Page 85 of In the Offensive Zone with My Fake Bride

Elias: What did I miss?

Ethan: Check your news feed, man. I’m sure the story broke already. Those guys work fast.

Wade: The sooner it breaks, the sooner it will ride out with the tide.

Elias: Whoa! Pay, are you actually connected to the British Monarchy?

Payton: Loosely. Just glad my cousin is alive and recovering well.

Elias: And Lily’s your BODYGUARD!!! That’s sick!

Luke: I think your fever is talking, Elias. Settle down, bro.

Elias: Figures the one time I get sick, I miss the really good stuff.

Ethan: Contrary to what you believe, Elias, the world does not revolve around you.

Elias: Hey! Sick person here. Have some compassion.

Mathéo: You know this is going to bring the fansin like crazy.

Wade: Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, Barbie-man. This is like a slam into the pipes. Let the snow settle and give our guy Pay a chance to catch his breath.

Luke: Wade’s right.

Ethan: What about Lily, Payton?

Payton: What about her?

Mathéo: Does this mean she’s going back to England now?

Payton: I don’t know.

Luke: Do you want her to?

At first, I hesitate to reply, debating how much to tell them, but then I remember how they all stood by me tonight, and I realize I don’t have to carry my burdens alone anymore.

Payton: No. It guts me to think about it.

Wade: Sounds like you’re in love with her, Pay.

Payton: I am. Head over skates. I think I have been since the first time I met her.

Wade: Now that’s a story I can’t wait to hear.

Luke: Don’t tell Sophie, or she’ll want to write about you two.

Payton: Wouldn’t dream of it. I’ve had enough publicity to last a lifetime.

Ethan: Don’t let her get away, man.

Payton: Not sure how to get her to stay.

Wade: Take it from me. Tell her how you feel. Or else you’ll regret it.

Luke: Sounds like another story to tell there, Cowboy.

Wade: Maybe one day.

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