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I lightly shoved his shoulder.
He laughed.
I kept a smile on my face. But it felt like a piece of my heart had just broken. Jacob and I could have been perfect together. And Icouldn’t help but think that the kiss thief had kind of ruined it. Or maybe Axel had ruined it. Or maybe my dad had.
Jacob lightly slapped my ass. “Now let me take you home.”
“Briggs is coming to get me.”
“Text him and let him know you don’t need a ride. Boyfriends drive their girlfriends home. They shouldn’t need security guards. And if we’re going to do this, we’re doing it right. Because if we don’t, your dad will probably kill me.”
Oh crap.I hadn’t even thought about telling my dad I had a boyfriend. He was going to freak out.
Scarlett and the Fake Boyfriend - Chapter 2 – You Have Terrible Taste in Women
Monday
“Jacob, you really don’t need to do this,” I said. “I can just tell my parents on my own.” Preferably tomorrow morning right before I left for school to ensure minimum time for questioning. Although my dad would probably host an inquisition during the whole drive to school.
Jacob turned to me in the elevator. “Scarlett, I do not want to be on your dad’s bad side.”
I laughed. “I think everyone is on my dad’s bad side.”
“Not me. Well, not yet at least.”
“I think this will pretty much guarantee it.”
The elevator dinged and the doors parted.
“It’ll be fine,” Jacob said as he slid his hand into mine. “We’ve got this.”
I wasn’t so sure about that. He was grossly overestimating how much my dad liked him. Sure, my dad had always been nice to Jacob. But that was before Jacob started dating me. I pictured how upset my dad had been when he caught Axel in my room last week. This was going to be a thousand times worse than that.
“Maybe we shouldn’t be holding hands,” I said.
Jacob squeezed my hand. “It’ll be fine,” he said again.
He did not know that for sure!
“Didn’t you say that Uncle Rob and my abuelo were excited about us dating?” Jacob asked. “Maybe your dad will have the same reaction.”
“The same reaction as Uncle Rob and Mr. Tanner?”
Jacob shrugged.
“Have you ever met my dad? He’s basically the opposite of his brother and Mr. Tanner.”
Jacob laughed and knocked on the door.
“Why are you knocking? That makes this so much weirder. My whole family will probably congregate in the entranceway.”
“Great, we can tell them all at once.”
“Absolutely not. We’ll start with my mom because she’ll be the easiest. And then Liam. Andthenmy dad. Last. That way we can live for a few more minutes.”
“Uncle James is not going to freak out, Scarlett. He knew you were going to start dating eventually.”
“I think eventually means like 30 to him. Come on.” I quickly opened the door and pulled him inside.
