Page 51 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol 4
"Where are you guys?" Penny asked.
"Costa Rica."
"What hotel?"
"Nice try, Penny. I'm not telling you where we are. You're not allowed to infiltrate his bachelor party."
"Mason, I really, really need to talk to him."
"Umm...I would hand the phone over, but he's currently indisposed."
"Indisposed? What have you been doing?"
I hit Mason's arm and shook my head. If he couldn't hear the worry in Penny's voice, I could. She didn't need him to joke around right now. She needed him to tell her everything was okay.
He pushed my arm off him and laughed. "I'm just kidding. He's taking a shower."
There was a slight pause. "Has he been getting packages? Or any mail there?"
Mason looked at me and I shook my head. "No?" he said into the phone.
"Has he been acting weird?"
Mason laughed. "He's not getting cold feet, if that's what you're worried about."
"Okay."
"I promise I'm taking good care of your fiancé. You don't need to worry. I'm not going to let him fuck up the best thing that's ever happened to him."
I gave Mason a thumbs up. That was exactly what Penny needed to hear.
"That's not what I'm worried about."
"Ask her what's bothering her," I mouthed silently at Mason.
"Are you okay, Penny?" he asked. "You can talk to me you know."
"I need to talk to him, Mason."
"I'll give him a message for you."
Another long pause. "That's okay. I'll just...see him tomorrow night. Right?"
"I'll have him back before midnight. I promise."
"Okay. Bye, Mason."
"Wait. There was a reason I was calling. I think Bee's phone died. I haven't heard from her all day. Could you go over there and see if she's okay? And tell her to call me?"
"So you want me to tell Bee to call you, but you won't let me talk to James?"
"Yeah."
"You're a terrible person." Penny's laughter filled the room. She was definitely worried about something, but her laughter calmed me down. If she was laughing she was okay.
"And that's why you love me," Mason said.
"Let me talk to her," I whispered. I wanted to tell her that there was nothing to be stressed out about. That James had done nothing all weekend but sit at the pool. That if he had been acting weird recently that he was just stressed out. That all he wanted was to make her happy. I wasn't sure why I was feeling sentimental. Maybe it was Daphne's nagging me about letting James talk to her.
