : 2026-03-17RIVAL'S TO LOVER'S: My Step Brother Is Now My Roommate Chapter 10: The Hallway
STEPHEN’S POVI didn’t remember deciding to leave.One second I was standing in the hallway, Hayden’s door still vibrating from where it had slammed shut, my chest tight and buzzing like I’d swallowed broken glass. The next, I was outside, the night air hitting my face like a slap.I deserved worse
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