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Andry:Yes, Coach.

Aries:This is such a perfect dynamic. Anyway, Raymond helped me put together a PowerPoint of my plan. It’s pretty simple to follow. Everyone read it over and let me know if you can do your part.

Aries:*sends PDF attachment*

Bishop:This looks easy enough.

Maddox:Leon is trying to print his copy to highlight it, but yeah, we’re in.

Bellamy:Whatever you need. Rodney is family. We take care of our own.

Luke:Let me look over this more. I’m sure there’s something I can do to help, even if I find this all ridiculous.

Aries:It’s not ridiculous. Besides, how can we plan group playdates for our boys if we don’t have a group chat?

Luke:Touche. Guess you’re right about something.

Aries:I’m right about a lot of things.

Aries:And this concludes today’s meeting. Peace out Alliance Members.

Aries:*sends GIF of a mic dropping from the sky*

CHAPTER22

Andry

“I can’t believe you got this all set up so fast.” Aries grins at me, as if I was foolish for doubting him.

The man is really someone to keep a close eye on. Not because he’s dangerous. At least not in the life-threatening kind of way.

More like he’s sneaky. He’s the type to surprise you when you least expect it.

Which is why I’m currently shooting a promo video for someone’s social media channel with Aries and Bellamy before heading to a party at the Bellport compound. At least, that’s the details I have so far. Knowing my future brother-in-law, there’s likely even more on the agenda I don’t know about.

Since he’s gotten it in his head that this revenge plan is necessary, he’s been coordinating as much as possible to make sure we’re in front of those assholes.

He’s really an evil genius.

That’s ironic given I call Rodney my little genius. Guess the brains do run in the family, just in different ways.

“You shouldn’t doubt my level of skill,” he tells me.

Bellamy snorts. “Just know this one is as petty as they come. He’ll hold a grudge for eternity and then some. That and he’s been waiting to go after the guys harassing Rodney for ages. His brother refused to let him intervene. But now…”

His voice trails off. There’s no need for him to explain.

We all know the difference now. He has me. His Daddy.

And I fucking refuse to let anyone mess with him as long as I’m around.

“Alright, gentlemen,” the woman says as she drops into the chair across from us. “We’re going to do an informal podcast type of thing today. There will be a video too, so keep that in mind before making any lewd gestures or rolling your eyes. Yes, I’m talking to you specifically, Merry.”

“Hey! It was one damn time!” Aries throws his hands up.

The woman giggles. “Yeah, but it’s infamous. Also, let’s limit the cursing. I want to monetize this episode since I know it’ll get all the hits. There’s some serious intel coming out of this.”

I nod along, though I’m less interested in her eagerness than I am in seeing how this affects everything. Will the team get a hint from this alone? Or will we have to keep this going for a while?

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