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“Just come up and see what it’s like,” I said. If I could keep Kebe distracted and her hands off our men, it was a win win.

My phone buzzed as I pulled Kebe up the stairs. I had a text from Grudge. “Please tell me you’re about to livestream a lingerie pillow fight with your hot friends?”

I smiled. No. I had something better planned.

Chapter 11

Friday

Zoey

“Perfect,” I said as I put the bunny mask over Kebe’s face. I would have given her my black wig, but her hair was already black.

“I’m glad it’s a bunny mask and not a cat mask,” Kebe said. “The catsuit was fun at all, but I’m not really a big fan of cats.”

Yeah, she’d made that abundantly clear. I stared at her eyeliner that gave her the perfect cat eye effect. The eyeliner that was apparently tattooed to her face. Did she even realize how ironic she was being right now?

Emma just shook her head. I was glad someone else noticed.

I switched on my ring lights and logged in to my account. I scanned my subscribers that were on. King wasn’t listed. But I hadn’t really expected him to be. He usually only came on at night. I’d have to figure out another time to talk to him privately. But I wasn’t waiting any longer to tell my boyfriends about the cure.

My phone buzzed with a text from Grudge. “I knew you’d get both of your friends in front of the camera. I owe you one. So about the pillow fight…”

He was acting like we were all about to make out or something. As good as that would be to get more subscribers, that wasn’t my top concern anymore. I ignoredhis text and took a step back to make sure the lighting worked for the camera angles.

“Okay, you’re all set,” I said.

“Wait,” Kebe said. “Where’s your costume? Aren’t you doing this with me?”

“Nope.” I grabbed my remote that controlled everything and stepped to the side of the room. “You’re live in three…two…”

“I don’t know what to do!”

“One.” I hit the button to go live.

Kebe’s eyes grew round as she just stared at the screen.

I moved my hand, trying to show her that she should talk.

But she just sat there, staring at the screen with a whole deer in headlights thing that didn’t exactly embody a sexy bunny.

“Shouldn’t she be talking or something?” Emma whispered. “This isn’t very sexy.”

No, it really wasn’t. “Say hi and introduce yourself,” I whispered.

“Hi,” Kebe said and waved at the camera. “I’m Kebech…” she coughed.

Wow. Okay. She was really awkward in front of the camera. I was pretty sure she’d decided at the last minute to use a fake name instead of her real name. But Kebech? It sounded too much like capisce. Maybe she was Italian. Her accent was hard to place. But capisce was not a name, let alone a sexy one!Come on, Kebe.I started gesturing with my hands again.

“Kebe,” she said. “Y’all can just call me Kebe.”

And now she’s southern? What the fuck?

Emma giggled.

Not helping.I elbowed her in her side and turned back to Kebe. “And I’m taking over for my friend,” I whispered.

“And I’ll be taking over for just a little bit while my friend Zoey is on vacation.”