Page 42 of Queen Of Clubs

“Jelly Bean,” a voice murmurs as someone softly shakes me awake.

“What?” I blink my bleary eyes open to see Griffin grinning down at me. For a moment, I think I’m dreaming, but then remember that the guys really are back in my life.

“We’re about to land. I hate to wake you up, but you have to put a seat belt on.”

“Oh.” I’m a little groggy as I sit up. My muscles feel tight, so I stretch my arms above my head, making a groaning sound as I do. It feels amazing.

“Fucking hell,” Everett mutters.

“What?” I ask, putting my arms back down.

“You can’t make noises like that, Trouble,” Zane grumbles next to me.

“Why not?”

“Really?” Zane gives me a look. “Sexy little moans like that... coming from you? It’s going to be kind of awkward walking around with a boner all the time.”

“Oh, come on.” I laugh, although the idea of them getting hard because of me makes my belly tingle. “That was not sexy.”

“Anything you do is sexy,” Everett corrects, and I look over to see him grinning.

I shake my head with an eye roll, moving to take the seat I was cuffed to before and strap on the seat belt.

“I’ve got a few questions,” I announce. “First, I thought I fell asleep on your lap.” I look at Zane. I hate to admit how amazing it was to be in his arms. I never felt so safe and comfortable.

“You did. But I had to take a piss,” he grumbles petulantly. “I waited until I couldn’t hold it anymore, and when I came back, this fucking asshole had pulled you into his arms.”

“Not sorry one bit.” Griffin grins.

“Next question. Where are we?”

“The answer to that would be Canada. We have one show in Toronto tomorrow night, and then we’re off to London, England,” Everett answers.

“Wow.” My eyes widen as excitement fills me. “Where else is this tour set to go to?”

Griffin senses my eagerness and grins. “We have a few shows in England, Spain, Sweden, Australia, France, Scotland, and Italy.” He looks to Zane. “We got one in Ireland too? And I think New Zealand.”

“Yup. They got added this time around, so that will be interesting.” Zane nods.

“Holy fuck,” I whisper, it’s literally everywhere I’ve ever wanted to go apart from Greece.

Everett looks at me and smiles. “We never forgot about all the places on your bucket-list, and since we have a few days off between shows, we’re going to stop in and spend them in Greece to make sure we check off every single one.”

Closing my eyes, I take a deep breath and try not to cry. This is really happening. I’m with the guys who were once my whole world, who I’ve missed so fucking much these past six years. I found out that they didn’t hate me, they didn’t choose to move on without me. Now, I get to go on tour with them and travel to all these amazing places.

“Jade. Are you okay?” Everett asks, his voice laced with worry.

“I’m just hoping that this is all real... that I won’t wake up in my bed back at the club to this all being one hell of a dream.”

Slowly, I open my eyes, and my heart flutters. They’re all sitting there, watching me.

“Not a dream, Trouble,” Zane reassures. “From this day forward, all your wildest dreams will come true. I’ll see to it.”

Not knowing what to say, I nod and look out the window, needing a moment to just breathe. I haven’t even had any time to think about how the past ten hours have gone.

Thankfully, the guys seem to understand I need the time to myself and leave me be while we land.

It hits me as the plane pulls onto the runway, that this is the first time I’ve ever been on a plane. Can’t really say it was much of an experience, seeing how I was asleep for most of it. But if this is how we’ll be flying around the world, I know it will beat traveling for hours on a regular plane.

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