Page 137 of Tormented Billionaire Romance Series

“That's easy for you to say. You have Levon.”

I laughed. “Believe in yourself, Laura. You have a lot to offer a guy.”

“Like tips on how to get stains out of a white silk shirt?”

I nodded. “That's the spirit.”

“Maybe one of Levon's friends will be sweet on me. Does he have a lot of friends? Like does he know anyone single in Europe?”

“Would you really want to travel all the way to Europe to find out?”

She cackled. “It's worth a shot!”

“I mean, whatever floats your boat.”

“Or flies my plane.”

“You're silly.”

She beamed. “But you love me.”

“I do!”

I grabbed another stack. The whole pile was entirely photos of Levon and me. There weren't too many with Laura.

I frowned as I held them out to her. “I'm really sorry I constantly chose to hang out with Levon instead of you. I feel like such a bad sister.”

She laughed. “Some things don't change.”

“Hey, I was trying to be nice!”

“It's okay, Clara. You love him and I understand that. Besides, I've been able to spend more time with you recently and that's meant more to me than you could ever know.”

“I just wish I had been more present while we were growing up.”

She smiled warmly. “Youwerepresent. You went to every single one of my events. No, you didn't hang with me personally at home a whole lot, but does that really matter right now? You're happy and that makes me happy.”

“I knew there was a reason I loved you.”

“Oh, there's plenty of reasons. You just don't know all of them yet!”

I fell into a giggle fit as I shook my head. I lifted a few stacks of pictures and placed them back into the bin, standing up once they were all put away.

I turned to Laura and helped her up. “Do you want to go for a run?”

“That sounds really nice right now. I've been slacking on my routine.”

“Let's do it!”

I went to the bathroom to change. I had still had some spare clothes at my parent's house that I had left behind after I had moved. I changed into a pair of shorts and a sports top, pulling my hair back into a ponytail. When I was done, I met Laura in the living room where she wore the same thing.

“Hey, are those mine?” I asked while pointing to her shorts. “Wow, I forget we're the same size sometimes.”

“It comes in handy, doesn't it?”

I laughed. “Sure does. What route do you want to take today?”

“Let's circle the park and then take the wooded trail.”

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