Page 320 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 8
Ah! What?!“She said it! You baby genius!” I lifted her into my arms. “Say it again, Chloe.”
“She just yawned,” said Matt.
“No, she said my name.”
Matt shook his head. “She definitely yawned.”
No, I’d heard it. “She’s a baby genius.” I kissed her forehead. “You’ll say it again when you’re ready. No pressure, baby genius.”
Robert and Daphne had just shown up on the lawn. And they were dressed ridiculously too. Robert was wearing a pair of khakis and a button down. And Daphne was in a casual sundress like Brooklyn’s. Seriously, had none of them ever been to a luncheon before?
“What are you wearing?” I asked as Robert walked up to us. I handed Chloe back to Matt so I wouldn’t accidentally drop her because of Robert’s personal affront.
Robert looked down at his khakis. “Khakis?”
“You say it like you don’t even know. Why are you wearing khakis to my luncheon?”
“Um...” he looked at Matt and then back at me. “We were invited to lunch. So I just put on whatever.”
“Hardly,” I said. “I invited you to aluncheonat my new castle. Not a lunch.”
“I think that’s the same thing,” said Matt.
“No it most definitely is not. And you’re dressed even worse.”
Matt shrugged.
“It’s fine,” I said. I wouldn’t let their casual fare ruin my day. “Would you like to play?” I handed Robert a croquet mallet.
“Um...I have no idea how to play croquet,” said Robert.
What?“Then let Matt play.”
“I don’t know how to play either,” said Matt.
“How could you not know how to play croquet?”
“Because I’m not an 80-year-old man?” Matt handed me the mallet back.
What in tarnation did he mean by that? “Respect your elders.”
Robert and I both laughed.
“Nice one,” said Robert and high fived me.
Matt looked back and forth between us. “You’re younger than me.”
Robert and I both laughed again.
“If you say so,” I said.
Matt kept looking back and forth between us. “Why aren’t the two of you fighting right now?”
“I mean, I made fun of his khakis,” I said.
Robert shrugged. “And Tanner’s top hat is silly. But I guess I get it.”
Matt lowered his eyebrows. “Why are you being nice to each other?”
