Page 555 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 7
“Wait, you really went out and bought this for me?”What the hell is going on right now?
“Yup.”
I just stared at him.
“Shall we?” He held out his arm for me.
“Shall we what?”
“Go on our date. If we don’t leave soon, we’re gonna be late.”
“I’m not going on a date with you.”
“Yes you are.” He said it with all the confidence in the world.
“And why would I do a thing like that?”
He raised an eyebrow and gestured to his torso. “Look at me. What girl wouldn’t want to go on a date with me?”
“Hmmm…I don’t know. Me?” I would never admit it, but he did look damn fine in his tuxedo. It was a shame he was such an asshole. And more importantly, he wasn’t Tanner. Who would be here any minute now. Right? “If you really got me this dress, then what size is it?”
“Two.”
I narrowed my eyes at him. “How’d you know that?”
“Because I bought it for you. And if you’re asking how I knew your size in the first place…well, I’ve ruined enough dresses and had to buy replacements that I can guess a woman’s size nine times out of ten.”
“Ruined dresses? Replacements?”
He nodded. “If you’re lucky maybe I’ll ruin your dress later tonight.”
“How?” I kind of regretted asking, but I was too curious. “Are you going to spill a drink on me or something?”
“You could say that.”
I wasn’t sure exactly what he meant by that, but the look in his eye confirmed that it was definitely a sexy spill rather thana clumsy one. I was more concerned by his earlier statement though. About him really buying it for me. Because that meant…
Shit.
Tanner had really run away. And then Cole had sent me the creepy elevator package, but I’d stupidly assumed that it was from Tanner. And now I was standing here, wearing the $3000 dress that Cole had bought for me.
“Ready to go?” he asked.
“You’re really not listening, are you? I said I wasn’t going.”
“Yeah, but that’s not really your choice. You owe me a date.”
“From what?”
“Our bet.”
I laughed. “Nice try, but you lost the bet. In fact, you’re lucky I don’t demand that you get naked right here.”
“I’ll be happy to get naked any time you want. But not because of the bet. The second you cheated, you automatically lost the bet.”
“I didn’t cheat.”Oh no.How did he know about Nigel’s slingshot?
“And now you’re lying too. Pro tip: if you’re gonna lie, you have to learn to look the person in the eye when you do it. Now can we please get going?”
