Page 220 of Wild Like Us

Got her cupcakes at least– Akara

Jack is picking them up– Akara

My lip almost curves upward. I would’ve made a comment about him and Sulli, but Omega is dealing with a video leak.

Every 24/7 bodyguard was messaged the “Hot Santa” video where SFO wore red underwear and competed in a fake pageant on the tour bus.

I laughed my ass off when Thatcher appeared in a jockstrap. Now that the footage is all over the internet, it’s less funny.

My brother won’t care that his ass is now circulating news sites. He’s gonna care about Jane. And he’ll care how this affects me.

I’m just concerned about his job…and my job. Because I look just likeThatcher Alessio Moretti, and Mary Mother of God knows well that bodyguardscan’tbe famous like their clients. That’s the saying on the team. But I think the Alpha lead underestimates how much we all can get donewhilebeing fawned over and gawked at.

Hell, that already happens on some scale to the better-looking bodyguards. Which includes the Oliveira brothers and practically all of Omega.

And me.

I’m six-seven—I’m not exactlyblending ineverywhere I fucking go.

But if Thatcher is suddenly the Hot Jockstrap Bodyguard, then people will think I am too. It’s just the way it is being identical.

So I might be unemployed soon.Yippe-ki-ya motherfucker.

And it could be the end of the line forallof SFO, including Akara. The team is going to have a fucking issue replacing them.

On top of that uncertainty, no one knows who leaked the video. But it’s not Epsilon.

I’m SFE.

And the men living with me here, I’ve known for a long time. A couple need to learn to shut up and just do their jobs, but I could say the same for some guards on Alpha and Omega. For the most part, the guys around me aren’t bad. I trust them, and Thatcher has been their lead for years.

If it wasn’t a new guard, it has to be someone in the family– Akara

It couldn’t have been SFE– Thatcher

I recall those two texts, and it’s not a good feeling thinking the leak might’ve come from a family member.

It’ll crush Xander, who already has trust issues.

If the leak came from security, the Tri-Force could just fire the shitbag.

I pocket my phone, and I wrench my shovel from the mound of snow and go back to work.

Shoveling the driveway, my bones grind and muscles throb. Cold bites my exposed face, and I push through aches and pains from two deployments.

If I could toleratetwenty questionstonight, I’d be inside watching the Flyers game with SFE.

I can let a lot roll off my shoulders, but I’m not looking to be bombarded with questions about Thatcher and updates on Omega.

I have the answers. Perks of being the twin brother to a lead and friends with another lead. I probably knowtoomuch.

Akara and Thatcher told me not to spread intel yet, and I’d sooner rip out my vocal cords than betray those men.

I’ve shoveled maybe a fourth of the driveway before my phone rings.

I dig the cell out of my pocket and tear off my glove with my teeth. Clicking into a call from my brother.

He must have news about Omega’s future on the team.