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- thirty five -

GUYS I WOKE UP TO THE WONDERFUL NEWS OF 100K READS ON THIS BOOK ADJKDSAJKL

WHY THO THIS BOOK IS TRASH :')

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Josh opened his car door, throwing in his coat. He was about to step in, but stopped to check the time, to make sure he wasn't heading to Tyler's apartments too early. However, it was already eleven, so Josh figured he was late enough. Josh hoisted a leg into the car, then froze. The weird feeling of being watched returned, as he had felt for most of the morning. Josh did a quick sweep of his surroundings, frowning but shrugging when he didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

Josh sat down and slammed the car door shut, driving out of his driveway and heading to Tyler's place.

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Tyler woke up to Gina shaking him awake.

"Dude, it's eleven thirty. C'mon, you gotta pay me."

Tyler groaned, rubbing his eyes. He grabbed his wallet off his nightstand and slapped it into Gina's hand. "Take whatever you want. Don't go past 5000."

Gina blinked down at the overstuffed wallet in her hands, before grinning and pulling out exactly $5000. "Man, you'd be an amazing sugar daddy."

"Thanks," Tyler said sourly. "Now, I have a hangover to deal with, so please start making your way to the door."

Gina wasn't hurt at all by Tyler's statement, simply shoving the money into her bra and crawling off the bed. "Thanks for the good time, my dude. If you ever pass by the bar again, check to see if I'm there."

"Look, Gina, we had amazing sex and all but I don't really go for the same person twi - "

"Not for that, you idiot." Gina laughed as she pulled on her shoes. "To talk, like normal people do. Don't get me wrong, you look like the painting of a god but I'm not up for another round with you. Not after I told you all that about my brother."

Tyler propped himself up on his elbows. "Oh." He rubbed his eyes with his thumb and index finger. "Okay, well, see you soon, then."

She waved as she left. "I put my number in your phone, in case you ever need anything!" She yelled as she left. "You also have voicemail."

"How'd you get past the passcode?!" Tyler demanded, frowning.

Gina only laughed, and the door closed with a loud click. Tyler sighed, collapsing into his bed again. He reached for his phone, and saw that he indeed had voicemail. Josh had called him, late at night last night. Tyler heard the message, then glanced at the clock.

His eyes widened in surprise, realizing that Josh would get here any minute now, judging by how urgent Josh sounded. Oh, God, he might run into Gina.

Tyler jumped out of the bed, pulling on clothes. He winced as his head pounded with every movement, stifling groans. "You're a goddamn idiot," Tyler muttered as he ran his hands through his hair, pressing it down to not have it stick up in random directions.

Tyler hurried out to the kitchen, but paused when he heard his phone ring. He pulled it out of his pocket, surprised to see it was a phone number with the contact labelled 'Gina'.

Tyler answered, and he was just as surprised to hear the slight panic in her voice.

"Tyler?!" Gina asked hysterically.

"Gina?" Tyler replied uncertainly.

"Tyler, you freaking idiot, why didn't you tell me you're with my brother's ex?!" She just about screamed into the phone.

Tyler winced, pulling the phone away slightly. "What? I'm not with your brother's ex."

"Then why the hell is Josh here?!" Gina shouted.

Tyler froze. "He's here? Your brother's with Josh?"

"Yes, you unintelligent dirtbag! Get to your Enterprises building, Josh got freaking cornered there!"

Tyler didn't even reply, hanging up and running to grab his jacket. He pulled it on, hangover forgotten and mumbling a good-bye to Violetta.

"Señor, a donde va?!" Violetta asked, eyes wide. (Sir, where are you going?!)

"I'll be right back, Violetta," Tyler yelled, forgetting to answer in Spanish. He yanked the door shut behind him, almost sprinting to the elevator. He called Jonathan. "Get the car ready, we're going to the Enterprise!" Tyler barked, jabbing the elevator button hastily. He ended the call just as the elevator doors opened, and Tyler walked quickly in, pressing the lobby button.

He called Gina, and she answered right away. "You're going to go to Enterprises, and you're going to keep me informed of what's going on until I get there, okay?" He ordered.

"I was just heading there. I can see the building from here, and . . . oh, God, there's Noah's car. I can see Josh's too. Okay, let me go in."

The elevator dinged happily, signifying that Tyler had arrived at his floor, and the billionaire ran out to the street. Jonathan was already waiting with the car, bless him.

"Oh, fuck, Tyler. Hurry. It's not looking good."