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Just like that, her grin is back. “You’re, like,soin love.”

“Shut up,” I protest.

“You loooooove him!” she sings.Loudly.

“Auden Sinclair! Stop it!”

“You want to kiss him.”

“Duh.”

“You want to marry him.”

“Ew.”

“You want to have his bab?—”

I cut her a look. “Finish that sentence, and I swear, I will walk away from our deal like that.” I snap my fingers to assert my point.

Auden mimes locking her lips and throwing away the key, but she’s still bouncing in her chair. As much as I hate to admit it, I’m practically doing the same, because I am in love.

So, so fucking in love. And I can’t wait to tell Fox.

CHAPTER 23

FOX

“Well?”

I look around the room at my fellow Serpents Singles members, and they all stare back at me, displaying a mixture of emotions. Hutch and Locke are grinning. Lawson’s jaw is dropped, and Hayes has his brows raised. Keller looks unbothered, per usual. The rest of the gym has already cleared out, everyone going home to catch a nap before tonight’s game I assume. We’re the only ones left.

“Is anyone going to say anything?”

“What do you want us to say?” Keller asks, sounding bored. “You fell in love with Lilah. Big fucking whoop.”

I rub a towel over my head. “Uh, okay. I just figured you guys would be pissed because I’ve been lying to you and we’re not really engaged.”

“We knew.”

This comes from Lawson, which surprises the hell out of me.

“You knew?”

He nods. “Yeah. Why do you think I’ve been screwing with you about being your best man so much?”

“I don’t know. Because you’re obnoxious?”

He grabs his chest. “I am highly offended, Arthur Fox.”

I roll my eyes at him. I don’t think Lawson has been offended a day in his life. “How did you know?”

I slide my eyes to Hutch and Locke. One of them has known for certain nearly this whole time, and I suspect the other sussed it out a long time ago. They both hold their hands up in innocence.

“I kept my lips sealed,” Hutch says.

I look at Locke, who shakes his head. “Wasn’t me.”

“Then how did you guys know?”

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