Page 302 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 1

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"I owe you everything."

"Penny..."

"I'm not talking about money. You know that. I'm talking about you. Where would I be without you?"

"Jobless, for one."

"You're not going to let this go, are you?"

"Not a chance."

"If I don't hear back from anywhere by next week, I'll do it."

He smiled. "This is going to be so much fun."

"I saidif. It's not a done deal yet."

"I'm pretty sure you'll be working with me."

I laughed. "When I asked you not to interfere with my applying for jobs, I never imagined you'd be telling places not to hire me."

"What, you think I called all the places you interviewed with and told them how awful you are?"

"I'd hope not. Maybe that's what you did with your parents too. Is that why they don't want to meet me? You told them about all my flaws and scared them away?"

"I love all your flaws."

The car came to a stop.

"What do you think my flaws are?" I asked.

He smiled at me and got out of the car. I quickly climbed out of the car and grabbed his hand.

"James, what are my flaws?"

He squeezed my hand and typed in the code for the elevators. The doors immediately opened and he pulled me inside.

I stared up at him and pursed my lips.

"There's just too many to name," he said. "The list is endless."

I lightly pushed his shoulder. "Just tell me the biggest then."

"Hmm." The elevator came to a stop and he swiped his access card against the reader. The doors opened behind us.

"You know how good I am at getting information out of you." I trailed my hand down the front of his dress shirt, stopping at his belt.

He grabbed my hand and smiled. "Turn around, Penny."

I looked over my shoulder. There were tons of people standing in the living room of our apartment.

"Surprise!" Melissa yelled. Everyone else quickly yelled surprise too.

I could feel my face turning red. Had they all heard what I just said? I quickly turned back around to look up at James.

He smiled down at me. "For one, you're very bad at telling when you're being thrown a surprise party. Congratulations, baby."

Eruption - Chapter 2

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