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And that hen he realised why she had scared hi from the minute he’d met her He’d fallen in love with her And daht When you fell in love, truly in love, you couldn’t not be with that person

‘Aidan?’

Aidan looked across the table at Ben and realised he had no idea as going on in the

He leaned back against theand gripped the ledge ‘Gentlemen, if you would all excuse me, I would like to speak with Ben James alone for a moment’

The board members blinked almost in unison, then one by one they slowly rose and exited the room

Ben let out a lohistle ‘I’m not sure anyone’s ever asked the AFL board to wait in the hallway like that before Hell of a way to convince the on?’

Aidan pushed away from theand reached for his jacket ‘I need you to run the ’

‘You need me to …’ Ben stopped ‘Why?’

‘I have somewhere I need to be’

‘Right now?’

Aidan gave him a faint smile ‘I made a bad decision yesterday and now that I know it I have to fix it straightaway’

Ben shook his head ‘Do I know about this decision? Do you need my input?’

Aidan sone’

‘What if we lose the bid?’ Ben said quickly ‘I can tell you, Aidan, I feel pretty confident to stand in for you on s but I kno important this is If I lose it …’

Aidan buttoned his jacket ‘It won’t matter’

Ben stared at him ‘Mate, are you sure you’re okay?’

Aidan smiled ‘Yes, I think, finally, maybe I am’

‘Are you sure you’re okay?’