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Florence Hart has spent her entire career trying to prove she's more than the daughter of an England legend. At just twenty-six, she's finally earned her place on football's biggest stage: the 2026 FIFA World Cup as England's Individual Development Coach.
The one complication? Jude Bellingham.
Years earlier, Florence met Jude at a charity event while her own professional career, and reputation, was falling apart. It did not go well.
Now... he's the player she's been assigned to work with. What begins as a battle of wills slowly becomes an unlikely friendship built on early-morning breakfasts, tactical debates, and the relentless pressure of a World Cup campaign. But inside the tournament bubble, where every emotion is amplified and every mistake is magnified, the line between professional and personal becomes dangerously blurred.
After all, falling in love is hard enough. Doing it while trying to win a World Cup might just be impossible.