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"Ithere It was lonely cheering for you at the house all by a there"

"So why didn’t you co roll, sed, then took a drink of water before answering with, "That’s a load of crap, Mia You can’t keep hiding behind work"

She sighed "Nathan told you"

"Yeah, but only after I accused hi you"

She frowned "Oh, you didn’t"

"I did"

"It was me, Flynn I broke up with him"

"You can tell me it’s none of my business, but you know I’m always here for you if you want to talk"

She knew that was true And Flynn of all people would understand

"Teeks ago after the gaathered outside the locker room and Nathan had his arm around me The press was out there, too That was the day ere all headed over to Mick and Tara’s for a postgame celebration"

"I remember that You decided not to come"

"I surfed some social ether I got scared"

"Because you don’t want to be linked to Nathan? Why? Because of MHC?"

"No Okay, partly yes because so Nathan to benefit my company"

"Assholes"

"True But I can handle that It was mainly because of Nathan’s career Because I didn’t want the press to focus on the whole Cassidy/Riley dynasty thing to the detriether and that’s all the media covered Not hoell Nathan played that day, but how Nathan Riley and Mia Cassidy were a couple"

Flynn took a sip of water and looked at her "I see So you broke up with him because of that"

"Yes"

"And you think that would es athletes, it matters how they’re perceived, and what the press focuses on Nathan’s just starting out and the attention should be on his perfor off of it"

Their lunch arrived, so Flynn didn’t say anything else for a while Mia tried to enjoy her miso soup, but she wanted to knoas on her brother’shalf of it

"Well?" she finally asked

"Well, what?"

"What do you think?"

"I think you should talk to Nathan Tell him the truth, and then the two of you should decide what’s best for both of you I don’t think it’s up to you to hed "I was afraid you’d say that But I did what I thought was right"

"So you don’t really care about him"

She threw her napkin on the table "How can you say that? I broke up with hihed "Yeah That’s how you tell so them you don’t want to see them anymore"

"Screw you, Flynn"

Their waitress calasses, so that silenced her for a few , because she was about to blow up at her brother in a public restaurant Instead, she took a couple of deep breaths and a few sips of water to calm herself down

"How is Nathan?" she asked

"He seems a little pissed"

She nodded "Okay"