The Billionaire Boys Club (Billionaire Romance Series Book 1(38)

Kelsey, as she stood, glanced nervously around the room. She realized by the shocked looks on her classmates faces and the numerous students flipping through the casebook, that no one had bothered to read about John Locke. Kelsey glanced at Professor Weber. It was about to be a very long two hours.



“Well done,” one of Kelsey’s classmates said as they walked out of the classroom. She looked up. It was Ryan.

“Thanks.”



“You had no clue what Professor Weber was talking about,” Tyler commented as he walked up.

Ryan glanced at him. “Neither did anyone else. At least she tried,” he said.

“I suppose,” Tyler said.

Kelsey frowned. “And you could have done better?” she asked him.

“I certainly hope so,” Tyler replied.

“I guess we’ll see on Thursday,” Kelsey said.

“Yeah, Tyler. Kelsey’s expecting you to be brilliant,” Ryan quipped.

Tyler smiled. “I will be,” he replied, and left the classroom. Kelsey stared after him. Gosh, he was arrogant.

“So,” Ryan was saying, and Kelsey pulled her eyes back to him. His blue eyes sparkled in the classroom light. “…should we go to the beach on Friday?”



“Beach?” Kelsey asked. “Isn’t it too cold?”



“I’ll build you a fire,” Ryan replied.

“But we have Legal Writing,” Kelsey said. “It’s the first day.”



“Really?” Ryan said. “Oh, you’re right. So much for Friday. Saturday then?”



“I don’t think the movie has changed,” Kelsey said.

“Let’s go downtown. We can do something there,” Ryan replied.

“Sounds like fun,” Kelsey said.

“Excellent. Let’s say six. Give us some time to drive downtown.”



Kelsey nodded. “Okay.”



Ryan smiled at her and, to her shock, gave her a kiss on her forehead.

“See you,” he said, walking off.

“Bye,” Kelsey replied, smiling.



On Thursday, Kelsey got to Property class early and sat in her usual seat. She was looking forward to the arrogant Mr. Olsen’s performance. To her annoyance, she had spent more than a few minutes thinking of the proper response to what she expected would be a total fail. After his comments on Tuesday, she wasn’t on Team Tyler.


Per usual, he walked in minutes before Professor Weber, this time with Ryan. He seemed completely unconcerned about his fate. Presentations weren’t graded, and exams were anonymous, but no one wanted to look stupid in front of the class. Tyler, Zach, and Ryan sat down, and Ryan gave her a wave as Professor Weber walked in.

“Mr. Olsen, today is your day to present, I believe,” Professor Weber said.

Tyler stood. “That’s correct, Professor,” he replied.

Kelsey was looking forward to his smile fading as soon as Professor Weber stated what today’s topic was going to be.

“And you’ve done the reading?” Professor Weber asked.

“No,” Tyler replied. A soft gasp echoed through the room.

Professor Weber looked surprised. “Why not, Mr. Olsen?”



“Because you never ask about it,” Tyler replied.

Professor Weber smiled. “Well, that’s true. But aren’t you concerned about not being prepared?”



“No,” Tyler said confidently. Kelsey sat back in her chair and crossed her arms. She had been looking forward to this for two days.

“Let’s see, then,” Professor Weber said, unconcernedly. “Today I’d like you to discuss the creation of intellectual property and the balance between rewarding creativity against the concern of creating unnecessary monopolies and stifling ideas.”



To Kelsey’s surprise, Tyler smiled.

“I’d be happy to,” Tyler replied.



At the end of two hours, the class broke into applause. Except for Kelsey, and to her surprise, Ryan, who had been frowning through most of the class.

“Good job, Mr. Olsen. But Mr. Payne?” Professor Weber said.

“Yes, Professor?” Zachary said.

“I suggest you do the reading.” Professor Weber smiled, nodded at Tyler, and left the room.

“I cannot believe that you got that as your topic!” Ryan scowled. Kelsey looked over at them.

Tyler shrugged and picked up his bag. “Just lucky, Mr. Perkins,” he said. “Better study this weekend.”



Ryan threw his pen at Tyler and it bounced off Tyler’s navy sweater as he left. Ryan got up to retrieve it.

“Why were you upset?” Kelsey asked. Ryan smiled.

“Tyler’s mom was an intellectual property lawyer before she and my dad founded their company. He knows everything about IP law.”



“Oh,” Kelsey said.

Ryan smiled at her. “I’ll study tonight, so we can have a nice weekend,” he said.

Kelsey smiled. “I’m looking forward to it,” she said.

“Me too,” Ryan replied. Kelsey smiled again, and left the room.