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Heated Rivalry Episode 6: The Cottage

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Show Notes

Join Antonia and Amanda as we dive deep into our feels over episode 6 of Heated Rivalry... The Cottage. We cover everything from Scott's MVP speech to pasta wiggles with Shane's parents and end up unabashedly joyful when our favourite MMC's drive off into the sunset.

We do sprinkle in a few book references and we swear (a lot!).

Chapters 00:00 Heated Rivalry Episode 6 - The Cottage - Intro 00:43 Scott gets MVP 04:29 Shane collects Ilya from the airport 11:37 Ilya and Shane agree to be honest 20:14 Shane can't do math 32:26 Stupid Canadian Wolfbirds and deep conversations 41:47 Hayden calls and deals are struck 59:58 Ilya could definitely not marry Svetlana 01:22:19 Ilya is lost in the sauce 01:26:29 Gimme kiss 01:32:48 David appears in the kitchen 01:42:00 Lovers is not gross 01:53:24 Shane and Yuna make us cry 02:00:29 Pasta wiggles and great parents

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