Page 381 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 11
I felt like the air wasn’t reaching my lungs right. Mr. Halifax’s hands had been on me. Our lips had been inches apart. Had that felt like the same as when the kiss thief’s body was pressed against mine? Or...not?
Sophie was staring at me.
I knew she was wondering the same thing. But, God, I didn’t know! Mr. Halifax’s hands hadn’t touched my skin. But he’d held me firmly against him. And he’d looked so concerned about me.
Kill me.I sat there and tried not to die of embarrassment.
***
Sophie was whistling as she drove us through the city.
My throat was hoarse from cheering the team on. Empire High had won 17 to 10. So far this season they were undefeated. I was in a great mood. Especially because it was the weekend and I wouldn’t have to see Mr. Halifax until Monday. Plus Sophie hadn’t set up another exploding kissing booth.
But I was confused about why Sophie was in such a good mood. I’d literally straddled her crush today. She was taking it like a champ.
“So what is our new plan for figuring out who the kiss thief is?” I asked.
“No idea. We’ll have to have a meeting with everyone in your secret lair about it.”
“Oursecret lair.”
She kept whistling and started to drum her fingers on the steering wheel.
I was used to her having a million ideas on how to prove my kiss thief wasn’t Mr. Halifax. “Jacob thinks it’s Zach the Shy Spy,” I said.
“Does he? Hm.” She continued whistling.
“You’re being weird right now.”
“Huh?”
“Why are you whistling so much?”
She pressed her lips together as she made a turn that wasn’t to the party tonight. “I may have done a thing.”
“What thing?”
“Well...” her voice trailed off. “It didn’t seem like you were going to ask Jacob for his help with your third base issue. So...I asked for you.”
I stared at her in horror. “You didn’t.”
She didn’t respond.
“Sophie, you didnotask Jacob to let me blow him so I could practice third base!”
She laughed. “No, I didn’t.”
“Phew.” I breathed a sigh of relief. She’d nearly given me a heart attack.
“I just told him the kiss thief mentioned stealing third base and that you were nervous about it. So I told Jacob that you might like some pointers.”
“That’s the same thing!”
She turned into Empire High’s parking lot. “Not verbatim.”
“Soph.”
“Scarlett, it’s going to be fine. Actually, it’s going to be fun. And who knows...maybe you and Jacob will fall in love for real or something.”
