The Billionaire's Games

The Morning After

"Okay, I'll grab a quick shower."

While Evan took a quick shower at his apartment I got ready as fast as possible. I dressed in a plain white t-shirt, skinny jeans, and black flats. I blow dried my hair as fast as I could, leaving it slightly damped. Collecting my make-up I headed into the bathroom and covered the marks up as best as I could. I brightened the dark circles under my eyes and looked a lot better. Grabbing my purse I made sure I had everything I needed and placed it on the coffee table while I cleaned up my room. Things looked slightly better when Evan strode in.

"Ready?"

"Yes."

We met his friends at the restaurant of the hotel they were staying in and joined them. Their eyes wandered from Evan to me. They were all bright enough to put one and one together. They didn't comment on it but I noticed the mischievous glistering in their eyes. Daniel especially.

"Have you seen the response you got on your blog?" Daniel asked, pulling me into the conversation, "It's intense and people are blowing it up. I feel like a real celeb now."

"I didn't have time to analyze things." I reached for my phone but frowned when I noticed the missed calls and texts I had.

Most of them from my parents, but the one that interests me was Laurel's. I quickly checked her text, smiling as I realized she was going to pay me a visit very soon, like next Friday soon. I had to prepare things. I wanted her to stay with me at the apartment, I had space.

"You look awfully happy," Daniel remarked.

"Oh, I'm just catching up with a friend. I didn't check the blog, but seeing the amount of missed calls I have from my father things might not be so good."

I felt Evan's gaze on me, he knew how I felt about my father and how my father felt about this whole Japan situation. He wasn't happy and he always contacted me whenever a picture got uploaded on the blog and my social media.

"You checked them?" He asked me quietly.

I shook my head, "I don't think I should, it will only make me feel bad about myself."

He held his hand out, "Let me check."

Handing Evan my phone I let him scan the messages, as long as I didn't read them I wouldn't get hurt. Evan would protect me, I didn't know where we were standing right now, but I did know he cared about me. While Evan went through my messages the guys entertained me with their stories about our wild night out last night. Ryan had an amazing time which was what mattered. They were having a quiet night in today. Roaming around the city after breakfast and then dinner at the sushi place Evan took me to a few days ago. The guys needed their quality time so I declined their offer.

"I have a lot of cleaning to do and I also want to nap a bit."

Daniel's lips curled up to a smirk, "Our boy tired you out last night?"

"Daniel," Ryan warned him.

Evan didn't respond at all his eyes fixed on my screen, his jaw clenched while he scrolled through the messages. Whatever my father messaged me was something he didn't like to see.

"What? Am I wrong, Zoey?" Daniel asked me, snapping my attention back to him.

I could pretend nothing happened and let them talk about it behind my back or be open about it, Evan beside me didn't say a thing so I assumed he didn't care either way. If he did care he'd let me know, he'd all of us know so I took my chances.

"You're not wrong."

The guys quietened down letting their eyes go back and forth between Evan and I. Evan looked up from my phone and handed it back to me, "When we're home we'll talk about it." He told me and faced the boys again, "Zoey and I had a fun night together, we're not going to talk about it with you guys. It's personal. So yeah we fucked and no we're not talking about."

Straight to the point, everyone seemed to appreciate it. Breakfast after that went by so fast. I liked Evan's friends, they were kind and seemed to really like me too. They either patted my shoulder or gave me a hug as they left the hotel to roam around the city. Evan was the last one to leave, saying goodbye to me first.

"Tomorrow morning we'll discuss how to handle your dad." He glanced over his shoulder, "I have to hang around with the boys today."

"I understand." I told him, not feeling offended at all, "Have fun."

Smiling Evan leaned in and gave me a quick kiss, "See you tomorrow morning."

Evan left the hotel together with his boys while I took a cab back to the apartment. At home, I made myself lunch and sat down on the floor and watched a movie. I didn't understand much of it, but it was enough to distract me. I didn't wonder about my relationship with Evan and my dad wasn't on my mind either. Today I was taking a break from all the bullshit, tomorrow morning I'd be facing everything. Evan would tell me about my father's messages and I was sure Emily and Nick would arrive, I couldn't wait to meet them. I was sure Evan felt the same way.