Chapter 27: The Rival

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**Olivia's POV** Kane knocked at exactly twenty minutes. I opened the door and he was standing in the hallway in his practice clothes, like he had come straight from the arena without stopping, which he probably had because twenty minutes from the Storm's facility to my building was tight even without traffic. He looked at me and I looked at him and neither of us said anything for a moment. Then he said, "Can I come in?" "Of course," I said, and stepped back. He came in and I closed the door and we stood in my small entrance and the apartment was warm and quiet around us and the kettle had just finished boiling in the kitchen. "I'll make coffee," I said. "Okay," he said. He followed me into the kitchen and leaned against the counter while I made it, the same way he always did, and

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