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The Striker (Gods of the Game, #1)
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"..𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄?”
“𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄.” 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏. “𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖?”
“𝑰 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕.”
“𝑵𝒐,” 𝑰 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅. “𝑰𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕..."
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𝐀𝐆𝐒𝐉𝐆𝐀𝐉𝐒𝐆𝐀𝐇𝐒 𝐌𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 😭😭🤭🤭🤌😫
When ana first announced that a new sport series was coming , I was head over heels and so excited to dive back in the anaverse again with very high expectations, which guess what ? 𝗦𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 , 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻 , 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝘆 , 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 🤭💜.
The book might see 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 just for some romance, but 𝙉𝙊 𝙉𝙊 𝙉𝙊 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙉𝙊.
if you love Ana huang , romance , sports and a good flirty MMC the you so won't be disappointed ✨
"..𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒕, 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖.”.."
🪀Asher's actually 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑤𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑦.. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁? 𝑆𝑤𝑜𝑜𝑛. The thoughtfulness? 𝗛𝗶𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴?𝑆𝑤𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑛. And his personality complimented Scarlett's so well. I was smiling like an idiot at whatever little banter we got.🪀
𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 and 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁's first meeting was 🅐🅒🅒🅘🅓🅔🅝🅣🅐🅛 but paved the way for a sassy interaction between the two. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗺𝘆'𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵 ..
Soon enough, with her brother away for an emergency, the both of them wind up having private lessons together after a breach of privacy. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁.
𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁, on the other hand, 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹. She tries to deny any feelings towards him but when he listens to her worries and does everything in his power to make her commutes and trainings much more comfortable especially after the repercussions of her freak accident, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺. 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆.
🌌One of 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 were 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 before they finally got together. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆,, and although it didn't feel rushed, I had expected some more pining and yearning. ( 𝘚𝘊𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘔𝘐𝘕𝘎 , 𝘎𝘐𝘎𝘎𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘒𝘐𝘊𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘔𝘠 𝘍𝘌𝘌𝘛𝘚 𝘈𝘚𝘏𝘎𝘈𝘑𝘚𝘎𝘚𝘈) .
"..“𝑰𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒓, 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆.”𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕. 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑻𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.”.."
And please 𝓦𝓱𝓸 𝔀𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓷 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓰𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓰𝓲𝓻𝓵 𝓪 𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓿𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓶𝓮𝓮𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓻 ( Isabella Valencia 🤭) 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓰𝓸𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓶𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓸𝓯 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓼 .. Man if I e'er see or find a ,an like this now that we are already married ..
ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴇᴍɪꜱᴛʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴀɴᴛᴇʀ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ꜱᴄᴀʀʟᴇᴛᴛ & ᴀꜱʜᴇʀ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴀɴɢꜱᴛ ᴀɴᴅᴛᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀꜱ ᴀᴅᴅᴇᴅ ᴄᴜᴢ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇᴅ ᴘʀᴏxɪᴍɪᴛʏ.. ( fewfew swooning).
I absolutely loved their friendship and how 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 was so kind and caring and understanding of 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁’s pain ( Ana just described Scarlet's chronic pain in a way that made me feel helplesswhen she felt the pain.. ). I absolutely loved that he treated her like a person, and didn’t pity her and make her feel less than. 𝗛𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗳𝘂𝗹. and vice versa how 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 , they are the biggest green flag ever 💜.
"..𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. “𝑰’𝒎 𝒔𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑻𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.”.."
And the ⓒⓐⓜⓔⓞⓢ we got ? SO SO SO AMAZING AGHSHA , we got to see Juke and Josh , Bridget , and Vuk Markovic ( CANT WAIT FOR HIS BOOK AGJH) and Isabella and Kai 🤭.
I genuinely could go on and on about how I adored this couple. Even through the rough patches, they made it work beautifully. The side characters were also such a wild ride. 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿's teammates and 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁's friends are hilarious and had me giggling. I am so looking forward to Vincent's book now.🤞
“𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄.” 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏. “𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖?”
“𝑰 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕.”
“𝑵𝒐,” 𝑰 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅. “𝑰𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕..."
ೃ⁀➷4.5 ⭐
𝐀𝐆𝐒𝐉𝐆𝐀𝐉𝐒𝐆𝐀𝐇𝐒 𝐌𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 😭😭🤭🤭🤌😫
When ana first announced that a new sport series was coming , I was head over heels and so excited to dive back in the anaverse again with very high expectations, which guess what ? 𝗦𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 , 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻 , 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝘆 , 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 🤭💜.
The book might see 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 just for some romance, but 𝙉𝙊 𝙉𝙊 𝙉𝙊 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙉𝙊.
if you love Ana huang , romance , sports and a good flirty MMC the you so won't be disappointed ✨
"..𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒕, 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖.”.."
🪀Asher's actually 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑤𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑦.. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁? 𝑆𝑤𝑜𝑜𝑛. The thoughtfulness? 𝗛𝗶𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴?𝑆𝑤𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑛. And his personality complimented Scarlett's so well. I was smiling like an idiot at whatever little banter we got.🪀
𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 and 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁's first meeting was 🅐🅒🅒🅘🅓🅔🅝🅣🅐🅛 but paved the way for a sassy interaction between the two. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗺𝘆'𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵 ..
Soon enough, with her brother away for an emergency, the both of them wind up having private lessons together after a breach of privacy. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁.
𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁, on the other hand, 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹. She tries to deny any feelings towards him but when he listens to her worries and does everything in his power to make her commutes and trainings much more comfortable especially after the repercussions of her freak accident, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺. 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆.
🌌One of 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 were 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 before they finally got together. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆,, and although it didn't feel rushed, I had expected some more pining and yearning. ( 𝘚𝘊𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘔𝘐𝘕𝘎 , 𝘎𝘐𝘎𝘎𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘒𝘐𝘊𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘔𝘠 𝘍𝘌𝘌𝘛𝘚 𝘈𝘚𝘏𝘎𝘈𝘑𝘚𝘎𝘚𝘈) .
"..“𝑰𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒓, 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆.”𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕. 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑻𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.”.."
And please 𝓦𝓱𝓸 𝔀𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓷 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓰𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓰𝓲𝓻𝓵 𝓪 𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓿𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓶𝓮𝓮𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓻 ( Isabella Valencia 🤭) 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓰𝓸𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓶𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓸𝓯 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓼 .. Man if I e'er see or find a ,an like this now that we are already married ..
ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴇᴍɪꜱᴛʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴀɴᴛᴇʀ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ꜱᴄᴀʀʟᴇᴛᴛ & ᴀꜱʜᴇʀ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴀɴɢꜱᴛ ᴀɴᴅᴛᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀꜱ ᴀᴅᴅᴇᴅ ᴄᴜᴢ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇᴅ ᴘʀᴏxɪᴍɪᴛʏ.. ( fewfew swooning).
I absolutely loved their friendship and how 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 was so kind and caring and understanding of 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁’s pain ( Ana just described Scarlet's chronic pain in a way that made me feel helplesswhen she felt the pain.. ). I absolutely loved that he treated her like a person, and didn’t pity her and make her feel less than. 𝗛𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗳𝘂𝗹. and vice versa how 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 , they are the biggest green flag ever 💜.
"..𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. “𝑰’𝒎 𝒔𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑻𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.”.."
And the ⓒⓐⓜⓔⓞⓢ we got ? SO SO SO AMAZING AGHSHA , we got to see Juke and Josh , Bridget , and Vuk Markovic ( CANT WAIT FOR HIS BOOK AGJH) and Isabella and Kai 🤭.
I genuinely could go on and on about how I adored this couple. Even through the rough patches, they made it work beautifully. The side characters were also such a wild ride. 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿's teammates and 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁's friends are hilarious and had me giggling. I am so looking forward to Vincent's book now.🤞
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"" to loving very version of yourself, even the ones you want to leave behind "
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AM SREAMING GIGGLING AND KICKING MY FEETS , IKRAM I LIVELAUGH LOVE YOU FOR SENDING ME THE PDF I WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL 😭😭😭😭"
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""You could say that." The careless grin he threw my way shouldn't have made my pulse race, but it did. "However, I have to commend you on achieving something that I thought was impossible."
"What's that?"
"Making me like someone with the last name DuBois."
I rolled my eyes even as I fought an exasperated laugh. "You are an incorrigible flirt."
"Flirt? Yes. Incorrigible? That's a matter of opinion.""
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"What's that?"
"Making me like someone with the last name DuBois."
I rolled my eyes even as I fought an exasperated laugh. "You are an incorrigible flirt."
"Flirt? Yes. Incorrigible? That's a matter of opinion.""
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"Two," she continued, ignoring me. "Don't call me darling."
"What about honeybun?"
"No."
"Madam?"
"No."
"Tinkerbell?"
"Only if you want me to kick you in the tinkerbell between your legs."
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AGHSSFSGAGSHM OMAGADDDD AM GIGGLING AND BLUSHING RN-"
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"What about honeybun?"
"No."
"Madam?"
"No."
"Tinkerbell?"
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"'...Here lies Scarlett DuBois, a victim of self-inflicted humiliation.
"I wasn't ogling you," I lied, drawing the tatters of my dignity around me in a last-ditch shield.
"Sure, and rain isn't wet." Asher stood, looking remarkably put together for a quarter past three in the
morning. Further proof the universe didn't play fair.
"It's alright, darling. I won't hold it against you."..'
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"I wasn't ogling you," I lied, drawing the tatters of my dignity around me in a last-ditch shield.
"Sure, and rain isn't wet." Asher stood, looking remarkably put together for a quarter past three in the
morning. Further proof the universe didn't play fair.
"It's alright, darling. I won't hold it against you."..'
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AGHSFHAS the tension"
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"However, I couldn't focus on Isabella Valencia's latest thriller for the life of me. I usually loved her books, but I found myself zoning out every other paragraph.
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Well we'll well , ISABELLA VALENCIA AGAJSGAHA does it count as a cameo for Isa? Idk , for me ? literally 🤭😌"
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""..Platonic." The warmth of Asher's breath brushed against my skin. "Does this feel platonic to you?"
"No," I whispered. "It doesn't."
Another breath shuddered from his chest.
That was the last warning I got before he pulled me toward him and slanted his mouth over mine..."
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AGHASFSFAHAHSHSJISA FINNALLYYYYYYYY 😭😭🤭🤭🤭🤌🤌"
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"No," I whispered. "It doesn't."
Another breath shuddered from his chest.
That was the last warning I got before he pulled me toward him and slanted his mouth over mine..."
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AGHASFSFAHAHSHSJISA FINNALLYYYYYYYY 😭😭🤭🤭🤭🤌🤌"
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"AGHSSFGAHS NOT ASHER AND VINCENT TEAMING UP AGAINST RAFAEL ( SCARLETT'S EX -EWWW) AGAHSGHAA GOOD FOR THE ASSHOLE 🤭🤭🤭😌😌🤌"
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"When he chooses her over his football matches 🤌🤭 nowadays all men are drugged w football/soccer 😔"
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""Isabella hasn't done a UK tour yet, but I figured a personal meet and greet would be more fun than standing in line for hours anyway." I gestured at the books. "I had special editions made of all her titles so she could sign them for you in person."
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GIMME ASHER DONOVAN N.O.W
GAJAGSHAHGSAGAIN IF A MAN EVER DID THIS TO ME , I WOULD DIE"
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GIMME ASHER DONOVAN N.O.W
GAJAGSHAHGSAGAIN IF A MAN EVER DID THIS TO ME , I WOULD DIE"
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