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“Carry us down the aisle,” Kelsey says with a grin.
JP just shakes his head and kisses her.
“Well, I guess I’ll be letting you guys get to it,” I say as I slip off my tall chair and nearly hit the ground from my unsteady wine legs.
JP catches my arm right before I tumble all the way down. “Whoa, you okay?”
“Yup.” I stand tall. “Just a little wobbly.”
“Want me to call Ryot down here?” he asks.
“No need,” I hear Ryot say as he comes up to me and loops his arm around my waist.
“Oh my God, you came to my rescue,” I say as I wrap my arms around his neck.
He smiles and asks, “Enjoy your wine?”
“Yeah, and we had girl talk.”
“Awwwww,” Kelsey whines. “We didn’t talk about you coming to work with me on some building designs.”
“What?” I ask. “You want me to work with you?”
“Yes, we heard you’re amazing, and I need help.” Kelsey clutches her hands together. “Please think about it. I don’t know what you have going on, but I would love you to help me.”
“Oh wow, yeah.” I blink. “I’ll think about it.”
“Hear that?” Kelsey says to Lottie. “She’s going to think about it.”
“Well, at least we know for certain she’ll be looking at the peen on Saturdays with us.”
“What peen?” Huxley asks, a scowl deep on his forehead.
“Yeah, what peen?” Ryot asks me.
“I’ll tell you about it later.” I pat his chest.
“Oh good, you’re all here,” Banner says as he jogs up to us. He temporarily catches his breath. “Jesus, fuck, I need to do more cardio.” He rests his hands on his hips and then says, “Dude, you’ll never believe who I just got off the phone with.”
“Who?” I ask, confused as to why he’s huffing and puffing and so excited.
“Well, I haven’t told you guys this yet, because I wasn’t sure it was going to pan out, but I just heard back from a guy I know over at ESPN. I told them about The Jock Report. Of course, he’s heard of it and uses it, and he talked to his boss, and they want to feature The Jock Report as a regular segment, hosted by . . . Ryot.”
“Wait, what?” Ryot’s grip on me grows tighter. “ESPN wants me to host a segment?”
Banner nods as JP and Huxley both congratulate him.
“That’s incredible,” JP says. “This could be huge for the app. It takes the company more mainstream, which is exactly what we need.”
“Could not agree more,” Huxley adds. “This is exactly what the app needed. Good work, Banner.”
I glance at Banner, who is beaming with pride. “Thanks, and sorry to barge in on whatever you’re doing, but I had to tell you.”
“Wow.” Ryot pulls on the back of his neck and then glances down at me. “Well, I guess, uh . . . I guess it’s something to discuss when we get back into town.”
“I’ll be on my honeymoon,” JP says. “But I’m sure you three can handle it along with Penn.” JP lends his hand out to Ryot and gives him a firm shake. “Congrats, this is amazing.”
“Thanks,” Ryot says and then looks over at Banner. “Didn’t know you had this planned out.”
