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An uneasy feeling crawled up his spine Nate turned to his brother “What do you mean that’s why she’s here?”

“It e control to do, in addition to negotiating your new contract with the Marauders and trying to renew your two biggest endorse alone I’ve asked for Kendra’s assistance”

Marcus had every right to be pissed, and Nate expected a little brotherly payback But Marcus was a few cans short of a six-pack if he expected hi in hand

“What’s wrong with the PR fir?”

“They’re great when things are good, but we’re in crisisand change the narrative out there about you”

“And out of all the possibilities in the free world, you believe the woman who rejected aze to Kendra Her cheeks glowed beneath her warm, dark skin

A twinge of guilt settled in his gut It was a lo, but so alking out on hio He’d convinced hi, especially being relegated to a part-time father

Nate’s father had tucked hiht Read thee the brakes on a car He was still verythe kind of father as present in his kids’ lives every day

Kendra had destroyed his chance of being that kind of dad to Kai

When she’d responded to hisout, she’d left a hole in his chest where his heart had once been Discovering the pregnancy a feeeks later, then announcing she fully intended to raise the baby on her own, had ripped out his soul and left him in a tailspin

He still couldn’t forgive her for reducing hiet to tuck Kai into bed hts Now Marcus wanted to put his future in her hands?

Oh, hell naw

“I know she’s the best person for the job” Marcus’s expression was unwavering