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Chapter 136 - We're the underdogs

Leon heard the doorbell ring, a polite, cheerful chime that sounded like a death knell.

He heard his mom's welcoming voice, the happy, excited yapping of Gaffer, and then a voice he had only ever heard through a phone or in his head.

"It's so lovely to meet you, Mrs. Couch," Maya's voice, bright and clear, drifted up the stairs.

"I'm Maya. I work with Ethan."

Work with Ethan?

He was a shelf-stacker. She was a secret football manager who lived in a glass palace. It was the understatement of the century.

He scrambled to make himself presentable, threw on a clean hoodie, and took a deep, steadying breath.

You've faced down a Premier League legend and a mind-reading supervillain, he told himself.

You can handle this.

He walked down the stairs, trying to project an aura of cool, casual confidence he was a million miles away from feeling.

Maya was in the living room, effortlessly charming his parents and giving Gaffer a belly rub.

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