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A wicked glint flashed in her eye and I braced myself for whatever crappy thing she was going to say next.
“You know it’s actually quite poetic. The football star and the coach’s daughter. Who would have thought—”
“What did you just say?” The blood drained from Kaiden’s face. I watched the realization slam into him, and my stomach dropped.
“You mean, you didn’t know?” Lindsey practically grinned. “Lily is Coach Ford’s daughter. Didn’t she tell you?”
“No, she didn’t,” he said, coolly.
“Bummer. Not to worry though. I’m sure there are plenty of other girls who will help you feel right at home at Rixon High.”
Kaiden glared at me, his smile replaced with a grimace.
“Oops, I can see you two have some things to discuss. I’ll see you later at practice.” She took off, leaving us in bitter silence.
“I—”
“You look like him,” Kaiden said. “That’s where I recognized you from. You have his eyes.”
“Everyone says I do.” I smiled, but he didn’t return it. “What Lindsey said. It doesn’t matter. I mean, Coach Ford is my dad, but he isn’t some monster. He would never—”
“It matters.”
“Sorry, wh-what?” I blinked at him, sure I’d misheard.
“It matters.”
“B-but what happened on Friday was…” I struggled to find the words.
I wanted to tell him it was the first time I’d ever kissed a guy. I wanted to tell him that I hadn’t stopped thinking about his lips on mine. That I felt something shift inside me during those few minutes with him in the boat shed.
But the words didn’t form and Kaiden didn’t give me a chance to try to get them out.
“Do me a favor, yeah?” he said.
“Anything.” I nodded, finally finding my voice.
“Don’t tell anyone about what happened Friday night.”
Chapter Six
Kaiden
I’d fucked up.
She was Coach Ford’s daughter.
His fucking daughter.
It was obvious now. Same blue eyes, same dark hair. But I hadn’t seen it then. I’d been too busy focused on the girl trying to disappear.
Well done, asshole.
Now she was standing there, looking at me like I’d just kicked her puppy.
Her bottom lip wobbled. “B-but I thought—”
“You thought wrong,” I swallowed over the lump in my throat. I had to get the fuck out of here before she cried and Coach hauled me into his office for making his daughter sob.
