Page 48 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 2
Someone pinching the side of my waist made me jump. I laughed when I looked up at Brendan.
"I'm glad I didn't miss all the family drama," Brendan said. "It's always the best thing about weddings."
James shook his head. "Laughing at my torture?"
"Always." They clapped each other on the back. "Beautiful as always, Penny," he said and gave me a swift kiss on the cheek.
"Thanks, Brendan."
"Still can't believe you're marrying this clown. At least he's not your professor anymore. It actually seems like his parents disapprove of you more than your parents disapprove of him. That's pretty twisted."
James laughed. Brendan and him had grown really close ever since James had calmed down about him kissing me. I was surprised that James was able to forget about that. Maybe he had repressed it like me. Either way, they were friends now. James loved talking to Brendan about his latest development projects.
"That's actually incredibly accurate," I said.
Brendan laughed. "My parents would have loved you, Penny."
"And that's why I didn't ask you to be a groomsman," James said.
"What? If I had known my flirting with Penny was keeping me out of that race I would have stopped ages ago."
"We both know that's not true," James said.
Brendan shrugged his shoulders. "I can't help what I say around beautiful women." He winked at me. "How do you like the new place? James and I had a blast designing it together."
I looked at James. "You left that part out."
James shrugged his shoulders. "It was mostly me."
"Yeah, right," Brendan said. "Without me, your plumbing and electricity would have been a fucking mess and you know it."
"Fair enough. But aesthetically, I planned most of it."
"Well, you both did a fantastic job," I said.
"I'm pretty sure James designed it with the sole idea of how many places he could bang you," Brendan said with a laugh.
"Inappropriate," James said to Brendan. "And you would have made such a great groomsman too."
Brendan gave him an exaggerated frown.
"I'm going to leave you two alone to find more dessert," I said. As I made my way toward the desserts, I saw Luke and Mason with two guys I hadn't met yet. I was promised a few stories, and I was not going to miss out on this opportunity. I walked over to their group. "Hey, guys."
"We were just talking about you," Luke said. He sounded a little drunk.
"Yeah? Hi, I'm Penny," I said to the two guys I hadn't met yet. I recognized both of them from the picture of James' frat brothers, though.
"Oh, this is Benny and Mike," Luke said and gestured to the two guys next to him.
"Ben," the taller of the two said and stuck out his hand for me to shake. "College was a long time ago but these assholes still insist on calling me Benny."
"You'll always be Benny to us," the shorter one said. "Hi, Penny, I'm Mike. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"It's great to meet you guys too. So...you were talking about me?"
"Nothing bad, I promise," Mason said.
"We were just talking about how much better you are than Isabella," Luke said.
