Page 164 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 8
“What are you wearing?” I asked in a way I hoped wasn’t suspicious.
Rob shrugged. “A genie costume. Genies are Egyptian, right?”
“No,” said Tanner deadpan. “They’re not.”
“Oh.” Rob laughed. “My bad. I thought they were. But...maybe they are. You never know with genies. I’ve always heard that genies lie tons.”
Young Robert!
He turned back to me. “Wanna rub my lamp?” He pointed down to his crotch. His upper half and lower half were very Aladdin costume-esque. But his entire midsection was shaped like a golden genie lamp that said: “Rub me.”
“No. Can you...um...take me to Daphne? I need to talk to her about girl stuff.” It was the only thing I could think of to say to get away from Tanner for this conversation.
“Sure thing. Come with me. Maybe I’ll even let you ride my magic carpet.”
Tanner gasped. Not because of the sexual innuendo. But because he hated magic carpets because they were death traps. Rob was the only one being culturally insensitive here!
I grabbed his arm and pulled him away. “What the hell, Rob? You said you’d keep it a secret.”
“I am keeping it a secret.”
“How is this keeping it a secret?!” I gestured to his costume.
“It’s a classic Hunter Cooper mess around.”
“A classic what?”
“Hunter Cooper mess around. A joke. Just for us.”
“But it isn’t funny.”
“It’s a little funny.”
“It’s not.”
Rob smiled. “Isn’t it though?”
“Will you please just give me my test results?”
He opened up a door for us and we walked into a private room. It looked like some kind of rich person study.
I sat down on a fancy couch. “I can’t believe you dressed like a genie just to mess with him.”
“We’re both messing with him,” said Rob. “Because it’s a Hunter Cooper...”
“Mess around, yeah I got it.” I groaned. “Rob, we can’t let anyone know Tanner’s a genie. He’ll get in trouble. I told you it’s dangerous for himandus.”
“I didn’t tell anyone anything, I swear. It was just a joke for you and me.”
“Hilarious.”
“I know, right?” He sat down next to me.
“Flaming genie penises are not a funny thing. Do you think I want to cheat on him all the time in order to free him? This freaking sucks!”
“I doubt cheating on Tanner on the regular sucks.”
“Young Robert!”
