Page 486 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 8
To his credit, the waiter didn’t flinch. “Of course, sir,” he said. “I’ll have another scotch for you right away.” He bowed and left the dining room.
“I’m gonna go clean up,” I said. I grabbed what was left of my drink and headed for the bathroom.
“Shouldn’t you go help her?” asked one of the other girls at the table.
I didn’t catch his answer, but apparently it was no. Because Ash was the only person to follow me.
“Are you okay?” she asked.
“Girl, I’m better than fine. I love when Chad gets all territorial.”
“Hmmm…I guess I wouldn’t hate having a guy get all pissed at a waiter for flirting with me.”
“Right? Although I’m pretty sure he just made his path into the Gryphon Club a lot more difficult.”
“Oh?” asked Ash as we pushed into the ladies room. “It seemed like the guys thought it was funny.”
“I’m pretty sure they were laughing at Chad rather than the waiter. Adonis told me that the waiters are actually the punch masters. And this is a test to see how the pledges treat them.”
“Oh shit.”
“Yeah. Oh shit is right.” I went over to one of the sinks and started dabbing at the spot on my dress. “There is a silver lining, though.”
“How?”
“Well, first of all, can I just say how proud I am of you for following Single Girl Rule #3 to a tee? You were on top of that.”
Ash smiled. “Yeah I was!”
I gave her a high five.
“But also…maybe the test isn’t as simple as being nice to the waiters. Me blowing Adonis in that picture and Chad wearing a thong the entire time had them wondering if he was brave or stupid. What if the waiter was flirting with me on purpose to see if Chad would stand up for himself?”
“I think it’s more likely that he was flirting with you because you look amazing in that dress.”
“How amazing?” I asked.
“I don’t know. Amazing. Ten out of ten.”
I stared at her.
She stared back. And then she laughed. “Oh right. Here.” She reached out and honked my boobs.
“Girl, I’m so proud of you,” I said. “You just used two different single girl rules in the span of like two minutes.”
“I did, didn’t I?” Ash looked so proud of herself.
“Wanna go three for three and help me ensure that Chad gets into the Gryphon Club?”
“That depends heavily on the rule you’re hoping to invoke.”
“Rule #25: Don’t be ashamed to use sex to get what you want.”
“That’s gonna be a hard pass for me.”
“Are you sure? Wait! You’d really be going four for four. Because if you help me out here, we’d also use Rule #28: All girls should try at least one threesome. I know you seemed keen on that earlier when we were at the football game.”
“Did you hear that?” asked Ash. “It sounded like someone walking with a tray of food. Which means it’s crab cake time!”
