Page 59 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 10

I glanced at Bryce. "Um...what? I was saying thank you."

He looked nervously at Kristen. "I was in Kristen's bedroom the other night when you two were talking."

Kristen nodded and put her hands about a foot apart. "He's huge," she mouthed.

Oh my God. "Wait, Kristen, did you know that Bryce was in Wilmington?"

"Yeah, but I couldn't ruin the surprise."

I laughed and walked over to Tim. "I don't want to hit you." Instead I gave him a huge hug.

"I knew it," he said, once I released him from my hug. "You did appreciate the perfect men I found. I was telling Bryce that you'd like their above average length and girth. You're welcome, Alina." He beamed at me.

"Yeah...don't push it."

"I told you it would work out, my love," Tim said and slapped Bryce on the back, completely ignoring what I had just said.

Bryce laughed. "Now when I tell you to stop saying that you should actually listen, or Kristen will get jealous."

"Nonsense. Kristen is fine with our relationship."

Alex cleared his throat. "You should listen to Bryce, man. Oh, and Alina, this is Isadora."

"It's really nice to meet you," I said and shook her hand.

"Nice to meet you as well," she said in English with a Brazilian accent. "And you never have to worry about Rodrigo again. I killed him. I love your bakery! It is so cute."

"Aw, thanks. Wait, what?" Did she just say she killed Rodrigo?

Alex laughed awkwardly. "English is her second language. I'm sure you didn't mean that, right, Isadora?"

"No, that's what I mean," she said. "I shot him in the face."

We were all silent for a second.

"You're so funny," Alex said. He turned to Isadora and whispered something in her ear. "Anyway, back to painting."

She shrugged. "Sure...I'm just kidding," she said and grabbed a paintbrush. "That's what you all say when you make a lie?"

"Mhm. See, she was just joking." Alex picked up a paintbrush too.

When they were out of earshot, I turned to Bryce. "You don't really think..."

"I'm pretty sure she was serious. Look it up. Rodrigo was shot at Copacabana Palace the day of the tiebreaker."

I put my hand over my mouth. "Oh my God, I saw a news report about that."

"Anyway, let me show you the new ovens." He grabbed my hand and pulled me behind the counter. "Aren't these great?" he asked.

My phone started buzzing. I pulled it out of my pocket. It was my agent. He probably wanted to terminate our contract. There was no point in delaying it. I lifted up my phone.

"Hey, Scott."

"Alina! The phones have been ringing nonstop. Why haven't you been answering my calls?"

"I've been out of town."

"Yeah, well, we need to talk. I know you wanted to retire after the ITAs, but you have a ton of offers for pro teams."

I looked over at Bryce. He was examining the new oven. He turned to me and put his thumb up. There was no way I was going to drop everything and move to some other city to play pro. I had never wanted to do that. And with Bryce right in front of me, the thought was even less appealing.

"Scott, I haven't changed my mind. I'm officially retired."

"Okay, well, there's other offers on the table too. Reality TV, endorsements for sex toys, adult films..."

Adult films? God no. "Actually, Scott," I said, cutting him off. "I think I'm good. Remember the bakery I told you about? It's all worked out."

"Wait, what? Alina, this is a huge opportunity. Any one of these would get you a signing bonus in seven figures."

I looked over at Bryce again. He was pulling ingredients out of the fridge. He hadn't stocked his own, but apparently this one had everything we needed. I never thought whisking eggs could look so sexy. But everything Bryce did was sexy. "I'm exactly where I want to be," I said into the phone.

"Alina, you're making a mistake. You have to ride this wave. People are going to forget all about what happened soon."

"That's actually what I'm hoping for. I really appreciate everything you've done for me, Scott."

He sighed into the phone. "Just think about it. I'll call you again in a few days."

"Sure," I said and hung up the phone. But I had already made up my mind. I was standing in my dream, right beside the man of my dreams.

"Everything okay?" Bryce asked as he turned on the stove.

"Everything's perfect."

"I almost forgot!" Tim said as he joined us behind the counter.

"I have the perfect picture of you and Bryce to hang up on the wall in here.

" He lifted up a framed photo of me crawling on all fours in front of the eight backup dancers with their erections all over the place. "Where should we put it?"

"What is wrong with you?" I grabbed the frame out of his hands. "This is a family friendly establishment."

Kristen laughed and leaned against the counter. "I tried to stop him. But he insisted that you'd want the memento."

Bryce took the picture out of my hand and placed it face down on the counter. "I have a better idea," he said and wrapped his arms around me. "How about we get a picture of all of us together?"

"See, Tim? Now that's a good idea," Kristen said.

Tim shrugged and pulled out his phone. "Fine, but I don't see how it will be as good as the one from the tiebreaker.

Everyone get together in front of the counter.

" He put the camera on his phone on a timer and set it against a ladder.

"Ten seconds, people!" He ran over and started moving everyone around so that we'd be in perfect formation.

But all I cared about was the fact that Bryce's arms were around me. I smiled up at him. Yeah, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

***

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