Lahat ng Kabanata ng Goal! The Manchester United Captains: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

The hallway was silent after Ethan Blackwood stormed off, but the air between Maya and Leo felt heavy, it like something important had cracked open. Leo’s words still echoed: “I don’t care… maybe, just maybe, it’s time we stopped hiding completely.” It hit like a small explosion—quiet but impossible to ignore.Maya stared at him, her chest tight. Her heart was pounding, not just with fear but with something dangerously close to hope. Leo’s eyes still burned with the fire of someone ready to fight, but there was something softer too, like he had just taken off all his armor.“Leo,” she said, her voice barely more than a breath. “You can’t just say that.”He stepped closer and gently took her hand. His thumb moved in small circles over her knuckles, restless and tender. “Why not?” he asked. “Isn’t it the truth? Every day it gets harder to pretend. Every glance, every message, every second we’re around each other feels fake when we act like it’s nothing.”He looked right into her eyes. N

The pressure around Maya and Leo didn’t go away. It was always there, like a tight rope stretched between them, ready to snap. Every move they made felt watched. Every word felt weighed. But somehow, in the middle of all that noise, they found peace in each other. A quiet kind of peace. Like a secret they were both holding onto with shaking hands.Leo had gone to Sir Alistair and spoken up. He didn’t win. Not yet. But it mattered to Maya. It showed her he cared not just about her, but about fairness. He had everything to lose, but he still stood up. That meant something. It softened the way Maya saw him. She no longer looked at him as just the golden boy of the club. He was more than that. He was trying to change things, even if he didn’t know exactly how.Meanwhile, his ankle was healing well. Dr. Anya Sharma worked carefully with him, and Leo, as always, pushed himself harder than anyone else would. He moved from light stretching to running again. Then to full drills. He wanted to c

The lie they told was still fresh on Maya’s lips, bitter like blood. It stayed with her, sitting in her chest like a weight she couldn’t shake. But it had bought them something rare: time. Time to figure out what came next, time to steady their racing hearts, and time to hold on to what they had; this dangerous, thrilling thing between her and Leo.But around them, the world didn’t slow down. It sped up.Leo was healing but not fast enough. Coach Thorne, already under pressure from Sir Alistair to deliver a Champions League victory, was getting impatient. Every day Leo stepped into the gym, the weight on his shoulders grew heavier. Thorne pushed harder. Sessions got longer. Exercises got riskier.Dr. Anya Sharma warned him. “He’s not ready. You push him too fast, and you’ll set him back weeks maybe longer.”Thorne barely looked at her. “This club doesn’t run on waiting. It runs on winning. We need him back.”Leo stayed quiet, even as pain flared in his ankle. He wasn’t just fighting f

The day of the match was closing in fast, and Maya couldn’t shake the heavy feeling in her chest. It was being promoted as a “friendly”, a fun, charity game between the men’s and women’s teams. But she and Leo both knew the truth. This wasn’t about charity. It was a stage. A trap.It was designed to test Leo’s ankle, test the mood of the women’s squad after all the recent cuts and most of all, test the strength of the story Maya and Leo had been telling. That they were nothing more than teammates. Professionals. That there was no romance, no secrets, no trouble brewing behind closed doors.But now, after the message on her phone, Maya’s sense of safety had completely shattered. The leak wasn’t just coming from the outside. Someone inside was feeding the fire. Watching. Listening.Whoever it was, they weren’t just stirring trouble. They were trying to tear her world apart from the inside.Late that night, she met Leo at the training ground. It was quiet and everyone else gone home. The

They stood by the back gate of the club grounds as they head towards the parking lot, the sky above them dim with evening light, the air thick with the lingering scent of grass and sweat. Most of the players had already gone home. The car park was nearly empty. It felt like the world had gone still around them.Maya zipped up her jacket, her fingers trembling slightly from the cold.Leo watched her quietly. “We’ll catch them,” he said, his voice low but steady. “Scarlett, Liam, whoever’s pulling the strings. They won’t stay hidden forever.”Maya gave a small nod. She wanted to believe that. She did believe that. But it didn’t make the weight any lighter.“I know,” she said. “But it still feels like we’re walking blind. Like they’re always one step ahead.”Leo glanced toward the road, where his car sat waiting. “Not for long.”There was silence between them for a moment.Maya took a slow breath. “You ever get that feeling like… everyone’s watching, even when they’re not?”Leo looked at