Page 96 of The Billionaire's Rival (Bad Boy Billionaires)

I loved Ford even more as I watched him take her hand and kiss the back of it.

“How are you feeling, Gran?” I asked.

“Like I can actually breathe. I thought it might be my time there for a day or too.”

So had I, but I didn’t say that. I just squeezed her hand. “I’m so glad it’s not. I want you to be around forever.”

She smiled. “I don’t think I can do that, but I’m going to be here for a while longer.” She turned to Emily. “Did you check on the café?”

Emily nodded. “Things are going fine.”

“But they’d be better if you were there,” Gran said.

“I wanted to be here for you.”

Gran smiled. “I know, and I appreciate that, but now that you know I’m going to be fine, you can get back to your business.”

“Gran, you’re more important.”

She huffed and looked between me and my sister. “Neither one of you take enough time for yourselves. You need to go live your lives instead of spending so much time fussing over me.”

“I like worrying over you, Gran,” I said.

She looked at Ford and smiled. “I think you have other things to worry about now.”

What did that mean? Surely she didn’t know about me and Ford. Had Emily said something?

Gran started to say something else, but she was hit with a coughing fit. When she recovered, we must have all looked worried because she scowled at us. “It’s just a cough. I’ll have it for a while. You don’t need to act like I just keeled over.”

I saw Emily try to hold back a laugh, but she ultimately failed. “Gran, you’re something else, you know that?”

“I try, dear.”

“We should let you rest,” Emily said. “We don’t want to slow down your recovery.”

Gran sighed. “I suppose I should take another nap. The nurse said I still need to sleep most of the day, but I should be back to my apartment in a few days.”

Emily and I each gave Gran another hug, and Ford took her hand once more. “It was an honor to meet you, ma’am.”

We started to leave but Gran called me back. “I’ll wait for you in the lobby,” Ford said.

I closed the door and sat down by Gran.

“I approve of your young man.”

He words startled me. “He’s not….”

“Don’t you lie to me. I saw how you looked at each other and the way he put his hand on your shoulder to reassure you. There’s more between you than friendship.”

I started to deny it but stopped myself. I loved Ford. I wasn’t going to hide that. “Are you okay with that? With Ford being my boyfriend?”

“I’m more than okay with it. I’m happy for you. All I want is for you to have more people in your life who care about you.”

“Oh Gran. I love you so much.”

“I love you too. Now go and take your man out somewhere nice. Don’t screw this up.”

“I promise I’m going to do everything I can to make him happy.”

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