hand.
“Oh, ouch,” Regina complained, drawing her hand back and shaking it. “Good
grip. She’s a bit short for you, isn’t she?”
I scoffed. Shit, this was going to be fun. I could feel the rage coming off Jaden
already.
“Regina, don’t you have shit to do around here?” Matt said, interrupting the
growing tension.
“Always do,” she said with an annoyed sigh. “I’ll see you later,” she said with a
flirty smile and sauntered her way through the crowd.
“Come on, let’s go sit down,” I said and led Jaden away to the table.
“How do you know that walking disaster?” Jaden asked under her breath.
“She’s Matt’s cousin,” I answered as I sat her down at our table. The
information was irrelevant, so I didn’t mind sharing.
Jaden looked at me strangely for a moment, as if trying to figure something out
in her head … until the lightbulb finally turned on.
“You used to fuck her, didn’t you?” she asked quietly.
I sat down in my chair and eyed her smugly.
“Does that make you jealous?”
She scoffed and sat back in her seat. “Not in the slightest. Although, I do have to
reconsider your intelligence, knowing that you found pleasure in that bag of plastic
garbage.”
I chuckled. “Maybe I was trying to fuck the stupid out of her.”
“Your methods were obviously lacking,” she said bitterly.
“I can only do so much for a lost cause. Now, what would you like to drink?”
“What are my options?”
Smart girl.
“Limitless,” I replied, my lips forming into a smirk.
She raised an eyebrow at me in challenge before leaning closer, the scent of her
sweet skin filling my nose as her lips met my ear.
“How about a hurricane?” she said seductively, making my cock twitch with her
voice alone.
“Think you can handle it?”
“The storm hasn’t washed me away yet,” she replied, her nails lightly
scratching against my thigh.
“A hurricane it is,” I nearly growled, gripping her wrist and tearing it from my
legs before she made the tent in my pants any bigger. “Do not leave this chair,” I
ordered and stood to head to the bar while Clive and Owen watched a few feet
behind Jaden’s chair.
Matt was already there, ordering himself a glass of whiskey. I ordered Jaden’s
drink as well as a glass of scotch for me.
“She’s gorgeous,” Matt commented, his unabashed smile taking up the majority
of his face as he watched Jaden.
“She’s also unequivocally mine,” I replied sternly.
Matt chuckled. “Relax, Dare. It’s just an observation.”
“I thought you were too distracted by your own new slave to pay attention to
anything else.”
Matt sighed, but there was a hint of a smile on his lips. “She is quite the
distraction. One I can’t seem to get enough of. I don’t know why I didn’t participate
in the auction sooner.”
“There’s another one coming up next week if you want a second,” I said with a
smirk.
“Nah, one slave is enough for me. Her training is coming along too well. I don’t
need another distraction to screw that up.”
“Well, if you ever change your mind …” I added, leaving the suggestion open to
him.
“You know; you should consider bringing Jaden over. I bet the reunion would be
interesting,” Matt offered.
I thought about it for a second wondering how Jaden would react to seeing an old
friend. It didn’t sound like a good idea.
“I thought you just said you didn’t need someone screwing up your slave’s
training.”
Matt chuckled. “Suddenly, you’re not so confident in your slave’s training and
behavior?”
“Jaden is not a slave,” I said, turning back to look at her, admiring her from afar.
“She’s so much more than that. But a reunion could prove problematic.”
“We’ll talk about it later. Right now, I just want to eat and get drunk.”
Our drinks were then placed on the bar, and we both headed back to the table. I
found Jaden’s eyes fully engrossed on Dan and Katherine as they continued to greet
other guests. I set her drink down in front of her a little harder than usual to
redirect her attention and leaned into her ear.
“You will find no useful information here to use against me. Stop bothering,” I
said darkly. I knew she was going to play the role of a sponge tonight, gathering as
much information and detail as she could to use against me later. But nothing of
importance to her was here tonight.
“You mistake my intentions,” she said quietly, turning her eyes away. “I tend to
people watch in crowds. It’s an old habit.”
Old habit, my ass.
Jaden took a long sip of her drink and moaned in satisfaction. “Mmm … damn,
that’s good.”
“Good. Focus on that for a while.”
“You got it,” she said, taking another sip.
47
A LITTLE ENTERTAINMENT
Dinner turned into an interesting event. We shared a table with Dan, Katherine,
Matt, and regrettably Regina. Dom still hadn’t shown yet, and I was getting
pissed that he was late for this. Family was the most important thing in this
business, and if you didn’t prove that, you became untrustworthy. At least Jaden
was sitting quietly at my side while irrelevant conversation played out in front of
her. I’d spoken with Dan and Matt to make sure business was left out of the
conversation. I didn’t need Jaden picking up on anything
