You Can't Buy My Love novel Chapter 14

Nolan

I watched as Olivia made her way down the yacht hall to our room. I felt like such a dick making her hide her birthday from everyone, she deserved to have a birthday too. Maybe I should just tell everyone that we didn't want to take the attention away from mom. Maybe that would be a better approach.

"Alright, we're going to dock at the next port and go sightseeing." My father said, entering the yacht with Jared. "I'm going to get dressed."

Once he left the room, I sat down on the couch next to Jared who immediately turned on the tv. "I'm not with all this shit!" He complained. "I just wanna sit here and get waited on hand and foot, and watch prison break!"

"You keep it up," I started. "Your ass is going to be fat." I closed my eyes, leaning back on the couch. Not going to lie, sleeping in that tub has me exhausted; but I guess this is the price I pay. I mean, I didn't really expect her to just let me jump into bed with her.

"What's wrong with you?" He asked, grabbing a bowl full of chips.

"Today is Olivia's birthday." I admitted. "I don't know if I should do something. Should I?" I asked him, honestly curious. He didn't say anything at first, he only looked at me. "What?" I asked after a while.

"Holy shit!" He grinned slowly.

"What?" I asked once more, getting annoyed at his antics.

"You like her!" He shouted in excitement, standing to his feet.

"What?" I asked, appalled at his accusations.

"You like Olivia!" He said again, grinning from ear to ear. "You actually want to do something for someone other than you. Nova is going to love this." He ranted on and on, then disappeared down the hall. I instantly regretted saying anything to him.

He is really trippin. Attracted to Olivia? Yes. Do I like Olivia? No. I almost scoffed at the accusation. Nolan Dylan Ferguson does not fall in "like" with any woman! Liking leads to loving, and that's not what I'm about.

Have I grown to tolerate her presence? Maybe. Do I want to sleep with her just once? Could be nice. Did I still feel bad about her finding out what I said about my brother and chewing me out for it? Definitely. What she demanded from me that day was respect; no woman has ever did that. So of course I'm going to give her all the respect she deserves.

With that thought in mind, I decided that I was going to do something nice for her today. I made my way to our room, making it my business to find out something this girl liked and wanted so that I could give it to her for her birthday.