Page 266 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 8
“Nigel is always making me really meaty sandwiches.”
“Why?” I asked.
“Because he thinks I like them.”
“Do you not? You should tell him if you don’t. Or else he’ll keep doing it.”
Matt shrugged.
It seemed to me that Matt rather liked them.
“Really, where is Rob?” asked Brooklyn. “I’m starting to worry.”
I wasn’t worried in the slightest. I tried to focus on my friends and my grandkids. But tonight I just...couldn’t. I was too curious about what Ash was up to. After I handed off the babies to a very tired looking Mason, I pulled out my phone.
I checked the backend data from the Society. Chastity’s text originated at the Rome branch of the Society.Interesting. I cleared my throat. “I have a work telephone call on my cellular device that I need to take.”
“Now he takes calls,” said Matt.
“Because I’m not overseas.”
“Phones work overseas, man.”
“Not this one.”
“I’m pretty sure you have the same phone as me,” he said.
“Nonsense.” I walked out of the room and then hurried up the stairs for privacy. I opened the door to Jacob’s room and closed it behind me. I needed to go check to see what was going on with Ash. Just a tiny peek. And then I’d come right back.
I snapped my fingers. But instead of teleporting to the Rome Society, I flickered a few times. I snapped again, but the same thing happened. Why was my magic glitching?
I snapped again, but I just flickered.What the hell?
Rob popped out of Jacob’s closet with a phone in his hand. “Aha! I finally caught you, genie boy! And I recorded the whole thing! I caught you, you sneaky little bastard! I knew you were a liar. And now everyone else will know all your secrets too,Ryder Storm!”
Shit.
Daphne came out of the closet too. “I’m so sorry, Tanner. I tried to stop him…”
I shook my head.Fuck.I wasn’t sure how long Rob had known I was a genie. But I’d had my suspicions when he’d dressed up like a genie at the Halloween party. And then some of the comments he’d made at Thanksgiving. I would have just wiped both their memories...but I wasn’t sure how far back I’d have to go. And Icouldn’t just wipe his memory from the last several months. It wasn’t right.
Damn it.I just needed to come clean in hopes that Rob wouldn’t tell anyone else. And stop recording me so that my magic would work so I could go check on Ash. Sometimes tech blocked magic. I also really needed him to delete that video he’d just recorded.Screw me.
I took a deep breath. “It’s okay. He’s right. I’m a genie.”
“I knew it!” yelled Rob.
“Would you keep it down,” I said. “No one else can know.”
“Well I’m definitely telling Matt...”
“No, you’re not. This has to stay between the three of us.”
“You want a secret to be kept between the three of us?” Rob looked very skeptical.
“There are genie hunters out there. And the more people that know, the more danger I’m in. And you’re in. And Daphne’s in. Trust me.”
“I don’t trust you. That’s why I’ve been following you for weeks.”
