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Early material establishes authorial intent: familiar football elements are used fictively, and the plot overrides historical accuracy. Subsequent chapters shift into a kitchen-centered interlude that emphasizes control, care, and communication, including explicit boundary-setting and sensory preparation that mirrors deeper character tension.","Riley Bauer  \n[Oceanof](OceanofPDF. com)[PD](OceanofPDF. com)[F](OceanofPDF. com)[.](OceanofPDF. com)[ com](OceanofPDF. com)  \nCopyright © 2026 by Riley Bauer  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except for brief quotations in reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.  \nThis is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.  \nThis book contains sexually explicit content and is intended for readers 18 years of age and older.  \nContact the author at [rileybauer@cedarwillowpress.com](rileybauer@cedarwillowpress.com)  \n[Cover design: InkVault Publishing](Cover design: InkVault Publishing)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAtlanta really is hosting World Cup matches in the summer of 2026, and Czechia really did qualify, their first trip to the tournament in twenty years. Everything after that, I bent to suit the story. Match schedules, lineups, who plays whom and when and where, how far anyone advances, and the shape of the tournament around these characters are all mine, arranged for the sake of the people in these pages rather than the record books. Any footballer, coach, or fixture you recognize from real life is used fictively and affectionately. Where the truth and the plot disagreed, the plot won. That's on me.  \nNow….Onto the World Cup!  \n—Riley  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nChapter 1: Enzo  \nChapter 2: Marek BRNO'S BEST \\#1 Chapter 3: Enzo  \nChapter 4: Marek  \nChapter 5: Enzo  \nChapter 6: Marek  \nChapter 7: Enzo  \nChapter 8: Marek BRNO'S BEST \\#2 Chapter 9: Enzo  \nChapter 10: Marek  \nChapter 11: Enzo  \nChapter 12: Marek  \nChapter 13: Enzo  \nChapter 14: Marek BRNO'S BEST \\#3  \nChapter 15: Enzo  \nChapter 16: Marek  \nBRNO'S BEST \\#4  \nChapter 17: Enzo  \nChapter 18: Marek  \nChapter 19: Enzo  \nChapter 20: Marek  \nEpilogue: Marek  \nWant more of this story?  \nAlso by Riley Bauer  \nThank you!  \nAbout the author  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nD aviId’eveRoossettipenedownseveryoer[e.in](e.in) this kitchen twice. Takeout menus. A  \ncorkscrew. A charger for a phone that no longer exists. One knife. The blade bends when I press it into a tomato.  \n“Davide.” I hold it up so he can see it from the couch.“Explain this.”“It’s a knife.”  \n“It bends.”  \n“It cuts.”  \n“It apologizes.” I set it down.“Tomorrow I’m buying you a real one. That’s not a request.”  \n“You’ve been here nine days and you’re renovating my kitchen.”  \n“Nine days, nine dinners.” I start unpacking the bag.“You’re welcome.”He comes off the couch to inspect the haul. Tomatoes. Garlic. Onions. A  \nbundle of basil that survived the walk better than I expected. Bread from the stall run by the old man who spent ten minutes telling me about his sister in Bari, and who by the end of it had decided I was going to meet her. Davide picks up a tomato and turns it over as if it might have a price tag hidden somewhere.  \n“These look good,” he says.  \n“They look good. That’s the problem.” I take it back and press my thumb in near the stem. “They’re grown to look good. A tomato should give a little. Like it’s tired. These are athletes. I don’t want an athlete. I want a tomato at the end of its career, thinking about a beach.”  \n“So why did you buy six?”  \n“Because we work with what the city gives us.” I line them up on the windowsill.“My father does the same thing with tourists.”  \nHe laughs. That laugh is half of why I’m here and not in the team tower a block away, where the federation has the whole squad stacked behind a buffet and a swipe card, with a man in the lobby whose entire job is confirming we’re asleep. I wanted a kitchen. 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