Page 70 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol 4
"You want some?"
"No I don't want any. I'm trying to win over Daphne, not end up face first in a toilet bowl."
Matt laughed. "Fair enough. What is it with that girl, anyway? You seem totally off your game. I thought you would have taken her to our room ages ago."
I looked over my shoulder at Daphne. She was even more beautiful than I remembered her being on campus. Her hand was on James' arm, but I could tell it wasn't in a flirtatious way. Daphne didn't even know my brother, but she was worried about him. She was trying to take care of him. She had pushed her glass of water in front of him and she was holding the tie that he had been wearing before we left the table. I had never met anyone like her. "She's different."
"Well, she's definitely hot."
Don't talk about her like that.My own thoughts made me frown. Daphne wasn't my girl. Sure, I wanted her to be, but I had onlyjust met her. Matt and I always talked about women like that. But for some reason it irked me. I didn't want him to be checking her out. I didn't want anyone else looking at her. She wasn't mine yet, but she was going to be. "She's not just hot, she's gorgeous."
He laughed. "What's the difference?"
I shrugged. Was there one? I wasn't sure. But Daphne wasn't just hot. That wasn't substantial enough. Beautiful, gorgeous, sweet, caring. I wasn't sure how I'd describe her. She had called me amazing. Maybe that was the best way to describe her too. "It's just different." I picked up the glass of water. "You're taking care of James if he gets sick."
"Fair enough. We all know how well he handles stuff like this though. He'll be fine."
I nodded. He was right. But I'm not sure James had ever had a ton of acid slipped into his drink before. I guess there was a first time for everything. "And dude, stop flirting with Alina. You're being super inappropriate."
Matt laughed. "You can't blame me for trying. I mean, you watched that footage almost as much as I did. She's skilled."
I laughed. "Just for the record, I'm going to slip something in your drink when you least expect it." I stood up.
"Can you do it at the wedding? That would be so much fun."
"That wouldn't be when you least expect it, then."
He laughed. "A guy can dream."
"About getting high at one of his best friend's wedding?"
"Oh yeah. I think that sounds amazing. I get depressed at weddings."
"What do you mean?" I asked as we walked back toward our table.
He frowned. "It reminds me that I'm alone, you know? Especially with Mason and James both tying the knot soon."
Matt and I rarely talked about stuff like this. We hung out all the time and I had no idea he felt that way. And he didn't know that I felt the same. We were always too busy being each other's wingmen. I watched Daphne push the glass of water closer to James. "I know exactly what you mean."
"Maybe we can finish off the acid together during the wedding then," Matt said with a laugh.
No, I'm not going to be alone at this wedding.James said I should invite Daphne. Maybe I would. Maybe I didn't need to be envious of his relationship with Penny. I could have something real too. "I'm planning on being sober at my brother's wedding," I said and clapped him on the back. "I don't want to let him down. I'm the best man."
"You really like to throw that in everyone's face."
"Maybe if you didn't slip things in his drink, it would have been you."
Matt laughed. "Nah. I promise I won't do anything inappropriate on his big day, though."
"You better not."
"Good luck getting Daphne into bed tonight," he said with a wink and walked back to his chair.
I didn't want Daphne in my bed. I just wanted her in my arms. I put my hand on the back of her chair and crouched down beside her. "Do you mind switching seats with me? I need to talk to James."
"Yeah. Rob," she said and touched my forearm. "He's upset. He's worried Penny is getting cold feet. Don't you think you should let him talk to her?"
"Maybe in the morning. Letting him talk to her right now isn't going to help anything. It'll just get Penny upset for no reason."
