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The boy grins, his light green eyes taking me in as he says, “Hey, I know you, you’re my sister’s husband.”

Sister….

The kid cannot be no older than eight or nine, but he doesn’t look much like Natalie, maybe only the black hair.

“Does that mean you are my brother…if you two are married?” he asks, not taking notice of my shocked silence.

“Cooper, who you talking to, bud?” I hear Natalie ask before she enters my sight, and I swallow my tongue.

Her hair is up in a clip, and her leggings hug her legs just right, but what has me swallowing my own tongue is the plain white tee she’s wearing that covers her ass,myfucking tee from college.

Fuck me, was she wearing that the other night when I went and sulked and watched?—

Oh fuck.

Natalie swallows hard as she takes me in before a frown mares her beautiful face. “Is that glitter?”

The boy, Cooper, looks at me and starts laughing, and I silently groan.

Fucking Annalise….

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Cooper laughs, holding onto the door as he takes in the sparkling pink glitter covering my husband, and I tilt my head, eyeing him.

I’m not surprised he found out where I lived; he’s good with computers, but I am amazed he’s here, covered in glitter to boot.

“Piston, why are you covered in glitter?” I ask in confusion.

He runs his hand through his hair, causing some to fall, making him glare at the stuff before he murmurs, “Annalise….” My eyes widen, and then he admits, “She sent a male stripper to the club….”

Laughter bubbles up in my throat, and he narrows his eyes, but I hold my hand up, not able to fight the giggles.

That woman is amazing.

Holly told me all about the Untamed and Devil’s women pulling pranks on their men for screwing up, and extending it to their affiliated clubs.

They are my heroes.

“Are you quite done, Diamond?” he asks impatiently, and I nod but more laughter comes out as Cooper falls to the floor, stuttering, “You l-look like a g-glitter b-ball….”

Ha, he really does!

“Fuck’s sake,” Piston mumbles before stepping forward, and my eyes widen when he grabs Cooper and hugs him, stating, “And now so do you….”

Cooper groans but continues to laugh at the same time, and he pushes Piston away.

All humor leaves me at seeing them together.

Piston never knew about Cooper; he doesn’t know anything about my family life. The only reason why I know some of his family is because Holly tricked him when he was with me.

I swallow hard and wrap my arms around myself, trying not to be self-conscious because I’m wearing a shirt I couldn’t part with. I ask, “What are you doing here, Piston?”

He looks up from my brother, his eyes intense, full of anger, and I wince.

“Flipping Steal, he promised,” I grumble.

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