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“Then why the fuck can’t she afford a car?”

“Because she didn’t know how to maximize her channel for monetary gain, and she didn’t have a Twitch or Patreon account. Girl had no idea the revenue she was missing out on. She’s all set up now, but the money she has coming in is paying off her hospital bill and paying her dues at the sorority and living expenses. She doesn’t have much left. Granted, the more subscribers she gets, especially on Twitch, the more she’ll make, but until that hospital bill is paid in full, she’s breaking even.”

“I thought her parents’ insurance…”

“Paid eighty percent of everything,” Mason interrupted Kade. “But she insisted on paying what was left over. She doesn’t want to put her parents out.”

“She’s a good girl,” Viktor said and sat down behind his desk. “Now, we need to get back to this fiasco you put into place this morning.”

Mason grimaced. Fiasco was putting it mildly. “How the hell am I gonna tell her?”

“Mase, when you told all that shit to Papa, were you serious? Do you plan on marrying the girl?”

“Well, yeah. She’s it for me. I fell for her long before I even met her.”

“How’s that?”

“I found her channel on YouTube a couple years ago. I had the biggest crush, and Keith, the fucker, never once told me his sister was my favorite YouTuber.”

Viktor laughed. “I bet he rolled on the floor laughing when you showed up at her house that first morning.”

“You’re all fuckers, you know that?”

“His point is you planned on asking her eventually anyway, so why not now?”

“Guys, we’re not you and your wives. We’re different…”

They both stared him down.

Fuck.

“Okay, so maybe I have the same protective instincts…”

“Who’s been her personal chauffeur since before he actually hooked up with her?”

“Hooked up?” Mason smirked when Viktor tried to sound hip. It did not come off like that. It was like his papa trying to sound all teenager-ish.

“You’re deflecting the question.” Kade rubbed his eyes. “You love the woman. Does she not love you?”

“She does.”

“Then what’s the big deal?” Kade yawned, and his morning breath hit Mason in the face.

“Gross, dude. You need to brush.”

“You deal with sick kids all night and then tell me if you remember to brush.”

“If you’re here, who’s with Angel?” Viktor asked.

“Conner came over so I could deal with a client this morning.”

“He’s back from Chicago?”

Kade nodded. “But he says he’s leaving town again. He got cagey when I asked where.”

Viktor frowned. “I don’t think Conner’s been honest with us.”

“What do you mean?” Mason didn’t like the sound of that.

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