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00:00I was born with heavy breasts and too many curves.
00:04My half-sister was afraid her boyfriend Jake would lose his mind over me.
00:09So she sold me to a dying man, Ryder Calloway.
00:13Sure, Ryder's injury means he can't get hard.
00:17But at least you spared the pain of having his children.
00:23Three months later, I was begging for mercy every single night.
00:28I desperately wanted to ask Claire exactly what she meant by can't get hard.
00:36Ryder Calloway.
00:38Northgate University's undefeated ice hockey captain and the most feared name in the collegiate league
00:44was carried off the ice in blood.
00:47The hit had come from behind, illegal, brutal.
00:51By the time they reached him, he'd lost consciousness.
00:54His mother, Diana, had already lost her husband years ago.
00:58Now, she stood at the edge of losing her son.
01:02Someone on the family's legal team suggested an emergency contract marriage.
01:06If Ryder were married to a healthy young woman, legal stability and medical next-of-kin status
01:11could help the family manage his care and keep the estate in order.
01:16Claire accepted it for me.
01:18If I refused, she would pull out my scholarship funding and have me transferred to work as an off-campus
01:24cleaner.
01:24I knew she hadn't forgiven me for my history with Jake.
01:29Please!
01:30I swear Jake and I are just friends!
01:32What good is a vow?
01:34Do you know how distracting your big boobs are?
01:36Tears came without permission.
01:38Walking around campus with that body?
01:40Which man here wouldn't lose it the moment they laid eyes on you?
01:43It's not that I don't trust you.
01:45It's that I don't trust men.
01:48Do you know who he is?
01:50A billionaire!
01:54If my mother and Diana weren't old friends, you wouldn't even be considered.
01:59Claire, I don't want to be anyone's emergency wife!
02:02Please don't make...
02:06Eva, are you insane?
02:09Miss Claire, word from the Calumet house.
02:12Ryder has woken up.
02:13Claire dragged me straight to the Calloway house.
02:16I followed her through the entrance hall to a closed door.
02:19Through the gap, I caught a shape on the bed.
02:23The low sound of difficult breathing.
02:25Diana stood near the window, eyes red.
02:28She took Claire's hands.
02:31Claire, thank you for everything.
02:34He's pulled through.
02:36There's no need for the contract marriage.
02:39I won't ruin a girl's future over this.
02:41Claire's eyes moved fast.
02:44Mrs. Calloway, the arrangement should still go forward.
02:47Eva arrived the same day Ryder woke up?
02:49That has to mean something!
02:51Diana hesitated.
02:53She looked at me.
02:54Before she could speak, the family physician stepped out of the room, her expression flat.
03:00Ryder has regained consciousness, but the hit fractured his lower spine and struck deep into his inner, flanked deep into
03:06his inner thigh.
03:07The nerve damage...
03:09He can't!
03:10He will not be able to get hard.
03:13Possibly ever.
03:14Diana's knees gave.
03:18Eva, knowing this, do you still want this?
03:23Of course she does.
03:25She's just a girl with no standing.
03:27She should be grateful.
03:30I didn't speak right away.
03:31My mother had been a gifted doctor.
03:33I learned my mother's healing techniques from her notes.
03:36Maybe I could take care of Ryder.
03:38Perhaps it was better to be the wife of a dead person than to be bullied by my stepsister for
03:43the rest of my life.
03:44I straightened and stood in front of Diana.
03:46Mrs. Calloway, I'm willing.
03:49I'll sign the agreement, care for Ryder, and be here as long as you need me.
03:55Diana kept her word.
03:56She had a proper wedding outfit made.
03:59She treated it with full ceremony.
04:01On our wedding day, Claire said to me,
04:04Even though Ryder can't perform, at least you're spared the pain of having his children.
04:10Don't worry.
04:11A man who can't perform there is probably exceptional everywhere else.
04:15I told myself I was simply moving to a new house.
04:19Ryder was too weak to stand through the full wedding ceremony.
04:23I completed the signing beside his team jersey.
04:26The one hanging on the wall.
04:29Number seven.
04:31His number.
04:33Diana watched the whole thing with her eyes wet.
04:37When it was done, I was Ryder Calloway's wife.
04:41A wife of a billionaire ice hockey stars.
04:44His room was quiet when I pushed the door open.
04:47He was sitting up against the headboard.
04:49Pale.
04:50He turned when I walked in.
04:52Up close, he was strikingly good-looking.
04:55Strong jaw.
04:56Dark eyes that didn't waste any movement.
05:00I never intended to take a wife in the college.
05:03If you don't mind, we can treat this like a roommate arrangement.
05:08Tonight the bed is yours.
05:10I'll take that.
05:15Tomorrow you move to the guest room.
05:21All right.
05:23He had thought of everything.
05:25It wasn't what I'd expected.
05:27Before the ceremony, an older staff member pressed a prawn book for me.
05:33She'd whispered with a strange look.
05:38There are other ways between a husband and wife.
05:41You might find this useful.
05:43I hadn't understood her until I opened it.
05:46He'd moved through me just from the first page.
05:49Is it too warm in here?
05:52Ryder was watching me from bed.
05:54Eyes steady.
05:56Direct.
05:57The formal wear is heavy.
06:00I'm a little warm.
06:04Get ready for bed then.
06:09I set the book on the dresser.
06:11I unpinned my hair.
06:13Then I changed.
06:15Layered dress off piece by piece.
06:18Until I was standing in just a thin nightgown.
06:21I looked in the mirror.
06:23The fabric was not thick enough.
06:53Heavy breasts straining against the cloth.
06:55I looked at his feet slowly.
06:56Tall.
06:57His shadow fell over me.
07:00Image from that book flooded back.
07:03What did he want to do?
07:05Then Ryder turned and walked to the door.
07:10The moment cold air rushed in from the hallway.
07:13I came back to myself.
07:15I came back to myself.
07:15He was already gone.
07:18When he'd looked at me just now.
07:21The shock in his eyes.
07:25Had I actually rattled him?
07:27He came back sometime in the night.
07:30His hair was still damp from the shower.
07:36When I woke up in the morning, he was already gone.
07:39His side of the room was empty.
07:41His assistant, Sunny, came and shook on me.
07:43Ryder, why didn't you tell someone to run you a hot shower?
07:46The water in the rink showers is freezing this time of year.
07:49I'll make you ginger soup.
07:50You're going to catch something.
07:52Does Ryder Ryder usually take cold showers?
07:55Not that I know of.
07:57I went to greet Diana that morning.
08:00Ryder was already sitting beside her.
08:04She smiled like spring had come early the moment she saw me.
08:08Her face only changed when Ryder coughed.
08:12Ryder, I need to talk to Eva privately.
08:15Go rest.
08:16He left without arguing.
08:19Diana waved me over to sit beside her.
08:22Eva, my sweet girl.
08:24My son waking up is a blessing.
08:27But I can't let that blessing become your burden.
08:31The doctor says the nerve damage is permanent.
08:34No one knows how much time he has.
08:38Some in the family suggested I name a different heir from another branch of the family.
08:42But that would mean trapping you in a life with no future.
08:45You came here to stand by him, and I am already grateful for that.
08:49I can't ask you to give him the rest of your life, too.
08:51I've already thought it through.
08:52If the worst comes, I'll have him dissolve the marriage contract.
08:56You'll be free.
08:57I'll see to it that you have housing and enough to live on.
09:03I hadn't expected her to think this far ahead for me.
09:06It made me think of my mother.
09:08If she had lived...
09:11Diana laughed through the tears.
09:13Look at me making you cry, too.
09:17Eva, call me mom.
09:18Mom, you might as well.
09:22And one more thing.
09:25Claire mentioned, you know, healing technique.
09:29Writer's daily health.
09:31The food, the supplements.
09:33Could you take that on?
09:35I just want him around a little longer.
09:37That's my small selfishness.
09:44I went to the kitchen and started planning.
09:47I carried the meal tray down the hall to Ryder's room.
09:52He was at his desk giving instructions to a junior teammate.
09:55Something about defense coverage.
09:57Just leave the meal.
09:59I'll take it later.
10:04You should eat while it's warm.
10:05The supplements don't work right on an empty stomach.
10:08He glanced at the tray.
10:10Then at me.
10:11He sat down without another word.
10:15Going forward, have Sunny bring the meals.
10:17She knows the routine.
10:18I can do it.
10:21It's not necessary.
10:24It's the same either way.
10:29It isn't have Sunny do it.
10:34Let's go out and talk.
10:42That confirmed it.
10:44Ryder Calloway did not want me around.
10:47Was my curve really too exaggerated?
10:51I followed his instruction.
10:54After that, Sunny delivered every meal to his studies.
10:57A week later, at morning check-in with Diana,
11:00Dr. Mills came by for his routine check.
11:03She said his vitals are the most stable she's seen.
11:07Eva, that's your doing.
11:09Then back in my room, I added it to the small box I kept in the dresser.
11:13You never wear any of it.
11:19I will eventually.
11:23If I ever leave, it all converts to something useful.
11:26You'd sell the things Mom gave you?
11:29Not while I'm here.
11:30But if the marriage contract is dissolved one day?
11:33Yes.
11:34That's just practical.
11:38Ryder!
11:40Ryder, did you need something?
11:44Uh, I left some team footage in this room, looking for it.
11:50I'll help you find it.
11:51What format?
11:53USB.
11:54Black case.
12:03Any idea where you left it?
12:06No.
12:09No.
12:20He was really handsome.
12:22Fair skin, sharp brows, dark eyes.
12:36My chest pressed against him and I could feel his hard dick.
12:48Your footage.
12:50Keep it.
12:52Oh no.
12:54Now he must have a worse impression of me.
12:58After that, I started actively avoiding Ryder.
13:02He was healing.
13:03He needed calm.
13:04I was apparently not conducive to calm.
13:06But a new problem landed in my inbox.
13:09Jake had been messaging me.
13:10Three times in the past week.
13:12I deleted them without responding and locked them in a folder.
13:16Eva.
13:18Eva.
13:19Someone's waiting at the side entrance.
13:21He says he won't leave until you come out.
13:24I already knew who it was.
13:29I walked out fast, already irritated.
13:32I pushed open the side door.
13:34Eva.
13:35You finally came.
13:40You can call me Mrs. Calloway.
13:42Or just don't call me anything.
13:44He leaned against the wall.
13:45I'm going to be promoted to senior team after next season.
13:49I just think that's the scene.
13:51I'm going to be promoted to senior team captain next season.
13:56When that happens, I won't need Claire's family connections anymore.
14:01Eva.
14:02Come be with me.
14:04Ryder's finished.
14:05Everyone knows it.
14:07Almost dying.
14:09What kind of future is that?
14:15He reached out toward me.
14:17I stepped back.
14:19You want me as a side piece?
14:21He nodded like it was reasonable.
14:23I laughed.
14:24Actually laughed.
14:28Why would I give up being a Callowin wife to be your secret?
14:32I am standing.
14:34I have a name.
14:35I have a house that could fit your apartment 12 times over.
14:40The whole campus knows Ryder's washed up.
14:46Seems like a waste.
14:50My stomach turned.
14:52I stepped closer.
14:53My voice went quiet.
14:54You want to push this?
14:56I have every message you've sent me saved.
15:00I can have them on Claire's phone in 10 minutes.
15:07How does your captainship look after that?
15:12His face went white.
15:14I turned and walked back through the door.
15:17Behind me, I heard him start to say something.
15:20I closed the door.
15:22I closed the door.
15:24I spun around and nearly walked into Ryder.
15:27He was standing less than two feet away in a dark team jacket.
15:32I hadn't heard him come up.
15:35Ryder, I...
15:36His eyes were level, not cold, something else.
15:40You just called yourself a Callowin.
15:42My face got warm.
15:45That was...
15:45I was making a point.
15:47I didn't mean to overstep.
15:51You told him I was the most celebrated athlete in the league.
15:56That's just true.
15:58Ryder tilted his head slightly.
16:00Something moved in his expression.
16:01A minute ago, you said you were my wife.
16:04Now you're back to Ryder?
16:11Ryder, I'll go check on your afternoon supplement timing.
16:15I tried to step past him.
16:16His hand caught my arm, gentle but there.
16:21I stumbled sideways into his chest.
16:29I looked up at him from three inches away.
16:33His eyes were dark and very close.
16:36The things you said just now...
16:40Were they true?
16:42I couldn't tell him the whole truth was just a bluff for Jake's benefit.
16:45So I looked up at him and said nothing.
16:48Ryder's eyes stayed on my face.
16:50The distance between us was wrong.
16:52Too close, his breath warm, his hand still around my arm.
16:56Eva.
16:57The supplement timing.
16:59I should go check.
17:01He let go.
17:03I walked away fast.
17:04Behind me, nothing.
17:05No footsteps.
17:07Just silence.
17:08That was the first time I'd seen colour in Ryder Calloway's face.
17:14My heart was going completely haywire.
17:19That night, I dreamed about him.
17:23Nothing specific.
17:24Just his voice in the dark.
17:26Low and close.
17:26Eva.
17:27Saying my name in a way that made my chest ache.
17:29I woke up with my pulse pounding and the sheets twisted.
17:32Sunny knocked and came in.
17:34I asked her to bring cold water.
17:36It really is getting warmer.
17:40I pressed a handful of cold water against my face.
17:43Then, I thought about Ryder going to take that cold shower in the middle of the night.
17:47I shook the thought out of my head immediately.
17:50He had nerve damage.
17:51He was healing.
17:52This was absurd.
17:53Mrs. Calloway is having dinner in the courtyard tonight.
17:57She'd like you both there.
17:58Diana's housekeeper came to find me.
18:00I'd been finding reasons to avoid shared meals all week.
18:04Diana had noticed.
18:06I couldn't keep saying no.
18:08I walked out to the small yard behind the house.
18:11As the evening light came through the trees,
18:13the spread on the table was everything I liked.
18:16I stood there looking at it.
18:18Ryder remembered.
18:19He asked the kitchen this morning.
18:23My mother had died the night I was born.
18:27No one had ever made a point of the date.
18:31Something moved in my chest.
18:33Small and uninvited.
18:34How did you know today was my birthday?
18:37I forgot myself.
18:38The marriage registration paperwork.
18:41It listed your date of birth.
18:44Jesus, they did have to think and say it.
18:46I do that.
18:48This is a bottle I've been saving.
18:51Good apple cider.
18:53And it's so or not.
18:55I'm opening it for you tonight.
18:57Don't let either of you drink too much.
19:02Actually, the night air is too cold for my joints.
19:04I'll leave you two to enjoy it.
19:10She was gone before I could say anything.
19:12The yard went quiet.
19:14To avoid the silence, I poured a glass and drank it faster than I should have.
19:18It was sweet.
19:20It was also stronger than it tasted.
19:22I poured another, then another.
19:24The warmth spread up through my chest and behind my eyes.
19:29I reached toward the last small cake on the plate in the middle and found it empty.
19:34Where did the last one go?
19:36I ate it.
19:40I don't know where the nerve came from.
19:42I leaned toward him.
19:43Who said you could have the last one?
19:45Give it back.
19:45Spider stared at me.
19:47Then he opened his mouth.
19:48You'll have to come find it yourself.
19:49I looked at his mouth.
19:51Then back at his eyes.
19:52Then back at his mouth.
19:53I leaned forward and kissed him.
19:55He went completely still.
19:56His breath stopped.
19:58Then his hand came up to the back of my head.
20:00And the kiss went deeper.
20:01Slower.
20:02Like he'd been waiting for it.
20:03Footsteps on the gravel path.
20:05We broke apart.
20:06Ryder!
20:07Diana said it's getting cold.
20:08She wanted me to...
20:09She stopped.
20:10Looked at us.
20:11I'll just leave these here.
20:13I stood up too fast.
20:14The yard tilted.
20:15My knees went the wrong way.
20:17Everything went dark.
20:18I woke up to the morning light and a headache like a fist behind my eyes.
20:22I sat up fast.
20:23Diana.
20:24The church visit.
20:25I'd promised I'd go with her this morning.
20:27Don't rush.
20:28Sunny appeared in the doorway.
20:29The car isn't ready yet.
20:31Did I...
20:31How did I get back here?
20:32Ryder carried you in.
20:34I looked at her.
20:35She nodded seriously.
20:37I didn't say anything strange, did I?
20:38You kept grabbing his sleeve and calling him baby.
20:42She pressed a hand over her mouth.
20:43Over and over.
20:45He turned so red.
20:46I thought he was gonna faint too.
20:48Sunny!
20:49If you tell anyone...
20:50She was already running.
20:51I found Diana at the front door.
20:53We drove out to the botanical gardens.
20:55She liked the greenhouse there on weekend mornings and said it was peaceful.
20:58I sat in the passenger seat staring out the window, still half mortified.
21:03Diana glanced over.
21:04You're not thinking about what I think you're thinking about.
21:07I've...
21:07Talked to about anything.
21:09Eva.
21:09She kept her eyes on the road, but she was smiling.
21:12I arranged this dinner on purpose.
21:14I'm not sorry about it.
21:16Ryder and I are not...
21:17I know, I know.
21:19She waved a hand.
21:20I just want you two to be able to talk.
21:22Even if it can't be more than that.
21:24I'd rather you were friends than strangers living in the same house.
21:27I was about to answer her.
21:28The car lurched.
21:29A sharp horn.
21:30Diana yanked the wheel.
21:32The car swerved hard onto the shoulder and the engine sputtered out.
21:35The brakes!
21:36She pressed the pedal again.
21:38Nothing.
21:38We were on the incline road above the park.
21:40Still moving.
21:42Getting faster.
21:42I looked ahead.
21:43A concrete barrier at the curve.
21:45Maybe 300 meters.
21:47Diana.
21:47Unbuckle.
21:48We have to get out now.
21:49Eva, that's too dangerous.
21:51Barrier is faster.
21:53Unbuckle.
21:54Hold on to me.
21:54We go on three.
21:55She was shaking, but she moved.
21:57I got my door open, locked my arm through hers, and the moment the car drifted toward the
22:02far shoulder, I pulled us both out and hit the slope hard.
22:05We rolled.
22:06I got my arms around her and took the ground on my side.
22:09My back.
22:10My elbow.
22:11The car struck the barrier 20 meters ahead with a sound like a gunshot.
22:15Silence.
22:15Diana, are you hurt?
22:16Tell me where.
22:17I was already checking her.
22:18Eva, you're bleeding.
22:20The gravel had opened up my forearm and one side of my face.
22:23I didn't feel it yet.
22:24Adrenaline.
22:25I'm fine.
22:25Are you hurt anywhere?
22:27Nothing serious.
22:28Eva, you covered me the entire way down.
22:31I helped her sit up against the slope.
22:33She was already crying.
22:34I'm fine.
22:35Sunny's car.
22:37She's always right behind us.
22:38She'll be calling for help.
22:39I heard my own voice as if from a distance.
22:41Steady.
22:42Calm.
22:43While every nerve in my body screamed.
22:45A sound.
22:45Footsteps.
22:46Fast.
22:47Coming down the slope.
22:48I thought I was imagining it.
22:50Eva!
22:50Don't move!
22:51I've got you!
22:52Ryder's voice.
22:53He came down the bank fast.
22:55Pale.
22:55Jaw set.
22:56Eyes scanning me.
22:57He took my arm in both hands.
22:59How much blood is this?
23:00Where's the source?
23:01Surface.
23:02I'm fine.
23:03Stop saying that.
23:04He pulled off his jacket and pressed it to my forearm.
23:07You're not fine.
23:08He looked at his mother.
23:09She waved him back to me.
23:10I'm alright, Ryder.
23:12Take care of Eva.
23:13He tied the jacket around my arm and lifted me before I could protest.
23:16I was in his arms, off the ground.
23:18I could feel his chest rising too fast.
23:20You could have been killed.
23:22Like he was saying to himself.
23:23He carried me to the road.
23:24The whole way I kept telling him I could walk.
23:26He kept not listening.
23:27By the time the medics arrived, his face was still wrong.
23:30Too tight.
23:31Too pale.
23:32Diana told the medic everything.
23:34Eva pulled me out.
23:35She took all of it.
23:36Every impact.
23:37I walked away without a scratch because of her.
23:40Ryder stood at the edge of the group, hands in his pockets, looking at me.
23:44I looked back.
23:45You need to lie still.
23:46When they finished wrapping my arm.
23:48I know.
23:49We're going straight to the doctor.
23:50I know.
23:50He helped me get into the car.
23:52We drove in silence.
23:53His hand stayed on the back of my seat the whole way.
23:55Not touching me.
23:57Just there.
23:58At one point, I felt something hit my face.
24:00I looked up at the clear sky.
24:02Then I realized it wasn't rain.
24:04I reached over and covered his hand with mine.
24:06Just for a second.
24:07He turned it palm up without hesitation and held on.
24:10I didn't let go.
24:11Dr. Mills patched my arm and told me to stay in bed for a week.
24:14No fractures.
24:15Lots of bruising.
24:16A dislocated finger that she reset without ceremony.
24:19I lay there after she left and looked at the ceiling.
24:22Sunny came in with soup.
24:23She kept talking.
24:24The car had been tempered with.
24:26Something in the brake line.
24:27The private security team was already investigating.
24:29Who would go after Diana's car?
24:31And why now?
24:32I was still turning it over when the door opened.
24:35Ryder.
24:36He stood in the doorway holding a small wooden box.
24:38He set it on the nightstand and sat down in the chair beside the bed.
24:42He didn't speak right away.
24:44The brake line was cut.
24:45It wasn't an accident.
24:46Do you know who?
24:48Working on it.
24:48He looked at my wrapped arm.
24:50His jaw moved.
24:50You kept my mother from going over that bank.
24:53She would have done the same for me.
24:54That's not the point.
24:55He was quiet again.
24:57Eva, I need to tell you something.
24:59He looked at the window.
25:00I've known for two months that I was going to have to dissolve the marriage contract.
25:04I asked Dr. Mills to start preparing the documentation.
25:06My chest went still.
25:08I knew you were waiting for it.
25:09The way you kept your distance.
25:10The box of things you were converting to cash and you were always going to leave.
25:14I told myself I was just getting ahead of it.
25:16For you.
25:17He turned back to me.
25:18His eyes were flat and direct.
25:20The dissolution papers are ready.
25:21You can go whenever you want.
25:23I had Sonny prepare an account and a sum that will cover you for as long as you need.
25:27You don't wait for me to die.
25:28You don't have to keep pretending.
25:29I opened my mouth.
25:31Nothing came out.
25:31I know you've been counting the days.
25:33You don't have to do that anymore.
25:35Just go.
25:35He stood up and walked out.
25:37I sat there in the quiet after he left.
25:39In your mind, that's who I am.
25:41My throat was burning.
25:42I couldn't find words for it.
25:44I just sat there with both hands in my lap, staring at the door he'd closed behind him.
25:48By afternoon, a formal notice appeared outside the university athletic office.
25:52His name on it.
25:53Claire came and found me before I could read it myself.
25:55She was pale.
25:56Eva.
25:57Ryder.
25:58He's been accused.
25:59An anonymous report submitted to the league.
26:01They're saying he deliberately threw the Westfield championship game two years ago.
26:05Fix the outcome.
26:06Share defensive plays with the other team.
26:08I read the notice twice.
26:09Ryder Calloway threw games.
26:11He had more championship trophies than any athlete in the league's history.
26:15He had nothing to gain.
26:16And he had rushed to dissolve the contract before this broke.
26:20Sonny found me in the hole, twisting her hands.
26:23He basically grew up on that ring.
26:25He would never...
26:26Eva, is there anything...
26:28I sat down.
26:29I made myself think.
26:31My mother had treated a sports official years ago.
26:33A serious lung condition before I was born.
26:36He'd come to thank my father afterward.
26:38I'd overheard the conversation.
26:40He was still with the collegiate athletics board.
26:42I remembered his name.
26:43I spent the next hour finding his office number.
26:46He was harder to reach than I expected.
26:48Three calls.
26:49Two messages.
26:49The fourth time, he picked up.
26:51I know this is unusual.
26:53I'm Eva Calloway.
26:54Dr. White treated my mother years ago, before I was born.
26:57I know you remember him.
26:59I remember.
27:01My husband is being investigated.
27:02I believe the evidence was planted.
27:05I'm not asking you to interfere.
27:06I'm asking for the name of whoever submitted the report.
27:09And ten minutes with whoever is reviewing it.
27:12Come to my office tomorrow, eight in the morning.
27:15I was there at 7.45.
27:16It took two hours.
27:18He walked me through the documentation.
27:19I asked questions, took notes, and found three inconsistencies in the timeline that didn't
27:25line up with the away game schedule.
27:27When I came out, Ryder was standing against the wall outside the building.
27:30He looked at me with an expression I couldn't read.
27:32What are you doing here?
27:33I heard where you'd gone.
27:34He pushed off the wall.
27:36Eva, you don't have to do this.
27:37I know.
27:38I put my notes in my bag.
27:39I wanted to.
27:40He took one step toward me, then stopped.
27:42His voice was rough.
27:43Why?
27:44I looked at him straight.
27:45Because you're not guilty.
27:47Someone is trying to take you apart for it.
27:49He held my gaze for a long time.
27:51That's it?
27:52You saved my mother's life.
27:53And now this.
27:54She's my family too.
27:55I paused.
27:56Whether you dissolve the contract or not, that part doesn't change.
28:00Something shifted in his face.
28:01He crossed the remaining space between us and his arms came around me.
28:05Careful, like he wasn't sure I'd allow it.
28:07I didn't move away.
28:08He held on.
28:09I could feel his breath unsteady against my hair.
28:12I know what you must think of me.
28:13Pushing you out.
28:14Telling you to leave.
28:15Eva, I-
28:15I know.
28:16I pressed my palm against his chest.
28:18His heart was going too fast.
28:20I know why you did it.
28:21We stood there on the pavement outside the athletics board building in the cold morning air.
28:26A long moment of nothing needed.
28:27On the way back, I told him about the timeline gaps.
28:31He listened without interrupting.
28:32When I finished, he was quiet for a moment.
28:34Then-
28:35The report was filed by someone on the Westfield side.
28:38A coach who lost his position after the game.
28:41He blamed me.
28:42Then we find the proof.
28:43We?
28:44I looked at him.
28:45We.
28:45The corner of his mouth moved.
28:47Small.
28:48Barely there.
28:49It was the first real smile I'd ever seen on him.
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