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The Reed Security Relationship Manual

Giulia Lagomarsino

Copyright © 2021 by Giulia Lagomarsino

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This is for the readers. After such a long series, I know you all still want more. I’m not sure I have it in me to continue with these characters, no matter how much I love them. We’ll see them again in later series, but for now, I can give you this last piece of them. I hope you enjoy this book, along with the manual and the rulebook. There’s also one final part. Some of you have seen it already. It’s the interviews with the characters. Everything about this series has been so wonderful, and I’m glad I got to share it with all of you. Thank you for your continued support. I couldn’t ask for better readers!

Contents

Cast of Characters

I. The Race To Finish The Manual

1. Rocco

2. Cap

3. Lola

4. Cap

5. Hunter

6. Maggie

7. Chance

8. Jules

9. Craig

10. Storm

11. Emma

12. Rocco

13. Cap

14. Cazzo

15. Maggie

16. Tacos

17. Molly

18. Sinner

19. Cap

20. Knight

II. The Manual

Random Thoughts

Tips and Tricks To Keep Your Woman Happy

Stalking 101

List of No's

Superheroes

Losers Never Win

Body Language

Hell Hath No Fury

So She’s Stronger Than You

Delivery

Women’s Rights

Independence Day

Fertilization

Dating 101

Dating For Dummies

Don’t Be A Crybaby

KIdnapped 101

It Was An Accident

Searching For Balls

For Crying Out Loud

The Proposal

The Wedding

Murder In The First Degree

Firearm Protection

Answering the Unanswerable Questions

The Art Of Apologizing

III. The Rulebook For Women Written By The Men Of Reed Security

Sex Rules For Women

Bedroom/Bathroom Rules

General Household Rules

Handling Women and Weapons

IV. The Rulebook for Men Written By the Wives Of The Men

Sex Rules For Men

Bedroom/Bathroom Rules

General Household Rules

Handling Overprotective Men

V. The Interviews

Sinner

Cap

Cazzo

Knight

Irish

Hunter

Whiskey

Lola

Ice

Burg

Gabe

Jules

Sniper

Jackson

Chance

Storm

Alec

Wolf

Rocco

Coop

Tony

Florrie

Parker

Knight

Cast of Characters

Sebastian “Cap” Reed- owner

Maggie “Freckles” Reed

Caitlin Reed

Clara Reed

Gunner Reed

Tucker Reed

Lily Reed

Carter Reed

Julia Reed

Team 1:

Derek “Irish” Cortell- team leader and part owner

Claire Cortell

Janie Cortell

Hunter “Pappy” Papacosta

Lucy Papacosta

Rylee Papacosta

Colt Papacosta

Alec Wesley

Florrie Wesley

Reid (now with relatives)

Addie

Team 2:

Sam “Cazzo” Galmacci- team leader and part owner

Vanessa Galmacci

Sofia Galmacci

Leo Galmacci

Max Galmacci

Mark “Sinner” Sinn

Cara Sinn

Violet Sinn

Asher Sinn

Mason Sinn

Mia Sinn

Blake “Burg” Reasenburg

Emma Reasenburg

Ryker Reasenburg

Beatrix (Bea)

Team 3:

John “Ice” Peters- team leader and part owner

Lindsey Peters

Zoe Peters

Cade Peters

Willow Peters

Julian “Jules” Siegrist

Ivy Siegrist

John Christopher Hudson Siegrist

Katie Siegrist

Chris “Jack” McKay

Alison (Ali) McKay

Axel McKay

Elizabeth (Lizzie) McKay

Team 4:

Chance “Sniper” Hendrix

Morgan James (Shyla)

Payton James

Caleb

Jackson Lewis

Raegan Cartwright

Annie Lewis

Parents: Susan and Robert Cartwright

Gabe Moore

Isabella (Isa) Moore

Vittoria

Lorenzo (Enzo)

Grayson Moore

Team 5:

Florrie Younge

Reid

Addie

Craig “Wolf” Devereux

Reese Pearson

Grant Devereux

Rocco Turner

Brooke

Evelyn Rose Turner

Training:

Hudson Knight- formerly known as Garrick Knight

Kate Knight

Raven Knight

Griffin Knight

Cade Knight

Ty Knight

Lola “Brave” Pruitt

Ryan Jackson

James Jackson (Cassandra Jackson- mother)

Piper Jackson

Ryder Jackson

Paige Jackson

Team 6:

Storm Hart

Jessica Finley

Daniel “Coop” Cooper

Becky Harding

Kayla Cooper (daughter)

Tony “Tacos” Russo

Molly Erickson

Marcello Russo

IT Department:

Robert “Rob” Markum

Part One

The Race To Finish The Manual

Chapter One

Rocco

“What are you working on?” Brooke asked as she came up behind me and wrapped her arms around my neck, giving me a kiss on the cheek.

“Uh…a rulebook of sorts. You know, for after we’re married,” I said distractedly.

I felt her stiffen behind me, and that’s when I finally fully paid attention. Dragging my eyes away from the paperwork, I turned to look at her, my eyes wide as I tried to figure out how to play this off.

“For both of us,” I stumbled over my words. “It’s…to know what each other expects. You can make one too,” I said hopefully.

She snatched the paper out of my hands and walked away, reading it over. “Dinner must be homemade five out of seven nights a week.” She scoffed and glared at me. “Tracker must be worn at all times? What tracker?”

I stood slowly, holding my hands out to her, trying to tame the wild beast. “Sweets, now, after everything that’s happened, do you really blame me for wanting to have a tracker on you? And not just because of Reed Security. Let’s not forget how you came to live with me.”

Her jaw dropped, and I knew I had said the wrong thing. “Are you seriously bringing that shit up right now?”

“Brooke, you did hold me at gunpoint.”

“You were a willing captive.”

I held out my finger accusingly. “You didn’t know that.”

“No, but you came along all the same. And let’s not forget all the bullshit I had to put up with since living here. Electrocution, food being spit all over me, being gassed!”

“That was tear gas. Not at all the same thing as something like nerve gas,” I stated, hoping to diffuse her anger. “See, now if it were nerve gas, you would have died a very painful death.”

“I was spied on by nearly everyone in the company!”

“They’re watching out for us.”

“By watching us have sex?” she shrieked.

“I don’t get it. You’ve always been so cool about this stuff.”

“Yeah, when I haven’t been forced into it!”

I looked at her, completely confused. She was pretty much forced into all this. I didn’t understand the difference. She scoffed, shaking her head at me.

“Rocco, when I came to live here, I had no control over anything, but neither did you. You didn’t know about any of the things Knight put into this house, and you didn’t have a choice in me being here. So, as much as I didn’t like it, a part of me understood you writing the rulebook. But now you’re creating another one! You expect me to marry you when you’re demanding when I cook dinner, and you want me to wear a tracker?”

“It’s just a small one,” I muttered before I could think better of it.

She narrowed her eyes at me and slowly stalked toward me. “And what about the rule that says I’m responsible for taking out the trash?”

I swallowed hard as I answered. “Sweets, you’re home all the time. I’m working and…”

“And?”

My mouth opened, but nothing came out. There was no right answer here. If I said that she was home and should