Page 412 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 11

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“Oh my God,” Sophie said. “Do you think Axel is about to pop out and join?”

“What? No. I think he lied to me.”

“Or he’s about to pop out from behind those lockers.”

I shook my head. But for some reason we kept watching.

“You could probably get some pointers from this footage,” Sophie said.

“Stop it. And Axel isn’t popping out. He clearly lied about being with Georgia tonight. Why would he do that?”

“To make you jealous,” Sophie said.

“But...why?”

Sophie pointed to the picture of Axel and me playing Pretty Pretty Princess. “Because he’s in love with you.”

“The empty box of condoms says otherwise.”

“It was still half-full.”

I gasped.

“Gah! You tricked me into telling you!”

“Hi, Mom!” Parker yelled really loudly for us to hear. “Hi, Dad!!”

“Ah!” I yelled.

“Did we put everything back?” I said and spun around to check as Sophie slammed the laptop closed.

“There’s no time!” She grabbed my hand and pulled me out the door. She locked it from the inside and then shut it.

We started running down the hall, but froze when Aunt Hails appeared at the end of the hallway.

“What are you girls doing?” she asked.

“Bathroom,” I said. I couldn’t help but feel like I’d just sounded like Gog.

“Together?” Aunt Hails asked.

“Of course, Aunt Hails,” Sophie said. “Don’t be basic. Single Girl Rule #3: Never let a friend go into the bathroom alone.”

“Single girl what? I’ve never heard of that before.”

“It’s a Russian thing. But we really should be going. Parker was great. Always a gem. Love you, bye!” Sophie pulled me past Aunt Hails.

I waited for Aunt Hails to stop us. But she didn’t. So we kept going.

We walked past Parker in the kitchen. She raised one of her teacups in the air and nodded to us.

I was pretty sure she’d have our backs here. She was such a little baller.

We said goodbye to Uncle Tyler and went out the front door. As soon as it clicked shut behind us, Sophie froze.

“Oh no,” she said. Her face grew pale.

“What?”

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