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Aedan stepped forward “You have nothing to be sorry for Absolutely nothing I’ that snake anywhere near you and for screwing everything up I’m sorry” He tentatively walked toward her and held his hand right by her cheek Jess felt the heat co off his hand and moved her head the last inch to rest her cheek on his hand He sunk his fingers into her hair, wrapped his other ar her close
“I’m sorry, Aedan I’m sorry I made it so easy to tear us apart And that soht into James’s hands I love youthe shit out offor you to wake up and realize I’azed into her eyes
“Jess, I’ve never loved anyone like I love you either I’m sorry that I let that fucker James anywhere near us You think it’s not scary formy heart onfor you” Jess saw the sincerity and vulnerability in his eyes and it shone so brightly she had to close her own
“I’ to turn down the captain position This her profile” Jess snapped her eyes open and pushed back from him
“You will not! Do you hear“You will not throay one of the most iht say s about me, about us”
“Jess, if I’m not the captain it may help to divert a lot of attention As captain, I’o to all of the events, press conferences, and more”
“I will not let you step down I know I’ve been a s that shouldn’t et in the way of us, but I will not let you sacrifice this forthe both of us and we made it easy I can do this I promise I’ll do better If I know you’re by my side and know you love s that have happened in et in the way of us I love you so much and I’m so proud of you I don’t want you to ever think that I don’t love you playing football It’s a part of you and I want you to succeed”
Aedan grabbed a hold of her face with both hands and crushed her omery”
“I love you too Aedan O’Connell And you better kick some serious ass this season!”
“I will and I think I ave him a quizzical look as he held up his phone and waved it in front of her face
S up at Aedan, Jess realized that she would do whatever it took and deal with everything thrown their way, if it ot to be with Aedan
Epilogue
Jess could barely hear herself think as she stood in the stands juland fans The stadiu with an electricity that eclipsed even the Preue Cha World Cup tournament was a ind of activity Neither Jess nor Evelyn had ever been to Singapore before, so they spent a lot of tiardens—there was so much to do
Putting in for a transfer notice at work had taken a little wrangling, but she’d started up at the London office of her actuary fir a little break from work for the World Cup was the least she could do after all Aedan had done to help her settle in and get set up in London
The soccer groups stage and the seland had been put into the Group of Death during the group stage against the Netherlands, Germany, and Brazil They lost to Brazil in that round, but still ed to make it to the semi-finals because the other tea theland fan there