A Necessary Nudge Out of the Friend Zone: A Romantic Comedy (The Billionaire Club Book 4) by Victorine E. Lieske
Author:Victorine E. Lieske [Lieske, Victorine E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-30T18:30:00+00:00
Yes. Your father done yelling at you?
Instead of texting back, he pressed to call her. She picked up immediately. âYou okay?â she asked. He could hear the concern in her voice. It made his skin feel tingly.
âYeah. Iâm all right. Iâm so sorry about that.â He cringed just thinking about how his father had acted in front of Remi.
âItâs fine. It was just a bit awkward is all.â
âUnderstatement of the year.â He grabbed another pillow and put it behind his back.
âSoâ¦is tomorrow off, then?â
âNo. My father was completely overreacting. Iâll do the photo shoot with Liz in the morning, then weâll sneak off to the beach. The paparazzi wonât even know weâre there.â Even though he said the words, he didnât quite believe them. Maybe it would be best not to be seen alone with Remi, in case anyone did catch a photo of them. He quickly tacked on, âDo you think Brooke would want to come?â
She paused for a few moments. âIâll ask.â
âGreat. Thanks.â
âSo, is everything okay with your father?â Remiâs voice came through soft.
He exhaled and rolled his shoulders. âHe got upset about the conversation I had with Mom. But he basically confirmed heâs not my father by telling me to not look into it.â
âReally? Do you think he might have just been upset about you asking?â
Heâd gone over it in his head a million times. âNo, Remi. Iâm sure of it. Theyâre hiding something.â
âOkay. Then letâs find out what it is. I can hack into the hospital records for you.â
He grinned at the phone. There was a time when he might have believed her. âYou so totally canât.â
She laughed. âNo, I canât. But we can do some digging.â
âHow?â
âIâd start with your father. Can we send him on an errand and search his room? We know someone sent him that note. Maybe heâs got an envelope hidden in there. We could at least find out where it was postmarked.â
As always, she was brilliant. âGood idea.â
âIâm full of them.â
âAnd so humble, too.â He chuckled, shifting on the bed. He was suddenly extremely tired.
âAfter we go spelunking, weâll formulate a plan.â
âOkay.â
âHey,â she said, sounding much more awake than he felt at the moment. âWe need a secret name to call it. Like Operation Nativity.â
He made a face. âThat sounds like a Christmas spy movie.â
âOkay, fine. It does. But someone should totally write that now because I want to see it. What about Operation Ancestry?â
âNo good. That sounds like all weâre going to do is some genealogy.â
She huffed. âYou think of a name, then, if youâre going to shoot down all of my ideas.â
âWhat about Operation Origin?â
âOkay, smarty-pants. That actually works well. Letâs officially call it that. Weâll work on Operation Origin tomorrow. Now, you go to bed because you sound like youâre half asleep.â
âYeah, I am,â he said, stifling a yawn.
âGood night, Colton. Have sweet dreams.â
As he hung up the phone he couldnât help but smile to himself. He was going to have fun with Remi tomorrow. Maybe he shouldnât be thinking about her in the way he was, but right now he didnât care.
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