Page 476 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 11
“Oh.” Jacob nodded. “Right, I forgot about that.”
Why the heck had I panicked and said this morning?! “My dad took my phone last night while Axel was there,” I said, adding to the weirdness. Even though I was pretty sure I’d already fixed it? I needed to stop talking.
“Sorry to cut in, but we really gotta get going,” Sophie said. “I’m dying to see what my dad has to say. See you tomorrow, lover boy.” She pulled me away from Jacob. “Have you seriously not told him that Axel is spending the night yet?” she whispered.
I shook my head.
“Why?”
“I...I don’t know.”
“I do. Because you’re worried he’ll call off the fake dating thing if he knows you and Axel are actually dating?”
“I’m not dating Axel.”
“He sleeps over every night, Scar.”
“As a friend.”
“You’re blind. Axel is obsessed with you. Operation Too Hot to Handle worked. And now it’s like...reversing. Because Jacob is getting jealous too. And so is your kiss thief if he’s proposing. You gotta make a choice soon.”
“I can’t even think about this right now.”
She nodded. “Right, because we still need to unmask your kiss thief. You can make your choice at homecoming then, I guess.”
There was no way I was going to be allowed to go to homecoming. And the thought of having to make a choice when I liked all three guys made me feel sick to my stomach. “No, Imeant I can’t think about it because I’m worried about my phone being hacked. And the cameras in the locker room.”
“What cameras in the locker room?” She winked at me. Her phone buzzed. She looked down at it and smiled.
“What?” I asked.
She laughed and then slid her phone back into her blazer pocket. “Nothing. Come on, let’s go prod my dad for information about this Hunter Tech emergency.”
And we didn’t have long to wait to talk to him. Because he was waiting for us in Sophie’s kitchen.
He was sitting at the kitchen island with his elbows on the counter and his fingertips steepled together. There was a phone in front of him. And he looked more serious than I’d ever seen him.
“Hey, Dad,” Sophie said, like she didn’t see how serious he looked.
“Daughter,” Uncle Rob said slowly. “Neice. Please take a seat. We need to talk.”
Sophie laughed.
“Now,” Uncle Rob said.
Sophie looked at me. She actually looked a little worried.
We both took a seat opposite him.
He kept his fingers steepled and leaned in a little bit. “Do you have any idea what kind of day I’ve had?”
Sophie shrugged. “You said there was a Hunter Tech emergency?”
Uncle Rob lowered his eyebrows as he stared at her. “Don’t play games with me.”
I had no idea what to say. Uncle Rob loved games. I’d never seen this side of him. I always said he was cooler than my dad, but he did not seem cooler right now. And I was worried he had the capability of grounding me too.
He lowered one of his hands and jabbed at the phone. “Does this look familiar to you?” he asked me.
