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“They won’t admit it, but they definitely love him and the way he steps behind Jaeda. I’ve never met two more perfect people for each other. Well, except Maceo and Shar.”

“With their freaked out asses.”

“They ain’t the only ones,” she said, giggling. “Shar told us that Jaeda and Quaid were fucking in the maze right before their wedding.”

“My boy! The way Jaeda makes eyes at him, I know my guy gives her the business.”

“Trust me, he does. We got a firsthand account of her losing her virginity. To say I was shocked by the things that man said to her is an understatement. Quaid has this innocent look, but that mouth. . . shit had me blushing.”

I chuckled. “That’s my nigga. You think I didn’t teach him how to get women when I took him under my wing? Come on now. I hand-crafted that man into a nerd version of me.”

She rolled her eyes. “Sure, take credit for his glow up.”

“Don’t believe me? Ask him. He’ll tell you.”

“Oh, I will.”

The car came to a rolling stop, and the driver cut the engine. A few seconds later, the door opened. I turned to myself and pulled a scarf from my pocket.

“Turn around.”

“Um, what is that for?”

“Turn your ass around, woman, damn.”

“Don’t make me do you like Tina did Ike in the back of that limo.”

“Baby. Come on.”

She huffed and turned around. I covered her eyes, making sure not to tie the scarf too tight. Grabbing her hand, I slid out of the car and pulled her behind me. She clung to my arm as I walked her to the front door of the building.

“You better not let me trip,” she muttered.

“I got you, woman.”

Pulling open the front door, I led her inside. The space was dope as fuck. I’d dropped so much money to get this shit done on such a short notice. I was a little worried that it wouldn’t all come together, but my event planner assured me she worked best under pressure. Damn, did she deliver.

I walked Mia through the double doors and up the long aisle. It was deadly quiet in here and exactly how I needed it to be to pull this off.

“Something smells good. Are we eating again?”

“Something like that. Watch your step,” I said as we came to a set of stairs.

When we came to a stop, she sniffed the air.

“Daddy? Titan is my dad here?”

I looked over at Senior, who wore a grin on his face. This damn girl knew her father anywhere.

“Everybody is here, love,” I said.

I removed the scarf from her eyes and turned her to see that all of her family from both sides was in attendance, along with mine and my team. Dr. Baxter was here too. Mia’s mouth dropped as she took in our surroundings. We were standing in the biggest venue space I could find. I had to call in favors and make a few threats to get it, but it was worth it. We’d done this once before with none of our loved ones, so it was only right that they be in attendance this time.

The space was decorated in shades of white, black, and pink with gold accents. I’d gone to every flower shop in the city and surrounding areas to get enough white roses delivered for this. Senior was a big help in all this. When I spent the day with him and my brothers-in-law, I had a long talk with him after everyone was gone.

“Can I holla at you for a minute, Pops?” I asked as everyone walked out the door.

“What’s up?”