Page 370 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 1
"Oh, I...no, I don't know if that's...well, probably not." I took a huge sip of my cosmo.God is this strong.I coughed and looked back up. They were all staring at me.
Kendra's face got a little softer and she glanced at Bee.
Bee gave me an encouraging smile. "What, James doesn't want a million little kids running around?"
I looked down at my drink. "We just haven't talked about it much." I knew he was worried about being a bad father. But he was stronger than he realized. He wasn't going to break again. His life was good now. We were good.
"Isn't that kind of something you're supposed to talk about before getting married?" Kendra asked. "Ow!" she yelped. I looked up to see her giving Marie a death stare.
"You're so young," Marie said. "You two have plenty of time to figure it out. Besides, you're just starting your career. You'll probably want to work for several years before starting a family."
"Mhm." I wasn't so sure about that. But I was young. Being with James always made me try to act older than I was. I had plenty of time to convince him that it was a good idea, though. Right now I just wanted to focus on us.
Bee pulled out her phone. "Oh, no." Her face drained of color.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
Bee looked up at me. "I thought you said you'd tell James to not let Mason throw his bachelor party? You said you'd talk to him."
"James said he didn't want one and then he never mentioned it again. I figured it didn't matter. I meant to ask you about that, though. What's wrong with Mason throwing it?"
Bee's face went from pale to bright red. "Ummm...well..."
"I'm really sorry, I kind of thought you were just joking around about it."
"I wasn't joking, Penny. This is a disaster."
"I mean, I can talk to James tonight if it's that big of a deal..."
"It's too late. They already left."
"What?"
"They kidnapped him." She tossed me her phone. It was a text from Mason:
"I hope you had a good day at work, baby. Also...we kidnapped James for the weekend. We'll all be back late Sunday night. And we stole James' phone. So tell Penny so she doesn't worry. I love you! P.S. Don't be mad. I promise to make it up to you Sunday night."
I couldn't help but laugh, but I immediately stopped when I saw Bee's face. "Bee, they'll have fun. Don't worry about it. Plus it sounds like you're going to have a fun Sunday night."
She snatched her phone from me and started texting Mason back.
"Will you just tell me what's bothering you?"
"Mason used to be a man-whore," Kendra offered.
"Kendra! Penny is marrying his best friend. Don't tell her that." Bee looked so embarrassed.
I laughed. "Bee, I already knew that. And I don't see why that matters. Heused to beis the key there. He's not now."
"Wait, you knew about his side business when we first met and you didn't tell me? A little heads up would have been nice." She laughed and instantly seemed a little more relaxed. But I had no idea what she was talking about.
"What side business?"
"You didn't know? What is wrong with me?" She put her face in her hands.
I looked over at Kendra and Marie but neither of them seemed to want to say anything now. I didn't care what Mason's embarrassing side business was. "If you're worried about him cheating on you or something, you have nothing..."
"Oh, God, no. Mason wouldn't do that. At least, I can't picture him doing that."
