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ISABELLEI clamped down hard on his tongue. “Agh!" Suddenly, a huge chair came down upon his head, causing him to stagger and fall. "Fast!” Genevra was suddenly holding onto my arm, rushing to the tables. We picked up the bags the others had left, and raced out, while he sat there, hand on his head. “What in the world was that?” Genevra panted as we ran to the lobby where Cole and the drunk Lora were seated.I placed my hands on my knees, “How… how did you…?”"I came to inform him we had to go then saw him kissing you against the wall. I couldn't even think…" she rushed out her words, as she began tapping on her phone. “Sorry?" The confused Cole asked.I sank into a chair. “Cole, alert the attention of the hotel staff…" “Hold up," I stood again, “We're not calling attention to this." “What happened?" Cole asked, looking from me to Genevra. "You're crazy. He tries that, and you're saying nothing. So what? What if he's some CEO, or some badass investor?” She asked, her face pi

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ISABELLEIt was well into the afternoon. Surely, he must have been off the plane at that time.I dropped a message, *How was your flight?* Almost instantly, a video call came in. I picked myself up, and walked into the run, shutting the door behind me.“The flight was smooth. How was your night? Wait, you're still dressed in last night's clothes. What happened?”"Well, Lucy and Hera held a congratulatory party for me. Actually, the weird girl, we got a little close. She's just weird, but she's fine." “That was supposed to be our party, wasn't it?" “Yeah. It's fine though. I'm fine. You were busy after all." “You look really tired. What else happened after the event?” He asked, and honestly, I could have easily said nothing much happened, but…Adding secrets to a relationship that was beginning to feel like long distance felt scary.At the same time, I didn't want him to get all mad, and then demand that Mr. Field be taken to court. He had a game that day. I definitely didn't wan

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ISABELLEI sat up instantly, and blinked thrice. Lucas, who was a diamond—rare as hell was here in my bed. His hair shone as little rays of sun peeking through the curtain played on them. Those eyes, those blue eyes held so longing. He wanted to devour me with his eyes.But hold on!Why was he here?“Lucas, your games!” I screamed, and coughed, my voice hoarse. He smiled, his head tilted as he looked at me with so much love. He leaned in, his forehead against mine. "I should be training. But I'm sick. Besides, we have light training today, tomorrow off, and Monday for training. The game’s on Tuesday." “You're sick?" “The medical team said so themselves, so I was allowed a two-day break," he said, still looking lost in my eyes.“You don't look sick to me," I said. He smiled, “I recovered." I pushed him away, a smile breaking out on my face, “Don't start. It's so early." I wanted to scream!Lucas was here with me! I had two days with him.Two whole days! That was huge!“Won't

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ISABELLE“They all think I'm a star that can never fail," Lucas' soft voice vibrated through its chest against my head. Drops of rain draining from the roof falling onto stones and leaves made music. The rain had fallen beautifully while we had made love, and now, all that was left was the aftermath. A scented candle burned on the table above us, while we still lay tangled up in a duvet on the rug. "Your teammates?”"At some point, the pressure gets to me. I'm good at playing, and all of that, and I keep winning every game. I'm getting more and more fans, but each game, I feel dread creeping into my chest. What happens when I lose one game? What if I get injured and can no longer play? Would I be over just like that? At this point, just the fear of getting injured stops me from throwing myself all in.” “It's only human. Naturally, you're a star, but even stars have days they shine brightest, and days they don't shine that bright, but the fact is. A star is a star. You losing one

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ISABELLEAngie didn't write anything else throughout our ice cream break. Even when I asked questions, she would simply stare at the book, give a nod, or shake her head. So I understood it was very important not to press her, and make her feel uncomfortable. Hera was still not back, so we had lots of time to have our pizza.Honestly, studying Angie, it made me wonder more about her personality. She definitely loved eating, and seemed amused by food, but didn't look underfed. Could she not be getting enough attention? Maybe her family don't even know the kind of things she likes? After eating, I let her have a shower, and threw her into a sweater of mine. She looked so cute and small inside. “Perhaps by the time you wake, Hera or Zeus would be back, and you'd be able to go home. That's if you want to, though. I don't know if your parents would be fine with it too, but do you think they'll be returning tonight?" She simply stared at me."Ah, I guess you have no idea either. It

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ISABELLEI stood up slowly from the kitchen seat, and positioned myself in front of the sink next to him. He was slicing cabbages. “Hm, Hera." “Don't ask me anything." I paused. He just said something as weird as that, and he was telling my curiosity not to spike? “Okay. I won't force it. What are you doing?” He rolled his eyes, like obviously, cooking."I know you're cooking, but who are you cooking for? Angie? Your sisters?”He sighed, "Mom's going to stop by briefly by dawn. She would be hungry.” “Ah, what a man you're becoming. You're probably going to be a good father…ah!” His finger pulled back sharply, but the blood stain on the knife shouted that he's cut his finger. "Be careful, will you!” I grabbed his hand, pushing his hand underneath the tap. Quickly, he jerked his hand out of my grip, eyes wide. “Don't touch me," he said, and I noticed his breathing was coming out a little bit roughly, “and can you just stop talking? If you want to escape Hera, you can stay al

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ISABELLE“Well! That's the life of a contracted player. There are so many things we do to chase our dreams. I'm proud of you. It won't be easy not seeing my pretty face!" I said cheekily. I'd already made up my mind to support my man in whatever he wanted to do."Belly…”"We'll find a way to make this work. Distance would never be an excuse for us to stop choosing each other. Promise?" I held up my pinkie. He'd smiled, relief breaking onto his face, then he'd pinkie-locked my pinkie. “Promise. We could set up strict rules.”"Like?”"Nightly video calls. Checking up on each other during the day. Stuff like, ‘don’t sleep without seeing me or talking to me.’”I laughed, "I sleep early. You sleep late. What if you're training when I need to sleep?”"You've been working late nights on your book anyways, so…" “I'm nearly done with editing. I'd be done before you can say ooh." Yes, that was Sunday, and he'd left early the next morning, which brings us back to why I'm so sure he wouldn't

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ISABELLEFinally!!!!It was D-Day!!! The day my book was going to be introduced alongside the company's advocacy launch. At the entrance was the check-in table, name badges, the event program, the advocacy campaign branding, the media photo area, refreshments, and…And…A display of my book!“What's the time?" Genevra asked, as we walked in.“5:36," Cole replied promptly.Lora ran her hands through my hair, patting it, “You look nervous as hell.”"I'm not filling in for someone this time. This is my book. Of course I'm nervous." The chandeliers of the grand hotel ball room seemed to wink at me, somehow seeming to say, ‘you’ll be seeing us soon at your wedding. Think of good things.’“Hold up," Sydney said, as soon as we sat.She took out her lipstick, and grabbed my chin.“What are you doing?" I whispered. “You left the office without any makeup on. Not even lipstick? Girl, you have to look really good on camera." “You're just obsessed with lipstick,” Sarah shot at her, but Sydney

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ISABELLEOkay, okay, you're probably like, Isabelle, haven't you had enough. You're going to meet someone else again when nearly everyone who has approached you claiming business reasons has tried something on you. See, I've got a hunch that this guy is different.There's a way he's so meek, so humble, heck, he can't even hold eye contact. One time, he's staring at me, listening, then I look up, and boom, his eyes are gone. He's definitely not the cunning type like all the ones I've encountered so far.And guess what? We're meeting out at a cafe. Lots of people, broad daylight. Nothing fishy.I stepped out of the apartment, still checking out my ironed peach trousers.I hope I wasn't dressed too officially. The white top also gave it a formal look. Ah, no. I shook my head. I really didn't have time for this. Already, I was late as it was.I pushed my car key into the keyhole only for Hera to pop up behind me. “Not now…” I hastily tried to unlock it only for her to tap me. I

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ISABELLEMy eyes rolled off him skillfully, but I wasn't sure just how effective that was. I just hoped he didn't misread anything in my staring.Well, if he asked, I'd tell him he looked great with Genevra. That would be weird though. Genevra was beautiful, but was definitely in her early forties, and he looked like he was definitely in his early twenties.Not that he would ask though.“Alright. The picture would be taken in three…”I pulled myself together."...two…”I plastered a bright smile on my face. "...one!”CLICK.I shook hands with the external people, tucking my hair behind my ear, looking as sweet as ever."Thank you for coming…ah yes, it was brilliant… looking forward to meeting with you again… ah, no I don't mind… oh, I already discussed it with Mr. Cronin…" Eventually, Silver stood before me. I looked up at him.“Thank…”He already began, “There are a few things we couldn't settle here. We should go through them tomorrow. Your organization doesn't mind providing a

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