The Defender (Gods of the Game, #2)

by Ana Huang

Noah Wilson, our goalkeeper.

The keeper

“One day, you’ll admit the truth, and I’ll be right here to accept your apology.” “Sure,” she said, sweet as pie. “Or maybe the intruder will do us all a favor and take you out before then.”

Gotta love morbid humor

Even if I wanted to kiss her, I wouldn’t because I wanted to win more. That was the beautiful irony of the bet—it gave us “permission” to kiss the other, but it effectively ensured we wouldn’t, thereby keeping us safe from emotional vulnerability and any other consequences that might arise if we ever gave in to our attraction.

Someone sounds a little delusional

A red bubble graced my Messages app. My stomach flipped. I tapped on the notification and skimmed the new text.

Ik this isnt the point but red?

Adil’s solution to that? Dinosaur erotica. The craziest part was, it seemed to be working.

I forgot that this is a plot in these books

I was about to grab my laptop from my room when the front door slammed. My heart skipped in response. It was sick. Practically Pavlovian.

Lmao

Have you ever moved in with your coach after 1) he caught you shacking up with his daughter, 2) he and said daughter got into a massive fight, and 3) he vowed to make your life a living hell because of reason number one? I don’t recommend it. It’s not fun.

I would read millions of Anna Huang books for the writing style alone

It was stupid of me to set that alert in the first place. October third was bad enough, but after last year’s spiral, I’d set one for my birthday too. Seeing the command in black and white helped rein me in.

I need to know

The emcee raised his gavel. Before he could bang it, I jumped up from my seat and yelled, “Thirty-five thousand!”

Girl youre a month away from being unemployed

You can make me run drills until I vomit. You can make me wear the fucking mascot costume and dance the ‘Macarena’ during halftime. It doesn’t matter. I’ll take it all because Brooklyn’s worth it. There’s nothing you can do or say that would change that.”

A man

I want to be so fucking successful that she can’t help but reach out, or at least regret giving me up. I want to be everywhere so she can’t turn around without seeing my face. It’s a little bit of spite, and a little bit of hope.

Aww the baby. I wanna give him a hug

I smiled even as a prickle of suspicion crept down my spine. First Covent Garden, now a random café. Twice wasn’t a lot, but it was weird that we kept bumping into each other in the oddest of places.

Suspicious

“Hey, Brooklyn,” Seth said. “I didn’t realize you were back in London.”

NO NOT SETH

“Goal!” I screamed a millisecond before the stadium went wild. “Goal! Goal! We made a goal!” I sounded like an idiot,

Thats what i sound like when i try to be sporty