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He griet personal What did she ask?"

"She asked if I was seeing someone I panicked and said there was no one special in ed "Good answer"

Just like that? "And you’re not mad?"

"Why would I be mad about that? Did you think I’d want you to declare your undying love for uess not"

"Coave a professional ansithout co her your personal life was none of her damn business Which it isn’t"

Her entire body relaxed in relief "Thank you I was so worried you’d be angry"

"Why? I don’t give the media any information about my personal life because it’s not for them to know They can have all the information they want about what I do on the field Off the field? Not their business The sa to dig up so here and there because that’s the nature of the business these days But you sure as hell don’t have to be the one to feed it to them, ya know?"

She nodded "You’re right She just caught uard because I didn’t expect the question"

"Even theinto your personal business Now that you know that, you’ll be better equipped to handle it the next tiht I will" With a renewed sense of relief, she finished up her meal, then cuddled up with Nathan to watch the ht The other one she decided to table for the ht now she didn’t want to build up the tension again with a "Hey, hoe feel about love?" conversation

That could definitely wait for another tih that he wasn’ther interview She didn’t even knohy she’d worried about it She knew hih to knoouldn’t take it seriously

Would he ever take anything seriously, including her? Including thenail that had been giving her grief all day Which was probably so

She blew out a breath

Nathan rubbed her ar to blow off the reht his hand up to her neck, teasing her skin with the lightest touch of his fingers "Hard to get rid of that tension sohtened, then turned to face his over each other "And I just realized I never asked about your day, which makes me a terrible friend"

"Girlfriend"

"What?"

"We’reshe couldn’t get right "Yes, of course we are So anyway, that hed "Hey, it’s okay for you to be all about you sometimes"

"No, it’s not" She took his hand and entwined her fingers with his His hands were so h and calloused She could feel the aentle with her

"How did practice go?"

"It ell We’re focused, offensive line and receivers look good The cuts were tough this week, but it onlytiame this weekend"

"Yeah A shorter week since we play on Saturday, but that’s okay I’m more than ready for it"

"I’ll for sure be there"

Heher knee and up toward her thighs

"To watch your brother play, right?"

Her next breath hitched as he slipped his fingers inside one leg of her shorts

"Please do nottheir way up toward my pussy"