Page 261 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 1
"What?"
"Let's get married." He ran his hand through his hair. "And move somewhere where no one knows either one of us. We can start over together."
"James, you just told my parents a few days ago that you weren't ready to get married. You just got divorced. This isn't what you really want. You're just upset."
"I don't want anyone else to touch you ever again. I don't want anyone else to flirt with you. I want everyone to know that you're mine."
"I am yours."
"Then marry me. We can go to Vegas right now."
"James, I can't just marry you. I want my parents to be there. I want my friends to be there. And what about your family? I haven't even gotten to meet any of them yet. I want them to be there too."
"I don't want a big wedding. I've already done that."
"That's not what I said. I don't care about having a big wedding. I just want a few people besides us to be there."
"So that's a definite no?" He put his hands on my knees.
Did I just reject a proposal from Professor Hunter?I hadn't even meant to do it. I wanted to marry him. But not like this. Not when he was mad. "No. I want to marry you. Just not...today. This was hardly a romantic proposal, Professor Hunter."
He looked down at my left hand again and ran his thumb along my ring finger. "Romance, got it. Next time I ask, you'll definitely say yes." He smiled at me.
"If you hadn't said we should go to Vegas right now I probably would have said yes."
He pushed some of my hair behind my ear. "I wish I hadn't mentioned Vegas then." He smiled at me.
"Maybe we should just go somewhere that no one knows us, though." I wrapped my hands around the back of his neck. "I was prepared for other students being mean. I never expected my professors to..." I let my voice trail off.
"You won't be going back to his class. We can transfer you into a different one. Or you can withdraw from that too. I'll call Joe now."
"He's not going to let me do that. He's going to expel me."
"He's not going to expel you." James moved his hand to the side of my neck. "And if that creep wasn't on tenure, I'm sure I could get him fired."
"But are you sure you even want to stay here?"
"If this is where you want to be, then yes."
"Can you wait to call Joe? Maybe we can see how we feel on Monday?"
"Okay. Penny, I'm so sorry."
"You like to apologize when you've done nothing wrong."
He laughed. "I guess you're rubbing off on me."
His phone started buzzing in his pocket. He kissed my forehead before pulling his phone out of his pocket. "It's Rob. He's here early."
"We should probably go then."
"Are you sure you're okay? Are you sure we're okay? I thought you might be mad at me. I can't believe I gave them the fuel they needed for the investigation. I never even thought about them searching my office. I can't believe how careless I was."
"Wait, what? What are you talking about?"
He lowered his eyebrows slightly. "Joe didn't tell you?"
"Tell me what?"What is he talking about? What did the detectives find in his office? He didn't actually seduce those girls, did he?
