Page 24 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol 4

He cleared his throat. "Kristen and Alina, of course. It's great to see you again." He shook Alina's hand and then Kristen's.

The smile on Kristen's face made her look like a crazy person. "It's so good to see you again. Your classes were definitely my favorite. I was so sad when you stopped teaching, Professor Hunter."

"You can just call me James. And thanks. I'm glad you got something out of my classes."

"Okay, James," she said with a smile. I'm pretty sure she sighed, but I could have been wrong. I wasn't close enough to tell.

Professor Hunter looked over at Mason and raised both his eyebrows.

It was so obvious that he knew that Kristen had stalked him. I laughed out loud. Mason, Matt, and Professor Hunter looked over at me.

I hadn't meant to laugh. I quickly looked out at the pool. There was just one lady swimming laps.Now it looks like I have the hots for women.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Professor Hunter's brother stand up and join his friends. "So it seems like you all know each other already. But who's your friend?"

Is he talking about me? Please don't be talking about me.

"That's Daphne," Layla said. "Daphne, did you ever have James in class?"

Crap.Now I had to walk over there. "No," I said and stood up, keeping my towel in front of my body. "But Kristen used to go on and on about him."

Professor Hunter laughed and Kristen gave me a death stare.

Maybe Professor Hunter wasn't as uptight as I thought. It probably was just the onslaught of students flirting with him that made him so uncomfortable. Despite the fact that one of my best friends was in love with him, I was always a fan of his story with Penny. And I believed that the school made up rumors about them. Because I had seen them in tabloids too. They clearly adored each other. And here he was on his bachelor party. If they weren't truly in love, they wouldn't be getting married.

I realized I was standing there awkwardly. "So, Mason, Matt, James, and Rob," I said, gesturing toward each of them as I said their names. "Nice to meet you, guys."

"The pleasure is all ours," Matt said. "I see you ladies already lost your bracelets. I guess you're hot commodities at the Blue Parrot Resort."

Layla laughed. "Not exactly." She looked over at me.

Don't you dare. I will hate you forever.I'm warning you, Layla.But we barely knew each other. She couldn't read my stares yet.

"Daphne's the only one of us who is single. So we gave them all to her." She pulled my towel off my arm, revealing both my inappropriately tiny bikini and my four gold bracelets all at once.

Shit!I quickly folded my arms in front of my chest.

I looked over at Rob. He had put his hands in the pockets of his swim trunks. He looked disappointed. I felt my heart sink. I thought he was attracted to me. But now that he had seen my stupid bikini, it seemed like he had changed his mind. Probably because it was way too revealing and I looked like a hooker. I was pretty impressed that he was staring at my bracelets instead of my breasts though.

"And this is why you save your card until after breakfast," Matt said to Rob and walked toward me.

No. No, no, no.

"Daphne, it's nice to meet you." He put his hand out for me to shake.

Which meant I had to unfold my arms.Damn it.I put my hand out for him to shake and then immediately crossed my arms again when his eyes wandered to my breasts.

"I was just about to head back to our room," I said. "I forgot my sunglasses, so..." I let my voice trail off.

"Gotcha. How about I walk you?"

Did he seriously think that was a proposition for sex? "Oh. No. I really just forgot my sunglasses. I'm certainly not in need of an escort."

Matt smiled as he pulled a card out of his pocket. "How about we do this first?" He held the card out in front of me.

I reluctantly looked down at the card. It read, "Apply sunscreen to me."

Phew."I'm actually a huge proponent of sunscreen. So, I've already applied it. But thanks for offering. Maybe you should use it on one of those girls over there? They look like they're dangerously close to getting sunburnt." I pointed to a group of women on the other side of the pool. They were a little older than us, but not by much. I was sure they'd love to have Matt's hands all over them.