Page 165 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 11
“Hotter than Mr. Halifax?” said the first one.
“So much hotter than Mr. Halifax.”
Sophie rolled her eyes and then looked at me. “I will cut them,” she mouthed silently at me. “No one is hotter than Mr. Halifax. Now enough about my love life. Let’s talk about Phase Scarlett Loves Incest.”
“Don’t call it that.” I looked around to make sure no one had overheard us. “What’s wrong with good old Phase Three?”
“Too late. So here’s what we’re going to do. At lunch today, you’re going to totally ignore Axel.”
Oh.I could do that. I for sure thought the plan would involve something weirder than that. “Okay, yeah. Give him the cold shoulder?”
“What?” Sophie shook her head. “Lame. No. You’re going to speak exclusively to Jacob. Brownie points if you sit on his lap. We’re not giving Axel the cold shoulder. We’re going to make him jealous.”
I sighed. “Nothing I do will make him jealous, Soph. We already tried that freshman year, remember?”
“And you look hotter now than you did three years ago. Besides, this new sexier version of you is just the change that’s going to get his attention. You two have been in love since you were like…toddlers. You just need to remind him of that.”
“By sitting on Jacob’s lap at lunch? Don’t be weird, Jacob and I are just friends.”
“Are you though?”
“Yes.”
Sophie shrugged.
“Why are you shrugging?”
The bell rang to start class and Sophie lowered her voice slightly. “Because I think maybe the new look worked. Just…on Jacob instead of Axel. Did you see the way Jacob beelined right toward you this morning? Like he only had eyes for you. And that hug?”
“He hugged you too,” I said. We’d already been over this.
“Right. But he literally lifted you off the ground and twirled you around. In the middle of the hallway. If that isn’t a public display of affection, I don’t know what is. It was actually really cute to watch.”
I swallowed hard. I didn’t want Jacob to like me. I wanted Axel to like me. Was that why Axel had been acting weird? Because he didn’t like that I hugged Jacob?
“Which is so great,” Sophie said. “Jacob will probably even get a little handsy when you sit on his lap today. This plan is so epic I could cry.”
“Soph, I’m not going to lead Jacob on.”
“Well, then fill him in on the plan. He’ll be down, he’s the best. We’re going to make Axel so jealous he explodes.” She put her hands next to her face and made an exploding motion, with the noise and everything.
She’d lost her mind. There was no way in hell I was sitting on Jacob’s lap. Or telling him about my undying love for Axel. It was embarrassing enough that Sophie knew. But before I got a chance to tell her, Mr. Halifax cleared his throat.
“Miss Hunter and Miss Hunter,” Mr. Halifax said with a disapproving shake of his head. “Are the two of you planning on talking during my whole class?”
“That depends,” Sophie said. “Are you running detention today?”
He frowned. “No.”
She leaned forward slightly, not being subtle at all about showing off her cleavage. “Then I guess we’ll be quiet,sir.”
Oh my God.
She gave him what could only be described as a very sexual smile. She even raised her eyebrow.
Mr. Halifax cleared his throat and turned back to the board. But not before I saw his Adam’s apple rise and fall as he stared at her.
I looked back and forth between Sophie and Mr. Halifax.Damn.Sophie had more chemistry with one of our teachers than I had with Axel.Screw me.
