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There’s a good minute or so pause before the next text comes in.

Giant asshole

Tentacle porn? I really want to take credit for that. It’s goddamn brilliant. I fucking wish I’d thought of it.

PIMAD

I just spit coffee all over my desk. Please send me a photo of the book in question.

Meeting my soulmate blew my goddamn mind. It’s the only excuse I can think of for stupidly sending a photo of the book.

Me

The girl from the bookstore is my goddamn soulmate, and she thinks I read this shit.

PIMAD

Now I see what’s going on. You’re embarrassed that your girl caught onto your peculiar desires before you could pull the wool over her eyes.

This asshole is trying my patience. Before I’m able to respond, another message comes in from Grizz.

PIMAD

Don’t worry. There nothing wrong with having a monster fetish. You do you.

Giant asshole

I’m too goddamn busy right now to deal with you two idiots. I’d love to take credit for it, but I didn’t send the fucking book. You have given me ideas for the future though.

PIMAD

I can’t take credit either. I’d fucking love to, but I can’t.

Me

Come the fuck on. One of you two idiots had to do it.

Giant asshole

I think you’re forgetting the little fact that there are so many others who would kill to fuck with you. Go bug one of them and let me get my work done.

I rub my bottom lip wondering if I blamed the wrong assholes. As I run the list of possible suspects through my mind, I realize it could easily be one of my teammates.

Ever since I joined the Silver Spoon Falcons, the other players have given me hell for my habit of staying in my room to read instead of raising hell with them. I wonder if one of those assholes ordered this for me. Since whoever did it brought my soulmate into my life, I owe him big time. But first, I’m planning to kick his ass for the embarrassment factor.