Page 151 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 1
"Well you did save their only child."
"I did. By the way, I feel obliged to tell you that you're showing a lot of skin." He was smiling at me.
"What?" I looked at my back. The slit on the hospital gown was revealing my backside. "Oh my God." I quickly rolled onto my back.
"It's not like I haven't seen a lot of you already. I'm starting to think your favorite pastime is flashing people."
"Hardly. Just you apparently."
"I'm not complaining." He smiled at me.
"Thanks by the way. For saving me, I mean."
"I kind of had to, or else all of my meddling in your life would have been for nothing."
"Is that right?"
"Yeah, that's right."
I took a deep breath. "What did you tell my parents?"
"You mean about why you fainted? Or about us?"
"Both."
"I told them that you were dating two guys at once and they got in a fist fight over..."
"No you didn't," I said, cutting him off.Holy shit.
"You're right. I didn't tell them that. I just said you had fallen the other night and still weren't recovered. So you fainted."
"Thank God."
"They didn't ask any questions at all. Apparently you're quite clumsy."
I laughed. "Yeah, I am." I looked at him curiously. "And the other thing?"
"What did I tell them about us?"
"Yeah."
"I told them that we were friends."
"And did they look confused that I was friends with someone who was so much older than me?"
"I'm not that much older than you. Besides, I assumed they wouldn't be surprised since you're dating your professor. I'm sure that was a fun conversation. They probably just thought I was one of his friends or something."
"They don't know about James."
"Oh." He had a small smile on his face. "Why?"
"I don't know." I turned to face him in the bed again, making sure my gown covered me. "He didn't want me to tell anyone about us. And then we weren't really together anymore. There wasn't anything to tell."
"And that's it?"
"No. I shouldn't be dating my professor. I don't want to tell them. I'm worried about what they'll think of me."
"Well they seemed to like me okay."
