Page 263 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 1
"Penny, he touched you."
"Can we please just focus on your brother visiting? Just forget about it for now. I don't want to think about it anymore. Let's just have a fun weekend."
"I'll try."
"Okay, come on, let's go. I want to meet him!"
James laughed.
"What's he like?"
He grabbed my hand and led me out of my dorm room. "He's...fun."
"You mean like funny?"
"No, I wouldn't say funny. He likes to have a good time. I invited him to stay with me when I didn't have you. He's good at distracting me." He looked down at me as we exited the building.
I laughed. I didn't want to think about when we weren't together. Just thinking about it made my chest hurt. "Is he like you at all?"
"Like me? He looks a little like me, I guess."
"Yeah, I've seen his picture. I mean, is he like you personality wise?"
James opened up the car door for me.
I quickly got in and watched him walk around the front of the car. He seemed to be pondering the question.
"No," he said as he climbed in and buckled his seatbelt. "He's not really like me at all. He's kind of the opposite of me."
"What do you mean?"
"He's not independent."
"What does that mean exactly?"
"He lives off my parents' money. He's never held a job for more than a few weeks." James pulled out of the parking lot.
"Oh. So is he close with your parents?"
"It's funny. I felt like I was the only one of my siblings who ever listened to them. And they like me the least."
"I'm sure that isn't true."
He didn't say anything.
"Do your parents know about me? Do they know about your divorce?"
"They know I filed for divorce. I told them about it before I did it. They tried to talk me out of it."
"And what about me?"
"I haven't talked to them since I left New York."
"They haven't tried to talk to you at all? That was almost a year ago."
He glanced at me for a second before turning his attention back to the road. "I didn't say that."
"So they have tried to talk to you? And you haven't taken their calls or something? James, maybe..."
