Page 189 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 11
“But the hole!” I pointed to the ceiling.
“No one can see it,” Sophie said.
“Are you kidding me right now?” I pointed to it to emphasize the fact that you could in fact see the hole.
“I mean, yeah, we can see it. But no one can see it from upstairs. The carpet is back in place. And even if someone does stumble upon that room, which they won’t, they’ll land gently on the bean bag chair.”
“I did not land gently.” My butt still hurt.
“Wait, did RJ not warn you about the hole?”
RJ laughed.
“I’m going to kill you,” I said.
“You would never.” He laughed again. “You’d miss me too much. Now come on, let’s get going, baby doll.”
I glared at him.
“Really, Scar, it’s fine,” Liam said. “I was talking to Briggs and Porter while you were escaping. They didn’t see a thing. And no one except the four of us knows about the hole.”
“And it looks like you’re sleeping peacefully in your bed.” RJ showed me his phone where there was a live feed to my room instead of my parents’ now.
It did look like I was there sleeping. “Wait, how long have you been hacked into the cameras?”
“A while.”
“Did you watch me change, you little pervert?”
RJ laughed. “No, because I’m not a pervert.”
“Yes you are.” I tried to grab his phone but he held it out of my reach.
Seriously, when did Liam and RJ get so tall?
“I’ll ex out of it,” RJ said. “Look.” He did something with his hands in the air and then showed me the blank screen. “See. Done.”
“Pervert.”
He laughed. “You know you love me. Now shall we?” He gestured to the door.
Above the door in a bright pink scrawl were the words: Single Girl Rule #1: Boys are replaceable. Friends are forever.
I had never heard of Single Girl Rules before. Only girl code. But I assumed it was something like that based on the rule. And even though Liam and RJ were boys and everyone in this room was related to me, they were my closest friends. And maybe just maybe I’d been a little harsh with them.
“I’m sorry I was freaking out, guys,” I said. “I just didn’t expect to fall through the ceiling tonight. But thank you. For helping me break out.” I couldn’t have done it without them.
“No problem,” Sophie said and handed me the pair of black heels she’d promised to bring me. I just hoped they were hers and didn’t belong to the woman who lived here. I kicked off my sneakers and slipped on the heels. “Seriously, I appreciate it.”
RJ saluted me and Liam just shrugged.
“But we will fix that, right?” I said and pointed to the ceiling.
“Yup,” RJ said. “You have my word.”
As annoying as he sometimes was, he never broke his word. “Okay, then I guess we have a party to go to.”
Sophie smiled. “Axel is going to lose his mind when he sees you.”
