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"No, I guess not," he replied, honestly

"There’s no guarantee that you would be picked up by sponsors even if you win, and if they’re going to be at tohts Even if you don’tisn’t your only option, you know I’et you another construction job, and if that doesn’t ive you an incoht classes while you decide what else you want to do"

He sighed "I’ stuff I don’t have any qualifications"

"Don’t be afraid of soo back to school to be who you want to be then I’ll help you"

He put his hands around ainstwhat I had wanted to do to his ers soothingly through his hair, and he groaned

"And if I fuck this up between us?" he asked

"I can’t think of anything you could do that would make me want to call ti to do hat goes on in that ring to else outside of that, okay? You’re in a good place If nothing else, think about the fact that he’s trying to take that away from you, and you knohat you said you’d do if anyone tried that, right?"

He lifted his head to look at rinned "I’ll deciht frahtly and kissed the top of his head, though I didn’t have to lean far Even sitting down he was alo, I took offit on the back of the door

"You kissed me," O’Connell called after me "Friends don’t kiss"

"I’m reliably informed that’s not the case Kieran and I kiss all the tiand go a few rounds I leaned back and s

"Oh, baby You’re in so iggled when he looked like he was going to co"

He relented at that, and I knew he’d never let et a free pass for now, but anyout how eous body of yours are ticklish" A shiver ran down ht of his hands all over rowled and ruined the moment