Page 334 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol 4
Kennedy pushed her tray aside. “I’ve been dying to tell you this all day. I just didn’t know exactly what to say. And I thought it might be best if I got to the bottom of it before even telling you anything. But I don’t want to keep it from you. I overheard a conversation between my mom and Uncle Jim. He stopped by this morning early before work.”
“Okay…” I waited, but Kennedy didn’t offer any more information. “What were they talking about?”
“You. And someone at this school.”
I held my breath. Did my uncle know that Matt had spent the night? He was going to ground me until I was old and gray unless he decided to kill me instead. “Who?” I asked.
“I didn’t catch the name. But I heard one thing clear as day.” She leaned forward.
I leaned forward too. Waiting. My heart pounding.
“Brooklyn, youarerelated to someone at this school. I don’t know any more than that. But I promise I’ll keep digging.”
My throat felt even drier than before. “Are you sure?”
“Positive.”
“Am I related to another student?”
“I don’t know. It might be a faculty member. Or it might be…Matt.”
I didn’t know how to react to that news, so I just stared back at her.
“It was great that you were dating Felix because Uncle Jim flat out said you weren’t related to him. But now that you guys aren’t dating…you need to be careful. You don’t want to accidentally make out with your brother,” she said with a laugh.
My stomach churned. Yeah, I was definitely going to throw up my salad.
“I know I said I’d help figure out this whole missing father mystery and I’ve been a little MIA. But we can figure this out together. We already have our first real clue other than the fact that your father at one point lived in the city.”
“But you think Matt's father is my dad?”God, I am a brother kisser!I was pretty sure there was a special place in hell for people like me. I’d probably be forced to kiss my brother for eternity as punishment. Although…if Matt really was my brother, the punishment sounded pretty good to me.No! Stop thinking about kissing your brother, you monster!
“I think that your uncle would have no other reason to be concerned enough to talk to my mom about it if it wasn’t someone you were hanging out with. And you just had that afterschool project the other day. So I was thinking it was probably Matt. Or…Rob.”
Rob joked around with me like an annoying brother. I tried to remember what he’d said about his father the other night. Something about picking up call girls on Wall Street. I swallowed hard. I didn’t want Rob’s father to be my dad. I wanted someone caring and kind. But I knew that wasn’t the case. A kind caring man wouldn’t have abandoned me and my mom.
As soon as I thought it, I realized I already had the best father figure I could. My uncle was kind and caring and patient with me. I wished I could forget about the whole father thing completely. I didn’t even really want to meet my father. But I also didn’t want to accidentally date my brother. I had to talk to my uncle. “He said you could come over and do homework with me after school today,” I said. “Will you help me ask him?”
Her face lit up. “Are you ungrounded?”
“Only for you and schoolwork.”
“I knew he’d cave,” she said with a smile. “It hasn’t even been a week, the big softie. Okay, so now we just have to figure out how to ask him about it.”
“Yeah. Please tell me you have a plan?” Because I had nothing but flat out asking. Which maybe would have been suitable, but I’d already done that. And he’d denied my very reasonable request.
“Well, first I think it would be easy to just start talking about how hot both of them are.”
I laughed.
“And then we can gauge his reaction to see if he’s disturbed or not.”
“That’s not a bad idea.”
“We got this. We’ll just study his reaction and I think we’ll be able to figure it out before you go to sleep tonight.”
She was so confident that I found myself nodding my head. We’d figure out who my dad was before I went to bed. Also before Matt came over tonight.Ifhe came over again tonight. I hoped he would. I wanted to kiss him again.Oh, God, what is wrong with me? Please don’t let me be related to Matt.
Untouchable - Chapter 26
