Blind Side (Red Zone Rivals, #2)

by Kandi Steiner

I could picture it, Clay Johnson strangling a man with his bare hands, holding him off the ground with those biceps bulging, severe eyes promising death to the punk unless he told Clay what he needed to know.

Lmao uh what

“Clay and his girlfriend broke up, which I was unaware of until after the interview. He’s clearly in no headspace to be on camera, and I take full responsibility for not realizing that until it was too late.”

He was very clear he wasnt good to do the interview its kinda hard to feel bad for her

I’d never traveled outside of New England,

Theyre british ?? Uh trigger warning next time

“Please don’t. It would be an even rougher start to our journey of making Shawn Stetson your boyfriend.”

This happened so quick she literally barely has a crush on shawn

I pushed my glasses up the bridge of my nose,

Girl get your glasses fixed you should not have to be doing all this

“If I go too far, if you’re uncomfortable and want me to back off, just meow.”

Right. Nightmare

“It’s just a little kiss practice.” “Do you hear how ridiculous that sounds?”

This is so ridiculous but im so very here

reaching out for a blueberry cake donut, but then pausing and moving on. I plucked one as I passed and put it on her tray when she wasn’t looking.

Smash

She was like a child and a grown ass woman somehow wrapped up in one.

I dont like that

But I took those books and did a little studying of my own. I memorized what pages she’d dog-eared, or highlighted, which ones had the distinct oil from her fingertips being on them more frequently than others.

Ok so smash

And like a lightbulb in the dark, I remembered her books. I remembered every scene she highlighted, and I knew without asking what she needed from me.

Honestly their chemistry is insane

Then again, if she’d so willingly agreed, did I really ever have a shot with her in the first place? Was it all really fake to her, void of feelings? Was I just a friend in her eyes?

Girl she begged you to smash and you RAN OUT OF HER DORM

“And you deserve a man who treats you like the princess you are.” I couldn’t hide my face twisting at that. Princess? Ew.

Clay calls you kitten be fr

Shawn flicked through his Netflix and turned on a documentary that I, miraculously, hadn’t seen yet. He said he knew I’d love it, if I loved nerding out about space. And I did.

Shawn is actually perfect im kinda mad shes not going to end up with him

“Giana, come on… you’re not stupid. Please tell me you don’t believe what you just said.” My brows shot up into my hairline, and I stared at him incredulously for one moment before I turned on my heels. “Wow. Goodbye, Shawn.”

In his defense he has every reason to think clay is a jerk

“Don’t you see? This is how guys like him work. They’ll push and push you until you’re on the edge of leaving, and then they’ll do whatever it takes to lure you back in. It’s him who’s the selfish one.” My defenses shot up, more for Clay than for myself. “I’m done having this conversation.

This would suck so bad as shawn fully believing shes in a terrible relationship and not understanding why she wont leave

was clearly feeling. “It was all a game to me,” he said, his voice stoic and unmoved, eyes glossed over. “I’m sorry I used you, that I pretended like I wanted to be with you. I had to do what it took to get Maliyah back.”

He did not have to break up w her like this.

I’d never seen her buy something for herself, not in all the years she raised me, because every dollar she had either went to bills or to me

Except drugsand alcohol...

It was a betrayal, one I felt like a sword through my stomach — which I promptly emptied after I stumbled away from the coffee shop and found a trash can off the sidewalk path that circled campus.

So real to vom when he sees her moving on

It was complete madness, the kind only a Thanksgiving Day game can bring. The kind only a bowl-clutching game can bring.

Just now realised when they said bowl games they meant superbowl oml i should not be reading about sports

One of the most pressing was why I hadn’t seen him with Maliyah in over a week now.

He broke up w mailyah over a week ago and still hasnt confronted giana? Jesus take your time dude

He looked out over the hands raised, the people calling out his name, and then pointed to someone near the back. “Clay Johnson,” he said. And my heart stopped.

Ugghhhhhh am I gonna hate this

“Have either of you ever done something really stupid that almost ended your relationship?” A golf ball-sized knot formed in my throat at the question, at the way my heart raced with the words.

Uhhhhhhhhhhh I fear I hate this

before every camera turned toward Clay and reporters struggled to find mics they could hold out toward him, since all the press ones were focused on Riley and Zeke at the podium. “Yes, ours,” Clay confirmed. “Mine and Giana Jones’ story.”

This sorta seems like hes just in an attention competition w them

“But I’m going to anyway. Because I love you, Giana Jones.” The room was aflutter, cameras flashing and microphones being shoved as close to us as they could manage as Clay moved in closer,

I think this would be better not in public. Shes never been worried ab what the public thought

“Today, this loss? It stings. It hurts like hell. It feels unfair, like our one shot was stolen. But that’s just it — this isn’t our last bullet. We have another in the chamber.” He paused, letting that sink in. “So, are we going to throw in the towel? Or are we going to fight?”

The drama. The epic highs and lows of college football lmfao

Despite how I’d somehow managed to redirect their energy after our bowl game loss, I knew as much as everyone else in this room how much a new coach would change things.

Didnt read the chap pov and was so confused