Page 492 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 11
“Liam!” my mom said. “You’re not helping.” She turned back to my dad. “We’ll be there the entire time watching them.”
Good Lord.
My dad took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.
Axel walked over to us. “She can wear my varsity jacket tonight if you want, Uncle James.”
“Finally, someone else who sees reason. Great. Go grab it, Axel. I appreciate it.”
“I’m not wearing a jacket to homecoming!” I protested.
“James,” my mom said. “Everyone else there will be dressed similarly.”
“Well Scarlett isn’t like everyone else.”
“No, she’s not,” Axel agreed.
Axel!
“Because she wears a jacket to homecoming,” Liam said.
Liam!
My mom ignored them. “Just let the kids have fun. Nothing bad will happen under our watch. We’ll make sure of it.” She put her hand on his chest and stared into his eyes.
My dad slowly nodded. “You’re right, baby,” he said.
Gah. And...ew.My kiss thief called me that. But it was super hot coming from my kiss thief...
“I’m not letting you out of my sight tonight, pumpkin,” my dad said. “But get out of my sight for a few minutes right now, will you?”
“Mhm,” Sophie said and pulled me off the last step. “Geez,” she whispered to me. “Your dad is a total hard ass.”
“I know.”
“Well it is a little...revealing,” Axel said.
I glared at him.
“I think you look beautiful,” Jacob said.
Finally, someone who didn’t want me to be wearing an old newspaper like Aunt Brooklyn. Although that probably would have been more revealing... “Thank you.” I smiled up at him. “You found the matching color.” I touched his teal bow tie.
“I can’t take credit for that. My abuelo helped.”
“And the shoes!” I smiled. He was wearing teal dress shoes that somehow matched his bowtie. I’d never seen dress shoes that color before. They looked so cool.
“I had help finding those too.” He showed me the signature blue Odegaard sole. “But this was all me.” He grabbed a box off the coffee table and lifted the lid. There was a beautiful corsage inside with white and teal flowers and small diamonds scattered throughout.
I’d never gotten one of these before. But I’d always been jealous of the other girls that had them at the dances. The only solace I’d had over the years was that Axel never bought his dates one. Which made this feel like a big deal.
Jacob lifted it out of the box and slid it around my wrist. I was still wearing the bracelet his sister had made me. And it matched perfectly too.
Fate.
The word kept tumbling around in my head today.
“Where’s my corsage?” Sophie asked Axel.
