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“You’re lying,” Rob said.

“I’m not lying.”

“Yes you are. I know all your tells. That’s why I always beat you at poker.”

“You don’t always beat me at poker.”

“I do. And you film Penny and jerk off to the footage. Fucking amazing. Can I see it?”

What the fuck?He was as bad as Ian. “No you can’t see it.”

“Fine. I’ll keep your dirty little secret footage and bodyguard a secret and I’ll keep flirting with Penny. Deal? Deal.” He patted my chest.

Wow. That was not the deal at all. “No deal. Stop flirting with her. And stop being so brazen, man.”

“Eh. We’ll see what happens. I don’t really believe in filters.”

Of course he didn’t. “Just be on your best behavior.”

“I don’t even know what that is,” he said with a laugh. He slapped my back and started walking back into the kitchen.

I had no idea if he was going to stop flirting with Penny or not. But at least he’d give me time to tell Penny about the cameras and Ian. She’d been really turned on by the ones in the elevator. She wasn’t going to care. But it was still better to tell her myself. I followed Rob back into the kitchen.

"Ugh, I have to share my pizza with her too? This is the worst." Rob laughed and sat down next to Penny. "Just kidding. Have all the pizza that you want. James caught me up on the whole illicit student professor affair thing. So apparently now I won't say anything that will embarrass him. And I'm sorry that I thought you were a prostitute."

"It's fine," Penny said with a laugh.

"Thanks for helping get the troll back under her bridge. I owe you one. I tried to get rid of her for years. But I just made fun of her all the time. She was so stuck up. She always had the craziest reactions to stuff. If I had mistaken her for a hooker, I'm pretty sure she would have had a heart attack. I always thought I'd be the one to make her run screaming. I'm sure sucking her husband's cock made it easier for you to be victorious, though."

"What did we just talk about?" I said.

"Dude, chill. I'm sure Penny and I are on the same page here."

Penny started laughing.

"See, she thinks I'm funny." He grabbed another slice of pizza. "So what do you two usually do on a Friday night?"

“Last Friday night we went to a Halloween party,” Penny said. “And James ended up punching one of my friends in the face."

I pressed my lips together. Penny told it like it was a fun story. But it absolutely was not.Fucking Tyler.

Rob laughed. "Sounds fun. I bet we could find a good Halloween party to go to tonight."

"Or we can stay in,” I said. “Penny and I have been practicing what it would be like if we were under house arrest."

"That sounds awful. Did you say you were only 20, Penny?"

"Yeah."

"So a bar is out. Crashing a college party it is." He rubbed his hands together.

"I think it's probably best if I stay away from college parties for a while," I said. For Joe’s sake. I was already making his job hard enough.

"Oh, because of the whole rapey thing?"

What the fuck?"I need to go shower. Maybe you can give him a tour, Penny?" I wouldn’t have wanted to leave Rob alone with her, but I was still dirty from my workout. Besides, if Rob actually did anything terrible, Ian was watching. And Penny giving Rob a tour meant they’d stumble upon the pool room where we’d left our clothes scattered all over last night. That would scream that Penny was off-limits.

"Sure,” Penny said.

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