Page 495 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 7
He laughed. “Now what kind of way is that to greet your favorite Society member? We missed you this week at Club Onyx. Iwas especially surprised not to see you when we hosted an elementary school science fair Wednesday night. I thought for sure you’d show up nude.”
I tried to turn away so he couldn’t see me blush, but it was too late. My damned cheeks always betrayed me! And that made me even more embarrassed.
“Everything okay?” asked Tanner. “Is this camp counselor bothering you?”
“He was just offering to carry my bags,” I said.
Cole raised an eyebrow at me but didn’t fight back. I had a feeling he’d get me back for that comment later. Once our bags were out of the back seat, Cole pulled out a clipboard. “So will you two be staying as a couple?”
Uhh…“Nope,” I said. Tanner had made it very clear that we weren’t dating.
And yet…Tanner looked disappointed by my answer.
“Great,” said Cole. He turned to Tanner. “Someone will be with you shortly. Raven, please come with me.” Cole grabbed my suitcase and tossed it onto a golf cart. Then he patted the passenger seat to get me to join him.
I hopped in and we sped off down the gravel road. It took every ounce of restraint I had not to look back to see Tanner’s reaction. Not that I cared what he thought. I pulled out my phone and texted Chastity to distract myself.
Ash: We made it to the camp. Tanner didn’t cut me into little bits. But…Cole is here!
Chastity: Cole?! What is he doing there?
Ash: He’s one of the camp counselors or something.
Chastity:We still need to prank him.
Ash: I know! Did you ever pull any good pranks at summer camp?
Chastity:Uh…one time I showered with a bunch of guys. Does that count?
Ash: No.
Chastity:Hmm…okay. Well, I’ll try to think of something. Just don’t let him trick you into getting naked and everything should be fine. Or do. ;)
I glanced at Cole out of the corner of my eye. Chastity didn’t need to warn me that he might try to get me naked. My radar had been on high alert since the second I saw Cole’s stupid handsome face. There was no way he was going to trick me again.
“Here we are,” said Cole as we pulled to a stop in front of a super cool looking cabin with a giant window overlooking the lake.
Damn this is nice.So much for this being like my 5th-grade summer camp. Those cabins had looked like they were straightout of the 1700s. Meanwhile, this cabin could have been on the cover ofArchitectural Digest.
Cole grabbed my suitcase out of the golf cart and took it into the cabin. As I walked in, I nearly tripped over a suitcase overflowing with bikinis and makeup and beauty products. And another suitcase. And another. It reminded me of when I’d visited my extremely messy older sister in college one time. She’d had so much stuff everywhere that we literally could not open the door to her dorm.
I hadn’t realized I’d be rooming with other people when I turned down the couples cabin.Speaking of which…how did the couples cabins work?Were the couples all together in one big room…orgy style? I swallowed down the lump in my throat. I’d made the right call saying Tanner and I weren’t together.
Especially because we clearly weren’t together. And we never would be. Because DODO said he couldn’t be distracted and apparently dating me was a distraction. Stupid DODO. Or stupid Tanner, because I was really starting to think DODO didn’t exist at all.
“You’ll be rooming with…” Cole looked down at his clipboard. “Vanessa, Soraya, Alessandra, Isadora, and Giovanna.”
“Are you sure that’s all?” I asked. “Because I count at least 18 suitcases.”
Cole laughed. “Based on what I’ve seen in some of the other cabins, you actually got lucky. Well…maybe. I guess that depends on if you remembered to bring earplugs. Rumor has itthat Soraya had a few ribs removed and now she snores like a 90-year-old man.”
Was rib removal still a thing people did? “Are those two things even related?”
Cole shrugged. “I guess you’ll find out.”
“Aren’t any other rooms available?”
“Don’t think so. In fact, you’re lucky this one was. The Emerald Oasis fills up fast on Friday afternoons. But let me make a call.”
