Page 18 of The Bet
“Don’t worry,” he replied. Bed, he thought, watching Tobias and Savannah walk into the main house with their arms around each other’s waists. It would be better to go straight to bed and not make any detours.
He wondered where Lime Green Bikini had disappeared to, and it was only when he had entered his room that he remembered Kay had vanished completely.
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Tobias’s brother was a bigger creep than Shoemoney.
The sight of him with his lips wrapped around Savannah’s cousin was more than a shock to her system. Hadn’t Cara told her that he was currently dating some actress?
“Tobias has gone to find your mommy,” she told Jacob when she returned. She hovered over him, tucking the duvet under his chin.
“Are you excited?”
“Soooo excited.”
“Sooooexcited?” she echoed.
“I can’t wait for Tobias to join our family.” He gave her a look that made her insides melt. Waiting for Tobias to join their family? What an endearing way to think about it, she thought.
“Goodnight, Jacob.” She blew him a kiss.
“’Nite, Izzy.”
She walked out just as Tobias and Savannah walked in.
“Goodnight,” she said, and left them to have their own private moment.
She returned to her room next door with her cell phone. Tobias returned her cell phone , just for the night, in case she needed to speak to her parents. He didn’t seem to be anything like Shoemoney. He hadn’t even reminded her about his privacy policy; no texting, no emailing, no photos, no recordings. It had surprised her, that he seemed to trust her enough to hand it back to her, after all the commotion he had made of everyone giving up their phones and signing non-disclosure agreements.
Her fears about Tobias had been unfounded. He’d been the opposite of Shoemoney in every way. She’d been led to believe that he was a shit-hot negotiator, a genius, ruthless and sharp. Yet he seemed to her to be softer and more human than she had originally given him credit for.
But as for his brother?
He was exactly the type of asshole she had believed him to be.
