Bob was about to argue with Sam when Jay suddenly said, "I do. I believe Bob."
Bob naturally knew that Sam wanted to goad him into bringing Zoe along to meet them.
They had been dating for months, but he never brought her along to meet his best friends.
There were times when Sam pressured him so much he would give in, but Zoe would say no whenever he asked.
He knew Zoe did not feel safe after the trouble between her and the Levines, and no one was aware that they were dating, save for Zoe's best friends Cordy and Quinn. Moreover, Zoe was worried that the Levines would harass Bob if too many people knew, and she definitely did not want that, insisting that she knew Nancy Levine too well.
It would take some time for Nancy's rage to ease, until she would not go out of her way to harass Zoe—only then could they be together without any issues.
Naturally, Bob respected Zoe's decision, though it was more apt to say that Zoe mattered more to him than his friends.
That was why he would never breathe a word no matter how Sam threatened him.
Nonetheless, Sam was shocked by Jay's reaction. "Hold on. You know Bob's girlfriend?"
He was not the only one who had not met the lady, was he?!
He hung out with Bob the most… only for Bob to tell everyone except him?!
What, was Bob so worried that he would lay a finger on a brothers' wife too?!
Still, just as Sam was getting incensed, Jay answered, "I don't know her, but I have a good feeling about her."
"Pfft." Sam snorted in disdain—a good feeling when they had not even met yet?!
A servant approached them respectfully then. "Mr. Davis? Your parents are saying that dinner will start soon, and you should greet the guests at the lobby."
"Okay," Bob said, since he had been hanging out with Sam and Jay in the third-floor arcade. "You two wait here. I'm going to greet my guests."
"Let's just go together. This place is no fun anyway."
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