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saying a gossip show had caught up with Lamont outside a nightclub and asked him to weigh-in on the situation. She’d told herself she couldn’t care less what that egotistic meathead had to say, but she’d found herself climbing out of bed anyway, turning on her laptop, and queuing up the video clip. Lamont didn’t hesitate to slam her, but she knew that smoldering, maniacal look in his eyes.He was plenty angry, even if he didn’t let the reporters know it. She got more calls and text messages from family members, including her mom, but she didn’t respond to them. It would have been simpler to hold a press conference on her grandmother’s front porch.
    Her phone was pinging from the time she turned it on the next morning, but she didn’t check the messages. When she arrived at work,she was greeted at the door by Jared, who was waiting for her with her mocha latte.
    “Good morning.” He flashed a bright smile and handed her the cup. “This is for you.”
    “Thanks, Jared.” She gave him a quizzical look. “You’re here early.”
    “Autumn had an early flight. I figured I’d come on in to the office and get ready for my conference call with J.J.”
    “Oh. Well I hope shehad a good time. As I suspected, Grandma loved her.”
    He smirked. “Grandma told her that we shouldn’t waste any time making babies.”
    “I can see you two giving Bingo a playmate in the near future.” She laughed.
    “We’ll see. So how was the meeting with Derek?”
    She took a deep breath. “First of all, I didn’t want to call you because I knew it was your last night with Autumnbefore she returned to Texas.”
    “You made the front page.” Jared held up a newspaper.
    Her eyes widened. “It must be a really slow news week.”
    Jared began reading. “Actress Phoebe Palentz pays surprise visit to boyfriend, notorious bad boy Derek Popovich, at his swanky eatery, the Slap Shot bar, to find him cheating with another woman. A catfight ensued, and the hockey player hadto separate them. The other woman, Charisma Reed, who’s no stranger to scandal, is the ex-girlfriend of Lamont Brayer, wide receiver for the Philadelphia Titans. She and Brayer had a tumultuous breakup several months ago, but it appears Ms. Reed has moved on from the NFL to the NHL.”
    “I can’t believe this. I was at the wrong place at the wrong time.”
    “That’s not the worst part. ApparentlyLamont wasn’t content with that TV sound bite ripping on you. He went on social media and decided to take a jab at you and Derek. Morgan sent me a text. The Reed family grapevine is ready to pounce.”
    She gulped. “What did he say?”
    Jared opened the app on his phone and showed her the post.
    Popovich, you can have my leftovers.
    “What!” Charisma grabbed his phone. That wasn’tthe end of it. Lamont had posted more ramblings after that. Some of them were aimed at her.
    Jared gently retrieved his phone. There was nothing gentle about his expression though. “I’m going to kill that jerk for you.”
    “Jared, we’ve been down this road. Lamont is acting out like a whiny baby because he wants attention.”
    Charisma took out her smartphone, opened the social mediasite, and started typing away.
    “What are you doing?”
    “I’m going to respond to this idiot.”
    “So you can reply, but I can’t give him a beat down?”
    “Yes. Let’s keep it at a war-of-words level for now.”
    She knew that stooping to Lamont’s level wasn’t a good indication of her personal growth, but damn it, she was tired of his crap. It wasn’t enough he’d verbally abusedher then ramped it up to physically grabbing and pulling her, but she refused to be his virtual victim as well. She posted a reply.
    Lamont, do you still wear a bustier under your uniform on game day? #gamedayritual
    Jared howled with laughter, then became serious again. “As your older and presumably wiser cousin, I want to go on the family record for saying that was unbecoming and youshould not have