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I turn to Ollie. “Soooo, horrible bestie, will you be my maid of honor?”

“Maid of honor?” he repeats slowly.

“Best man, hit man…call it whatever you want.” I wave my hand in the air.

“I’d be honored and a bit scared. Your bridezilla craziness is going to be horrific.”

I flip him off and turn toward the door where Uri is hugging a very agitated Sari.

“Bet me,” I whisper in Gabe’s ear, pointing at Uri and Sari.

“What are the stakes?” he asks.

“They’ll be together by the end of the year. If I’m right, you’ll let us have casual Friday at work, with Mexican or Chinese food takeaways.”

“You’re always casual at work, and you already sent the email to everybody. They don’t like it.”

“No. They are scared shitless of you. So you need to assure them that it is fine!”

“If you’re wrong, you’ll stop your little revenges around the office. You’ll come to me, and we’ll find a solution.”

“You mean your go-to response: you’re fired!” I taunt him.

“We’ll also have you as oursubmissiveslave for an entire week,” Bez replies.

Fuck! Having two fiancés has his pros and cons. But I’ll never lose. I have a plan.

I nod, and we shake hands, but he doesn’t let go of mine.

“You’ll do that thing with your tongue on my dick later,” Bez growls, biting my lips before giving me a breath-stealing kiss.

I’m crazy on the outside, they’re deranged on the inside. Somehow, we are perfect for each other.

Rami’s mocking voice reaches me. “Gabe is smiling again! Or is it gas? A stroke perhaps, lucky we are in a hospital. Grizzly, go fetch a doc.”

“She was poisoned!” Sari’s voice makes my head snap his way. “Meg! Somebody poisoned her.”

“What?”

“Who?”

“How?”

“Tells us what you found out,” Gabe tells him, as Michael goes to check a very pale Linda.

“The coma, the doctors couldn’t understand the cause of it. Her lupus was manageable. Then a week ago, Ferdinand started feeling dizzy, weak, he even fainted. That’s when I figured it out. A poison.”

“Are you sure?” Raph asks.

“What kind of poison?” Hunter this time.

“Cyanide compounds can be absorbed through the skin when in a liquid state.”

“A diagnosis is often difficult, but she has been suffering from a slow heart rate and low blood pressure and had some dizzy spells,” Michael says.

“She did? I didn’t know,” Raph snarls.

“She didn’t tell any of you because you’re overprotective fools!” Sari sends a glare to all his brothers.