Page 116 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 8
Oh, I knew the problem. “I mean, not for the babies. But I bet my man Jacob here would love to ride that train. Am I right?” I lifted my hand and gave Jacob a high five.
Matt cleared his throat and covered Jacob’s ears with his hands. “Ash, I was really hoping to start fresh. But I think it might be best if you leave.”
“Why would she want our kids to watch that?” Penny looked at James.
James looked truly shocked.
And then Rob started laughing hysterically.
“Oh, no,” said Daphne. “Rob, what did you do?”
It took him awhile to stop laughing. “I pranked everyone so good. I showed all of you one thing and Ash something else entirely.” He turned to me. “Wanna see what they saw?”
“Sure...”
Rob put the headset back on my head.
It started out with me getting absolutely railed by Orlando Jackson. Then a tentacle monster tossed him out of the way and started fucking me. And then a bunch of aliens came up and ran train on me.
Oh fuck…
I thought back to everything I’d just said. The veins. The tentacle exploding all over me. The alien train. And worst of all…saying Jacob would love riding that train. And oh God, I said it reminded me of long summer nights with my brother. I started to dry heave and pulled the headset off.
“I’m so sorry,” I said. “I truly thought Jacob would like it. Not what you all saw. What I saw. No one was running train.” Everything I said just seemed to make it sound worse. “It was an actual train with aliens.”
Tanner laughed.
Tanner, help me!
But he seemed to enjoy the fact that I’d been pranked just as much as Rob did. Why were they even bickering? They were practically the same person!
Daphne stepped in to help me. “I’m so sorry that my husband has started acting like a teenage boy recently.”
I dry heaved again but it turned into a laugh.
“Rob, seriously?” said Penny with a laugh.
“It’s fine,” I said. “Anyone who can’t appreciate a good prank is a total loser.”
Rob smiled at me. “Damn straight. I had a good feeling about you. And I have a feeling we’re going to get along really well. Speaking of getting along, maybe we should both share a secretwe have. We can keep it between ourselves. You can start if you want. How about you tell me Tanner’s thing?”
Matt sighed and removed his hands from Jacob’s ears.
If Rob thought he could sweet talk me into telling him Tanner’s secret, he was dead wrong.
“Hey,” someone said from behind us.
I turned around to see Brooklyn walking into the room with a baby in her arms.
“I couldn’t get Chloe to sleep. I think she didn’t want to miss out on all the fun...” Brooklyn’s voice trailed off when she saw me.
But I was barely paying attention. Because Chloe was the most adorable baby I’d ever seen. Her big eyes blinked up at me. It looked like she’d been crying, but I swear she smiled when she saw me.
“Brooklyn, this is my girlfriend, Ash,” said Tanner from the couch. He turned around to smile at me.
“Your girlfriend?” Brooklyn looked so excited. “Oh my goodness.” She handed Chloe over to Matt and turned back to me. “Ash, I’m so happy to meet you.” She threw her arms around me just like Penny and Daphne had.
I’d never met such friendly people before.
