Page 16 of The Rancher's Vengeful Heart

"I'm his..."

Tassy finally looked at the billionaire.Please answer her!

But Lucius only raised a brow in return.Why don't YOU answer her?

Tassy could only sputter.Seriously?

Lucius gestured for Tassy to look behind her, and her cheeks turned red when she saw that there were already other passengers in line behind them.

Oh, fine then.

If Lucius didn't want to help her out, he only had himself to blame for whatever she had to say. Tassy lifted her chin as she turned to the other woman. "I'm his girlfriend."

Lucius wrapped an arm around her waist. "I'm glad to hear that."

His purr had her feeling like she was missing something, and when she saw the woman behind the counter hiding a smile as she wished them a safe trip—-

Lucius had tricked her again!

"You—-"

"—-are the boyfriend, yes, you've made that quite clear."

Aargh.

"We should get moving," Lucius said smoothly as he urged her toward the boarding bridge.

Tassy had a hard time believing the billionaire went to all that trouble just to...what?Hear her call herself his girlfriend?

"I don't get you," she blurted out.

"I'm glad to hear that," Lucius answered without missing a beat, "since I find you just as unpredictable."

Tassy had to bite her lip hard. Was Lucius really talking about her still? She had always been the girl whose finances were strictly budgeted in spreadsheets, her schedule planned out for the next three months with a color-coded, three-alarm-per-event Google Calendar, and even the minutes she spent scrolling on social media was monitored and regulated by her Screen Time app.

She had always been more plotter than pantster, more cautious than ambitious. She had always been anythingbutpredictable in other words, and that was why even Xylan himself had often complained—-

Oh.

Tassy's head started to spin.

Oh my goodness!

How could she have forgotten all about Xylan?

Not only was he her boyfriend of almost seven years, but it was only yesterday that he had dumped her in front of everyone!

How could she not have remembered any of those things...the moment she was in Lucius Young's company?

Lucius could sense his Tassina withdrawing from him for some reason, and he didn't like it at all. "What's wrong?" he asked abruptly.

"I..." Tassy had a hard time thinking. "I just, um, realized..."

It was my pride more than anything else that was hurt by the breakup?

I might have been lying to myself all these years?

I'm a shameless slut because of you?

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