Page 111 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 8
Rob smiled. “You’rethe girl that set Matt on fire?”
Did he really have to remind everyone immediately? So much for making a good first impression. I nodded.
Rob laughed. “Freaking awesome. Welcome, Ash. Wait.” He stared at Tanner and then back at me. “Are you dating this clown?”
“Um...”
Tanner put his arm around my shoulders. “Yes, this is my girlfriend, Young Robert.”
Rob glared at him. “Would you stop calling me that, man?”
“Wait,you’reYoung Robert?” I asked. “I thought Tanner had beef with some kid?”
Rob rolled his eyes. “I don’t know why he calls me that. He’s younger than me.”
I laughed. Tanner was more than 300 years older than Rob.
“What’s so funny?”
“Nothing,” I quickly said.
Rob gave me a weird look, but then the Giants scored and he got distracted. “Touchdown!” he said down to RJ. “RJ, Liam, cheer!”
Both toddlers clapped. And then RJ got so into it that he started screaming at the TV.
Well, that was adorable.Kind of. Nope.RJ kept screaming and it turned into crying very fast. And then Liam started drooling. James reached down and wiped the drool off with the side of his hand and then wiped his hand off on his Giants jersey.
Ew.
No.
What the fuck did he just do?
I was right before. James really was a freak.
He looked up at me. “Nice to see you again, Ash. Are you a Giants fan too?”
“No, I hate them.”
“Oh. I just assumed...” he gestured to my Giants jersey.
Crap, right.“I was just...”I don’t know.I wanted them to like me.
“Psh, the Giants,” said Penny as she walked into the room. “Hey, Ash.” She gave me a hug like we were already best friends. Or at least like we’d already met in person. “Please tell me you’re an Eagles fan. If I remember correctly, you’re from Delaware too, right?”
“Yeah.” I couldn’t believe she remembered that. We’d talked a lot before and a little after my date with Matt. But I didn’t think she’d remember.
“Trust me, you don’t need to pander to them. They get what they want too often.”
A little girl ran into the room, quickly followed by a girl that looked just like Penny. Jacob was chasing them and they were all giggling.
“That’s Sophie, Rob and Daphne’s daughter,” said Penny and pointed to the first girl. “And the redhead is Scarlett. You can probably tell she’s mine,” she said with a laugh. “And that’s Brooklyn and Matt’s son...”
The boy skidded to a stop and looked up at me. “Hiya, Miss Ashley. Wait, does that mean my abuelo is here? Abuelo! Abuelo!”
Jacob laughed as Tanner picked him up upside down.
“I’ve actually already met Jacob,” I said. “Tanner and Nigel were babysitting him one night.”
