The Billionaire Boys Club (Billionaire Romance Series Book 1(42)

They cleaned off the table, recycling what they could, then they walked across the store to the bakery. They were greeted with an array of colorful desserts under the glass.

“What do you want?” Tyler asked Kelsey.

“Everything,” Kelsey replied.

“Order that, then,” Tyler said. Kelsey looked at him. “You’ll burn it off in the gym anyway,” he added.

“Can I help you?” the employee behind the counter asked.

“Chocolate cupcake,” Kelsey said.


“Make it two,” Tyler added.

“Boxed up?” the employee asked.

“Absolutely not,” Tyler said.

The employee placed two fat cupcakes with icing on the counter and handed them napkins and the pricing sticker. They walked back over to the checkout to pay, then Tyler led them outside. They sat on the steps leading to the Pan Pacific Hotel. Kelsey licked icing off of her fingers.

“How did you get my number?” Kelsey asked.

“Your roommate. I told her I needed to talk about Legal Writing. She wouldn’t give it to me otherwise.”



Kelsey smiled. Jess was so loyal, even though she didn’t think Tyler was a bad guy.

“I see,” Kelsey said, taking a bite out of the cupcake. She licked her lips, then said, “You didn’t have to come.”



“I know,” Tyler said, as he wiped his fingers on a napkin.

“Thanks,” Kelsey said.

“You’re welcome,” Tyler replied, taking another bite.

They finished the cupcakes and walked back into the store. They took the elevator down to Tyler’s car and got in. Tyler started the car and they drove back to campus in silence. They walked from the parking lot, and back to their dorm. As they reached Tyler’s floor, Kelsey turned to him.

“Good night, Tyler,” she said.

“Good night, Princess,” he replied mischievously. Then he walked down the hall.



“If I see him, I’ll kill him,” Jessica said over brunch the next morning.

“It doesn’t matter,” Kelsey sighed. “It isn’t like Tyler didn’t warn me.”



“I can’t believe he’s like that. He seems so nice,” Jessica said, taking a forkful of eggs.

“Yeah. I thought so too,” Kelsey said.

“You cannot tell who to trust around here,” Jessica said.

“It’s just another lesson,” Kelsey replied.

“So why did Tyler come get you? Guilt?”



Kelsey shook her head. “He warned me about Ryan. He doesn’t have a reason to feel guilty.”



“Maybe he likes you,” Jessica said.

“I’m done with boys,” Kelsey replied, taking a bite of toast. “I’ve learned my lesson. I’m going to focus on studying only.”



On Monday, Kelsey went through the usual order of her day. Exercise in the morning at the same time as Tyler, who acknowledged her presence with his usual nod. Civil Procedure sitting between Ashley and Jessica, and Torts, in her usual spot next to Tyler. Unlike the past couple of weeks, Kelsey appreciated the fact that seat he occupied put more space between her and Ryan Perkins.

Tuesday, Ryan ignored her to start chatting up a potential new plaything. Kelsey noted that his new attraction was blonde as well. It didn’t matter to her, because she thoroughly enjoyed watching Ryan crash and burn the following Thursday as he was asked to discuss a Property case that clearly he hadn’t bothered to study.

“That’s the way to impress a girl,” she overheard Tyler say to him as they were leaving the classroom.

“Shut up,” Ryan growled.



On Friday, in Legal Writing, Kelsey sat next to Tyler, who was typing into his smartphone. He only looked up when Keith walked into the room.

“Hello, everyone,” Keith said. “Today,” he said as he shook a stack of loose papers in his hand, “I will assign your team your first writing assignment. It will be due two weeks from today.” Keith walked around handing out pages as he spoke. “You will be writing a legal memorandum, and each team has a different topic. For the first hour today, I’ll start talking about the steps that you you should take in writing and organizing your ideas, then for the second hour, I would like you and your partner to start brainstorming how you will approach the assignment.” Keith handed the sheet to Tyler, who placed it on the table in front of them. It read.

Jones and Smith are neighbors. Last Friday, Smith’s dog, ‘Bunny’, bit Jones on the ankle. In your memorandum, discuss whether Jones has a potential claim.

Kelsey bit her lip. She was nervous but excited. Here was the first memo she would write. Even though it was simple, she knew that it was a stepping stone to something bigger. She smiled as Keith continued.

“All right, let’s discuss how to approach this,” he said. For the next hour, Keith discussed the issues that needed to be addressed, where to find the information that was necessary and how to use the tools on the internet to get the cases and to make sure that the memo was complete.

“One final thing,” Keith said seriously. “We will be running your memorandum through our copy screener, so make sure that you don’t just copy something off the internet and turn it in. You need to do your own research and come up with your own conclusions, so think like a Darrow student and do the assignment properly. Please go ahead and talk with your partner, and you’re free to leave once you’re done.” And with those words, Keith left the room.