Next in Line (Monarch of the Kohler Mafia) Book 5 of the Köhler Series

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Later that day, Xerxes, Riley, and the rest were in the game room chilling as they watched his cousins and siblings play games on the PlayStation. When Leah came sitting down beside them, smirking, making he and Riley sigh. Both tried to ignore her, but Leah was making the shit hard, touching his chest and shit like they weren't cousins. The girl didn't give a damn. Her hands were always roaming on one of them until they knocked the shit out of her. Nova wasn't any better they all this had to learn to deal with her. Lucky Zion was like his dad.

"Xerxes, why you had to be my little cousin? We should forget that for a day and let me rock your world. I know you want it. Don't you?"

"The fuck?" He and Riley said at the same time he watched as Riley shivered because of it. At this moment, she didn't care, neither did Xerxes.

"Leah, I think you better leave before I knock the shit out of your crazy-ass or Riley whoop your ass. You nasty as fuck mess with Dylan or Brandon. They're not family, but touch me again. I'm knocking the fuck out of your ass."

Leah huffed, looking over to Riley, pointing over to where Dylan and Brandon were, who quickly got up and left the room. They were like their dad, Chris went it came to Nova or Leah. The shit made him and Riley laugh as Leah stomped from the room.

"She hates being ignored or when you turn her down. Leah's nothing like Aunt Nova. She's about to go somewhere a have a major meltdown," Madison said, laughing, sitting beside him looking over to Riley as she shrugged her shoulders.

"Riley, have you thought about how you want your wedding dress to look like?" Aria asked, looking up from the floor, making everyone turn and look at them.

"Hold on," She said, going in her pocket, making everyone look in confusion. Pulling out her phone, she went to her notes. "Okay, so I want the corset to have designs on it like glitter mostly. It really doesn't matter. You know I love ruffles and whatnot, so I want as many as it can get, meaning I want the dress long as fuck, of course. No sleeves, no shoulder straps-none of that. The corset should just be covering my breast and lower back." She read off her phone then looked up.

"Oh, that's going to be pretty. I think you should like Uncle Luca design it or Sophia. Have you seen some of her designs?" Raine asked, making Riley shake her head, and Xerxes tilted his head to the side, confused. Xerxes don't know Sophia liked to design or draw. He thought she was into cooking like Elijah, Ansel, and Heaven.

"Sophia can draw?"

"Yeah, you never saw anything she did? Ask Aunt Dele to see some of them. I think she doesn't want anyone to know," Aria said, making X shake his head, looking over at Riley, who was talking to Madison smiling.

"Have you ever thought about asking Mariah to design your dress?" Xerxes asked, making Riley turn to him, smiling. He didn't know why, but it made his sister and cousin smile, leaving him scratching his head.

"I never thought you listened when I talked about Mariah being a designer. She's been trying to find someone to work for to get her line going, but no one is calling her."

"Why didn't she talk to Ma when she was here for Xerxes's birthday?" Madison asked. Xerxes was wondering the same thing. His parents were always looking for new designers, and they liked the young minds because that meant new and different designs.

"She did. Ma Dele said she did have anything for her at the moment and took her name and number."

Xerxes arched a brow so, did Madison and Ty. That didn't sound like their mother, so either she was suspicious of Mariah or testing her. Xerxes wanted to know, so he got up and looked for her finding her in her favorite spot, the sunroom.