Page 274 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 2
“That is amazing.”
“He’s a magician with making companies boom. Pretty sure he’s the most successful venture capitalist in the whole country.”
“Impressive.” It kind of felt like she was pitching him to me. “Maybe we should tell Kristen about him.”
Bee laughed. “Tanner is well dressed, but not as well dressed as Tim.” She pointed to someone drinking a martini in a bright blue tuxedo with perfectly coiffed hair.
“That’s Tim? Wow, I was not expecting allthat.”
“Mhm.”
“I kind of thought he’d look like James. Or at least less…um…”
“Gay? Yeah. Weird, right? But he’s not gay, surprisingly enough. Because he’s dating…”
“Kristen. I got that. Huh. I really have terrible gaydar.”
“Don’t beat yourself up about it,” Bee said. “I thought the same thing when I first talked to him at the bar. He’s just very metrosexual. It’s good when a guy cares about himself though.” She shrugged.
Yeah. But James cared about how he looked too. That was why he was always going for runs and lifting weights. Not styling his hair and waving his hands around like that. And Tim seemedverycozy with Justin. Tanner had slid out of that conversation and was surrounded by a few blonde girls I didn’t recognize.
“I’m just glad we’re not single,” Bee said. “Dating is getting weird.”
I laughed. “I’m very happy to be hitched.”
“Okay, enough chitchat,” she said. “Time to pose.”
I laughed again. She was the one that had started talking. I shook my head and smiled at the camera.
I swear we stood there for over an hour, moving around in different groups. I looked longingly over to the cocktail hour. My stomach growled. I wanted all those amazing hors d’oeuvres. But they were funneling the people under the big white tents they’d constructed for the reception.
I sighed. Maybe I could sneak off into the kitchen later and eat a bunch of mini crab cakes once the dancing started.
After taking another few pictures, the cameraman finally called it quits and let us go.
“Time for your grand entrances, people,” Justin said. “Get with your partners from earlier. And if you haven’t thought of a dance, I will literally kill you.”
Whoa. Justin!This was the first time I was even hearing of an entrance dance.
I looked over at Matt.
“I got us covered,” Matt said and downed the glass of scotch he was drinking.
“I hope so.” I looped my arm through his as he escorted me to the tent. “Because here I was thinking that no one was going to try to kill anyone tonight.”
Matt laughed.
“So what’s the plan?” I asked.
“Don’t you trust me?”
“Yeah…but…”
“I said I’ve got us covered, Penny.”
That wasn’t exactly a plan. And I was supposed to be dancing too. This didn’t seem like a well thought out plan at all.
But the DJ was already announcing the best man and maid of honor. James and Alina did this hilarious shimmy thing and then pretended to strike poses at the end, like there were paparazzi taking pictures of them.
