Page 534 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 11
“What was I supposed to think?!” Jacob yelled.
“I’m sorry?”
“You’re sorry? Really? You don’t look sorry.” He winked at me so I’d know he wasn’t really upset.
Okay, I needed to start selling this fake breakup too. “Well you were dancing withherall night!” I yelled.
“Only because you were dancing with every idiot in here!”
“You’re the idiot!” I yelled.
“This is brilliant,” Sophie said.
Jacob threw his hands up in the air. “Go dance with whoever you want. Because you and I are done.” He turned around.
“Yell after him,” Sophie said.
“Screw you!” I yelled at his back.
Sophie smiled. “You deserve an Emmy. Now give me some crocodile tears.”
“I can’t cry on demand.”
“Sure you can.” She pulled me off the dance floor. “Please stop crying, Scar. He’s a dick. He’s not worth it.” She lowered her voice. “At least pretend to cry, please.”
I put my face in my hands.
“There, there.” She put her hand on my back.
“Is everything alright?” said a deep voice.
A voice I definitely recognized. Mr. Halifax. I kept my face in my hands.
Sophie kept patting my back. “No. Scarlett found out that Jacob has been cheating on her this whole time. So she was dancing with a bunch of guys to give him a dose of his own medicine. But then he called her a slut and broke up with her.”
He did not call me a slut!
“I’m so sorry, Miss Hunter,” Mr. Halifax said.
“Thank you,” I mumbled into my hands.
“Is there anything I can do?” he asked. “Maybe I can grab you a water?”
Why did all the adults keep trying to give me vodka?
“No, she’s not thirsty,” Sophie said. “I think the only thing that would make her feel better is if someone would ask her to dance.”
“I’m sure someone will,” Mr. Halifax said.
“Can’t you do it?” Sophie said. “Please. She’s distraught.”
“Oh...um...well...”
This is mortifying.
“Please,” Sophie said. “Or she’ll never stop crying.”
Soph! I’m not crying!How was I supposed to fake this when I was dancing with him? He’d see my face.
