All Chapters of The Quaterback Contract : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Maddie “Mum” “Hey sweetie.” I'm surprised at the airport. A jacket wrapped around her nightie. She looks so worried and confused. I must have kept her awake due to my urgent call, and I feel so bad about it. She came with someone. Broad shoulders, bare head, and he looks more in his late 40s. Without further questions I slipped into her embrace, resting my head on her shoulder and enjoying the moment. Her hand goes up and down on my back, gentle yet kind, like she understood I needed this moment. I needed that hug; it felt like therapy, like a heavy burden had been lifted off my shoulder. I want to let it out and tell her what happened. The whole truth. She won't judge me, and she won't give me that disappointed look, but then I couldn't because I'm scared. What will she think of me? Behind those eyes there are questions she might likely worry about, and the least I want is someone to be worried about me. This wasn't the daughter she raised. I shut my eyes for a moment

Maddie “Men's problem”“Nah, I will pass. I'm actually fine” I try to make my voice steady at least more convincing but he shakes his head and turns whatever he had on fire.I focus back on my food, my favorite felt less appetizing to me. He brought his food closer to me sat right opposite me and observed me for a minute.I shift in my chair. It's awkward having just the both of us in the house and I don't know if I can trust him.“My first heartbreak was in highschool” he begins.“You know, she's so damn gorgeous that I want to have her by all means. I want to give her the world. I want to show her my world but then someone snatched her away from me”“Don't tell me you're a coward not to fight for her”“Exactly,” he points at me and I'm like exactly what. He puts a chunk of food in his mouth while he let me figure it out on my own.“So I went to the bar”“Bar”I raised an eyebrow.“You're not even allowed to drink so”“Umh… I had my way” he continued.“I drank to let the pain go aw

Carlson Who gets to clean up things when shots go south. Maddie left and I watched her do so even though inside of me I wanted to stop her.I want to tell her it's not what she thinks. I want to give her the assurance I'm all hers. I want to let her know that nobody is more beautiful and attractive than her.I want to give her everything in the world but it wasn't the plan. I feel bad watching her break right In front of me, seeing her struggle to speak. Yell and ask those rhetorical questions over and over again.I couldn't do anything, nothing. I feel guilty and resist myself from running after her. I went on to play my favourite video game. It was a form of distraction.I didn't even glance at her for once till she was out. It's been over three days since Maddie is gone and I'm left with sleeping with one of her clothes. I placed it close to each time. I hold it close like she's the one right beside me and I inhale her so badly like she's the only oxygen I breathe.I noticed she b

Maddie Carlson is here; why don't I feel a spark of something? He came for me; he must have gotten the address from Mum.And I know Mum knows what happened between us but decides to let it pass I'm happy to see Carlson; I want to hug him and scold him all at once for making me feel irrelevant, but then I'm scared I might sound desperate again.Yeah, I want to enjoy the moment and spend more time with James, who has been helpful in keeping me distracted for the meantime.Seeing him seated right In front of me at the dining table, slapping the air out of my lungs.He looks even more handsome, his hair sleek just the way I love it, his broad shoulders, and his dimples each slight smile. I want him to eat me up at the moment, but my pride couldn't let me, and knowing he's staying opposite my door makes it even more difficult.I steal glances at him whenever he's not watching and pretend to be tough.He tries to make small talk with me, but then I ignore him. His eyes looked so desperat

Maddie Have you ever been in a very humiliating position that you wished the ground would open up?The tension got worse; he folded his arms around his chest and kept on staring at me."Umh." I try to distract myself by looking elsewhere apart from his piercing grey ones.The beating of my heart is like a ticking time bomb. He came at the right time, the moment I almost got a cookie mid-air into my mouth.“This, it tastes like a Slurpee." I try to annoy him; I wasn't going to let my pride crash to the ground.“Coming from someone who has eaten half of it”Wait, he saw me all this while and kept quiet. Is this a trap to make me speak to him? But I wasn't going to speak to him even though he desperately wanted that, so I began to walk out of the kitchen.“Wait, come on. I didn't mean to stop you from cooking."Gosh! I almost forgot what I came to the kitchen to do. His cookies are distracting, and I swear they're so good, but I refuse to admit it.“Oh yeah,” I walked right back like