Page 294 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 5
I literally had no idea what he meant.Served hard?
Bee giggled.
“You mean cold?” Rob said.
Tanner looked confused.
“The phrase is revenge is a dish best served cold,” Rob said.
Tanner shook his head. “I don’t think that’s how it goes.”
“That’s definitely how it goes. Who serves a hard dish?”
“Dishes are made from glass. They’re all quite hard, Young Robert. Have you never been hit by one?” He started to wave down a waitress, as if he was going to order a plate to break over Rob’s head.
I grabbed Tanner’s hand to lower it. We didn’t need a waitress to bring over any plates for him to throw at Rob.
“I’m trying to help,” he whispered back.
“By offering to beat Rob with plates?”
“By fixing your friendships. And yes, possibly teaching Robert a lesson along the way.”
I looked over to see everyone staring at us. I cleared my throat and removed my hand from Tanner’s arm. This conversation was ridiculous. We were all fine. Tanner was pushing buttons unnecessarily. And I still needed to have that conversation with James before it got any later. “James, can I talk to you for a second?”
“Yeah, sure.” He went to stand up, but paused when his phone started ringing. “One second,” he said.
“Hi Ellen, is everything okay?”
There was silence as he listened to her.
“Pumpkin, did you steal Ellen’s phone again?”
Penny shook her head with a smile.
“Mommy and I are out right now. Be a good girl and let Ellen tell you a bedtime story.”
He listened to Scarlett intently.
“She does do the voices. I’ve heard her do them.”
He smiled at whatever her response was.
“Is everything okay?” Penny mouthed silently.
James nodded. “Okay, pumpkin. We’ll be home in a few minutes. Love you too.” He hung up. “She’s refusing to go to bed without us reading her bedtime story. And she’s keeping everyone else up too. I think Ellen might have a revolt on her hands.”
Rob laughed. “Sophie and Scarlett are going to be such a handful when they’re older.”
Rob was right about that. Scarlett was a little baller for refusing to go to bed without a proper bedtime story. And Sophie seemed like she enjoyed a good revolt too. It was possible she was the one leading the troops.
“We should probably go get Sophie and RJ too,” Daphne said. “It’s getting late.” She grabbed her coat off the back of her chair.
“Is it okay if we have that chat another time?” James asked.
No. Not really.But I just nodded. They were going home to Scarlett right now. Nothing bad could happen to her tonight.
Rob, Daphne, James, and Penny said their goodbyes.
