Page 22 of The Bet
They went into the main villa and towards Tobias and Savannah’s bedroom which was sectioned towards a corner of the ground floor. She was about to knock on the door and stopped when she heard voices coming from inside. Her hand stilled.
“Don’t give it up all at once,” she heard Savannah say. “And especially when it comes to someone like Xavier. You need to be careful.”
“Iamcareful.”
It sounded like Kay.
“Why do you always need to hook up with someone?” Savannah sounded annoyed.
Jacob came up in front of her and before she could stop him, he knocked on the door. “Mommy?” He knocked again.
“Wait, Jacob.” But Savannah had already opened the door.
“Hey, honey.” She was still in her wedding dress, and behind her, perched on the edge of their super king-sized bed, sat Kay, looking visibly upset.
“Sorry,” said Izzy. “We didn’t mean to interrupt, but Jacob wants to get changed.”
“I thought you might,” said Savannah, ruffling Jacob’s hair. “I knew you’d be uncomfortable wearing that all day, so I got you a change of clothes, honey. Over by the chaise longue. Go ahead,” Savannah told Izzy.
Izzy walked in to the room and gave Kay a quick smile.
“I know my son,” said Savannah. “He would have spent the entire day in his Iron man swim trunks. Honey, I’d like you to wear those in case we have any more photos taken. Do you mind?”
Jacob shook his head. “No.”
“You can get him changed in the master bathroom,” said Savannah.
“Come on, Jacob,” Izzy beckoned, and followed him into the bathroom.
“Did anything happen?” she heard Savannah ask, but she couldn’t make out Kay’s reply. They were talking about last night. They had to be. She wondered if Kay had ended up being another one of Xavier’s conquests.
She folded the clothes which Jacob had discarded.
“Are you listening to them?” he asked.
She looked up guiltily. “No.”
He looked as if he didn’t believe her.
“Why can’t you enjoy being single for a while?” she heard Savannah ask. “Why do you always need to be with someone?”
“I don’t! He was there, and he showed me some card tricks, and we got talking.”
“You told me it was more than talking.”
“Okay. So we kissed. He’s a good-looking guy. I’m single, so … what’s the harm?”
“How well do you know him? According to Tobias, Xavier has a girlfriend, and she was supposed to come.”
“He’s got a girlfriend?”
So it was true.
The dirty little rat.Izzy refolded Jacob’s shirt, trying to kill time.
“I feel used.”
“Serves you right.”
