Anya shrugged, "Alright, I won't eat then."

Leo chuckled, "You've got a partner now, and wedding bells are in your future. Why stress about staying in shape? Embrace the chub! How about some chocolate?"

Anya just rolled her eyes.

Molly strolled over, "Hey Anya, what's up?"

"Just listening to Chad vent about me."

Molly smirked, "Put it on speaker. I want to hear this nonsense and show him I'm not someone to mess with."

Following her lead, Anya hit the speaker button. Leo chimed in, "Molly, why are you jumping into our little lovers' spat?"

"Because it's not a spat; it's you bulldozing Anya."

Realizing he couldn't win against his cousin, Leo quickly wrapped up the call to settle the bill.

the apartment, Jerry and Kathy had shown up as expected. Kathy had that sharp, professional vibe, and all the roommates, worried Tony might get the jitters, cleared out to

some slick dance moves, and his singing was decent-not quite Grammy-level but good enough to catch an

watched, her face unreadable. She glanced around, "Where's everyone

said, "They didn't want to throw me off, so they

have a few questions for them, can you get them

guy-kind, hardworking, and ambitious. Signing him would be a win;

another jumped

for questions, they all

Leo finished

and checked the group chat from his car without heading upstairs. He started digging into Jerry's company on his phone,

Kathy noticed, "Seems

hesitated, "Well,

can ask us anything." One roommate cut

was too honest

ко

chat, had already briefed another roommate over the phone, "Tony can't lie. If they ask about someone missing, just say I'm out on a date, not at the store Otherwise, they'd wait for

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