Page 425 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 7
“I’ve been running from my past for a really long time. I’m so tired of not having roots anywhere.”
I was pretty sure he was very well known in NYC. And he had Nigel and his best friend Matt who definitely wasn’t Matthew Caldwell…
“I don’t want to run anymore. My past is complicated to say the least. And when I thought you were DODO…” he shook his head. “My paranoia has gotten the best of me over the years. I thoughtI was out of time. And I just kept thinking about…you. Really I think about you constantly.”
My heart was racing so fast that it actually hurt.
“I don’t want to waste any more of what little time we have together.”
Little time?I didn’t dwell on it, because I was pretty sure he was asking me something huge. “So that means…”
He smiled. “I have to warn you, I’m not very good at this. I haven’t dated in a really long time. But I think we should give it a go. Normally I’d talk to your father about the courting process…but since I’ve never met the man…let’s just go crazy and do it the modern way.”
“You mean dating?” Because he’d said a lot of weird shit and I really needed to know this answer.
He reached out and tucked a strand of my matted hair behind my ear. “Be my girlfriend.”
It wasn’t really a question. More of a statement. A declaration I’d been dying to hear. I squealed and threw my arms around his neck. I was un-wifey-zoned! I’d freaking done it!
“Your skin is so sticky,” he said with a laugh.
For a second I thought about the cum all over my face in my dream. But then remembered I’d had champagne thrown in my face. And cake smeared around my mouth. None of thatmattered though. We could be weird and sticky together. I kissed him. And then kept kissing him as he carried me out to the limo.
But as soon as he set me down in the limo, I pulled back. I couldn’t start a relationship without getting something off my chest. “I have a confession.”
“Okay…”
“I do promise I won’t go to Club Onyx again without you. But I only wanted to go to Club Onyx in the first place because I was bad and opened your note that I wasn’t supposed to open unless you disappeared. But it’s too late now, because it’s already done. And it said to go to Club Onyx to find what I was looking for. And I was looking for your secrets. That’s the only reason I went early. But I promise not to go again now. Please don’t break up with me already.” I waited for him to curse me out.
Instead he just laughed. “I should have guessed you’d open it right away. Ash, it doesn’t matter. And I’m not going to break up with you. Or disappear. I’m not the one going anywhere.” He looked sad for a second and I had no idea why. I wasn’t going anywhere either.
“You promise?” I asked.
He pulled me onto his lap as the limo sped off. “I promise.” And then he kissed me again. And again. He kissed me the whole way back to my apartment.
I stared up at him as he opened up the door to my apartment complex. I didn’t want tonight to end. And yet…here we were. I stared up at…my boyfriend. I tried not to squeal.
“Until tomorrow.”
I felt like I was floating. “Until tomorrow.”
He lifted my hand and placed a kiss on my knuckles before walking back to his limo. But before he climbed in, he turned around. “Oh, and Ash?”
“Yes?” My voice came out breathy and weird. This wasn’t real life. How had I gone from stalking him to dating him? I mean…him stalking me.
“There’s a surprise for you upstairs.”
A surprise? I looked over my shoulder expecting to see a FedEx man leaving the building. But of course there was no one there. I turned back around and Nigel was already driving Tanner away. How did he keep getting into my apartment?
Dumb question. It didn’t matter. I wanted to go see what my freaking boyfriend was about to surprise me with now.
Stalker Problems - Chapter 63 - The Spaceboy Collection
Thursday – June 1, 2023
This was the best night of my life. I hurried up the stairs to my apartment. Literally nothing could ruin my mood. Not the fact that I was running in heels. Or that I was still sticky from champagne. I couldn’t wait to see what Tanner’s surprise was.
But when I turned out of the stairwell, my heart sank.
