Page 52 of Faking the Book Boyfriend

“I’m not ditching you. I said we’d get together over the weekend. That’s reasonable.”

“Hmm.”

“Will you spend Christmas with them?”

He nods. “Yes. I think my mother is coming in too. I know you’re going down to Florida. Does anyone else in your family go too?”

“My mother was supposed to come, but she and Byron are heading overseas for the holiday. It’s all for the best. She and my grandmother have a love-hate relationship.”

“Are you more like your mom or grandmother?”

“I suppose I have my mother’s sense of style, but I hope I’m more like my grandmother in every other way. She has this love of life. This try-anything-and-everything attitude. I wouldn’t be writing if not for her. My mother is embarrassed by it. She thinks writing romance novels is beneath me. My grandmother loves that I put myself out there like that. She sees how happy it makes me.”

“You should always do what makes you happy.”

“I try. I let you fuck me without a condom again. I was happy in that moment even though I should be committed for doing it.”

He lets out a laugh. “I love how brash you are. And sex with you makes meextremelyhappy.”

“What else makes you happy?”

“The fact that I met you.”

“Such a charmer. You’re too perfect. Tell me something imperfect about you.”

He twists his lips. “Hmm. I’ll tell you something, but you have to promise not to tell anyone. Ever.”

I rub my hands together. “Ooh. A big secret. This just got good. Not a word. I promise.”

“Trey isn’t my real name. My real first name is,” he whispers, “DeMontré. My sister calls me Demon Trey.”

I burst out laughing. “Are you serious?”

“Sadly, yes. It’s French, and my mother was obsessed with European royalty.”

“She’d get along with my mother. She thinks she’sactualEuropean royalty.”

“That’s why my sister is Diana. She got a normal royal name, and I got a snooty, ridiculous name.”

“Oh my god, you’re the least snooty person I’ve ever met. No one snooty fucks like you.”

He smiles. “I’ll take that as a compliment.”

“It was intended as one, Demon Trey.”

“I’m going to spank you every time you call me that.”

“Spanking is one of my favorite tropes, Demon Trey.”

He narrows his eyes at me. “I’m not kidding.”

I giggle as I look at him and mouth, “Demon Trey.”

He grabs my body and pulls me over his lap.

Spank.

I giggle and shout, “Demon Trey.”

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