All Chapters of The Quarterback's Roommate : Chapter 101 - Chapter 104

Bonus Chapter 12 – Kitchen Counter Quickie (Mid-Marriage, Late Night)Eli POV The kitchen was dark except for the fairy lights we’d hung along the upper cabinets and looped lazily over the island years ago thin golden strands that never came down, even long after the Christmas tree was packed away. They stayed up because Lila once declared them “magic lights that make everything prettier,” and honestly, neither of us had the heart to argue. They glowed soft, warm, turning the cold granite countertops into something almost romantic, casting tiny flecks of amber across every surface like scattered stars.The house was finally quiet. Lila had been asleep for a little over an hour—she’d fought bedtime with the full dramatic flair of a seven-year-old, delivering a tearful monologue about needing “just one more chapter” of her fantasy book, complete with hand gestures and tragic sighs. We’d caved for fifteen extra minutes before Dante carried her upstairs, kissed her forehead, and turn

Bonus Chapter 14 – Backyard Under Stars (Mid-Marriage, Summer Night) Eli POV The backyard was dark except for the fairy lights we’d never bothered to take down golden strands draped lazily across the pergola overhead, wrapped in loose spirals around the thick trunk of the old maple tree, looped along the weathered fence posts, and tangled through the metal frame of the swing set Lila had outgrown years ago but refused to let us dismantle. She still swung on it sometimes, legs pumping high, laughing like she was five again. The lights glowed soft, warm, almost obscene in their quiet beauty — turning the ordinary grass into a private golden sea that felt stolen from the rest of the world. Lila had been asleep for hours — tucked in upstairs with her latest fantasy novel clutched to her chest and the little galaxy nightlight spinning slow stars across her ceiling. The dogs were curled in their beds inside the house, soft snores barely audible through the open kitchen window. No n