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“Truthfully?”

“Yes, please, at this point I think we ne

ed as much truth as possible The whole truth, always”

“I did” Jess’s heart sunk and sat back pulling her hands froht she felt was all just make believe

“I’ out to her Aedan held her hands in his hands

“Jess, please understand I’ve been Aedan, the footballer, pretty much as far back as I can reues when I was thirteen But I’ve been getting attention as a football player since I started kicking my first ball

It’s always changed things—always If people didn’t recognize , once they heardto assume that it would be the same with you? Yes, but please understand it wasn’t because of anything you’ve done Not at all”

Taking her hands, he held them to the side of his face and closed his eyes Aedan opened his eyes and his expression almost melted her

“Jess, I’ve never felt this way about anyone before I really care about you I’ I could put off the iular person And now it’s ended up biting not only me in the ass, but you too”

“Aedan, I care about you too I’ve never felt like this before either I’m scared,” she said truthfully and her voice wobbled “I’m not used to all of this attention”

“I know We’ll work together and sort this out” He pulled her against his chest and tucked her head under his chin “We’ll figure it out together” Jess suddenly jerked in his arms

“Oh god, what is work going to think? This is going to be so bad Are they publishing things online? In print?” Jess held her head, running her fingers through her hair and causing it to stick up at odd angles

“I don’t know yet I’ll get Jae control he can” Sht her back into the circle of his arms She peered up at him

“It’s going to need dae control?”

“Only to s they say aren’t out of order I’ll do everything I can to decrease how much this impacts you”