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BecauseI’m pregnant.
ALLY
“Abso-fucking-lutelynot,” Josh roared, throwing his hands in the air. “You’re not jetting off with my sister thousands of miles away to yourex’swedding!” He was pacing around my master bedroom, his chucks squeaking on the freshly polished dark oak floors.
“Dude, relax,” I said, shoving more of my clothes into my suitcase and shaking my head. I turned to look at him. “It’s really not what you think it is. Let me explain before you give yourself a heart attack.”
Don’t get me wrong, I knew that telling my best friend was going to be a shitshow, butthiswas a little overdramatic—even for him.
“Have you slept with her?” he demanded, slamming his hand down on my suitcase, stopping me from continuing to fill it. He wasseething, his light complexion burning crimson as his icy blue eyes bore into mine. “Because I will literallymurderyou if that’s what happened.”
“What? No.” I snorted, spinning around to grab my good blazer from the closet. “I have no desire to fuck your sister, Josh. Gross.”
Well, maybe notgross.
She did have the body of a goddess—but it was still a no. She was beyond off-limits, and annoying.
Which is why she was perfect.
He jerked back, his eyes narrowing. “Then what the hell are you doing with her, Levi? I don’t like anything that’s coming out of your mouth right now, but you better start talking, or my fist is going to.”
Again, so fucking dramatic.
“Bro, I told you about Frank selling CyberSecure. That’s all this is about. I just want to prove to him that I’ve matured so I can buy his company.”
His demeanor didn’t change. “Cool, but that doesn’t explain my sister...”
I let out a sharp breath, taking a step back from him—just in case he went swinging on me. “She agreed to be mypretendgirlfriend.”
“What?” His eyes went nearly as wide as his face. “Why would she even agree to such stupidity? How will that help you buy some company? Is this about Rachel? Because—”
I shrugged and cut him off. “Their biggest complaint with me when I was dating Rachel was that I was too much of a flirt, and that I was immature when it came to handling my relationships. I mean, Rachel was a far cry from mature herself—and shedidcheat on me with like three different guys when she went to Italy. But that’s not important,” I added quickly. “This hasnothingto do with her. I just want that business. If I show up with a successful, charming woman—who has everything going for her, and I present myself as the perfect boyfriend. Maturity reached...”
“You thinkmysister is those things?” Josh burst into laughter. “Like, wearetalking about Ally, right? The woman you’re talking about doesnotsound like her. Ally is a firecracker.”
“Oh, come on,” I drew out. “Your sister has her shit together more than ninety-nine percent of the women we know. She’s got her own place, makes a killer living with a steady smart-person job, and she’s...you know, not ugly.”
Josh raised an eyebrow. “Are you indirectly calling my sister hot?”
I rolled my eyes. “I said she’s not ugly. I’m not getting off to your sister in my spare time or something.”
Okay, maybe a handful of times.
That shower accident would be forever burned in my brain.
Sighing, I pushed the thought away. “The point is to just solely show that I can manage a nice, successful woman as my girlfriend. I can be the mature guy that I’m supposed to be—the kind of guy that can land a multi-million-dollar company and keep it running profitably.”
Josh was quiet for a few moments, his face contorted in a mixture of amusement and disbelief. “And you don’t thinklyingabout a relationship is a little immature?”
“Why are you being so fucking unsupportive?” I groaned, running my fingers through my hair. “You know that I’m more than capable of running a business like that. I’ve been working for my dad for nearly ten years now—I’ve proven my business capabilities.”
“No, no,” Josh said quickly. “Idothink you’re capable of running the business. I just reallydon’tunderstand why having some fake girlfriend, especially mysister, is going to make the deal more plausible. Everyone knows that you’re a suave guy in the tech world. I don’t see why that wouldn’t be enough.”
“Frank Lewis is all about family—he’s the epitome of a family man. That’swhy.Back when I was dating Rachel, he would always pick the guy with the family over the bachelor, even if the latter was more deserving of the position.” I folded my arms across my Rolling Stones t-shirt, ignoring the irritation burning in my chest. Ihadto convince Josh that this was a good idea...
He was the only person standing in the way of the plan. If he wasn’t on board, then there was no way in hell I would go through with it. Not even a company like CyberSecure was worth losing my friendship with him.
“And Allyagreed?” he finally said, letting out a sigh and rubbing his jaw.
