Page 53 of Unstoppable Billionaire

I turn and look at him now.

He shrugs."It was consensual, and she was digging it.But she was really drunk and passed out right after I finished, so I left her there to sleep it off."

Steve adds."Aurei and I decided not to move her, just to take her home, so we dropped her off in the gazebo in her front yard.Her dad's a religious, looney nut job, and her sister must have seen his truck leaving."

I look at Aurei."So, she thinks you were the pounder?"

Paul answers again."Yes, the next day, she told everyone she and Aurei were a couple.When I confessed, she played it off that I was covering for him."

"Didn't they believe you?"I ask Aurei.

He shakes his head."I didn't know anything about it.I left the next morning for basic training."

"Nine months later," Paul says.

Stunned, I interrupt him."Is there a kid?"

"No!I don't fuck without cover!"

Steve takes up the tale."That would have been easy to disprove.As it is, it's her word against all of ours."

I look right at him and narrow my eyes."That was six years ago.Why would she keep a lie going for six years?"

Steve hesitates and cuts his eyes at Aurei.I step between their eyesight and stare Steve down, knowing he's the weak link in the bunch."Spill it."

"Aurei's still the top dawg of eligible bachelors around here.She knows if she plays the main bitch, no one else stands a chance, and she believes he will eventually come to her."

"So, she's delusional too."It's a statement, but Paul answers.

"Yes!And she and her crew are the epitome of Mean Girls."

Aurei's heard enough and says with finality."Y'all make her sound likes she's deranged.It's been all harmless, schoolyard, bully intimidation.It's childish shit, Siri, like what she tried on you earlier.I try to ignore her and the rest of them."

"The rest of them?Aurei!I ran into another crew of girls upset at the bar that I was here with you tonight.How many stalkers are there?"

Steve answers."I believe she's the only serious one."

Aurei smirks at Steve."The psychologist over there has all the fucking answers."

Paul laughs and claps Steve on the back."Yep.Dr.Phil's double."

The DJ spins Katy Perry, and she starts to sing "Dark Horse."

I stand up and firmly tell Aurei."Come on."

He narrows his eyes, smelling trickery, and doesn't move."Why?"

I walk past him a few steps toward the dance floor, then turn and face him."I want you to kiss me, right there, in front of everyone."I point to the middle of the dance floor."If there is anyone who hasn't heard I'm here with you, they'll hear.If there is any doubt in anyone's mind that you brought me, it will be cleared up.If there's another stalker or anyone else with delusions floating around here, they'll surface.Do you have a problem with that?"

He smirks and slides back in his seat."A kiss?No, Wild Thang, I'm not bashful.I can kiss you right there."He stands up, and I hold my hand out for him to take.He cinches us tight, and we walk onto the dance floor.

As we make our way to the middle, Mike, the DJ, sees us and turns on the spotlights.They circle around the dancers, then stop on us, and I stop, letting it illuminate us.

I put my hand on Aurei's chest and mouth."Stay!"

He rolls his eyes."This is more than a kiss, isn't it?"

"We have to make sure we have everyone's attention," I smirk.

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