Chapter 164

“Don’t do this, Robert,” Jen says as she closes her eyes briefly while wagging her head slowly.

“Do what?” I ask as I laugh humorlessly.

“Tell me what you are thinking right now,” I demand her and she stands to her feet.

“You should have not lied, but you got that money not to blow it on girls or in the club, you did it for us,” She reminds me.

“And that I will always be grateful for that,” Her words calm me instantly. 

“I trust you, and will always,” She says as she closes the distance between us and hugs me. For a second, I stand not knowing how to react. She acted the exact opposite way that my brain told me that she would.

But then it is like my instincts kick in and I hug her back. She smells like lavender and baby food.

“You smell like baby food,” I say to her when we break the hug and she laughs. James and Carlos also find what I said to be funny, for they are chuckling.

“I’m sorry that I got upset,” I apologized because I